It is hard to imagine now, but there was a moment, in the late 1960s, when the environment wasn’t a …
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It is hard to imagine now, but there was a moment, in the late 1960s, when the environment wasn’t a …
Here you are on a two-week cruise from California to Hawaii on the elegant, 1950s-era Queen Isabella. For a little …
At the far end of town where the Grickle-grass grows, a team of professors has finally cracked ‘The Lorax,” by …
Local and regional picture book authors and illustrators are enjoying new releases this year with titles that offer something for …
The stories in ‘Certain American States,” Catherine Lacey’s debut collection, mostly take place in that ‘post-firework smoke” between breakup and …
Heartache, even decades later, can still feel like it just happened yesterday. Even though Peter in ‘The Lost Family” by …
Iowa City author Kate Kasten takes her readers around the world – and deep into the psyches of her protagonists …
Kate Kaste knew she wanted to be a writer as a child, but when she compared her own works to …
Henry Davison has been working to make Cedar Rapids a better place for young people for many years. He recounts …
On the surface, ‘LIFEL1K3” appears to be just a post-apocalyptic world filled with sentient AIs, but as the story comes …
Returning home to Iowa is not exactly what Grace Kleran had in mind in Kimberly Stuart’s new novel, ‘Heart Land.” …
‘This Mournable Body” by Zimbabwe author Tsitsi Dangarembga is a gripping, personal story of one woman’s drive to succeed despite …
Author Kimberly Stuart took a break from her vacation in Okoboji to chat with me about growing up with strong …
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