Returning home to Iowa is not exactly what Grace Kleran had in mind in Kimberly Stuart’s new novel, ‘Heart Land.” …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent Books Jul. 14, 2018 2:21 pm2709d ago
Returning home to Iowa is not exactly what Grace Kleran had in mind in Kimberly Stuart’s new novel, ‘Heart Land.” …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Jul. 14, 2018 2:19 pm2709d ago
‘This Mournable Body” by Zimbabwe author Tsitsi Dangarembga is a gripping, personal story of one woman’s drive to succeed despite …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent Books Jul. 14, 2018 2:19 pm2709d ago
Author Kimberly Stuart took a break from her vacation in Okoboji to chat with me about growing up with strong …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jul. 7, 2018 4:15 pm2716d ago
If the end of the world is in the offing, what constitutes an ethical life? Roy Scranton considers this question …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Jul. 7, 2018 2:12 pm2716d ago
Roy Scranton takes an unsparingly clear-eyed look at the situation in which humanity finds itself in his new collection of …
Meredith Hines-Dochterman, Iowa City Public Library
Books Jul. 7, 2018 2:10 pm2716d ago
Last fall I found myself making back-to-back road trips in two consecutive weekends. To pass the time, I downloaded B.A. …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Jul. 7, 2018 2:08 pm2716d ago
British author Jon McGregor doesn’t waste a moment getting to the action in his latest work, ‘The Reservoir Tapes,” a …
By Stephanie Merry, Washington Post
Books Jun. 30, 2018 1:58 pm2723d ago
Actress and writer Amber Tamblyn looked like an oracle late last year. Weeks before the #MeToo movement exploded in October, …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Books Jun. 30, 2018 1:57 pm2723d ago
Barbara Delinsky is the queen of family dramas. ‘Before and Again” is the fifth novel of hers that I have …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jun. 30, 2018 1:56 pm2723d ago
Chris Offutt’s ‘Country Dark” is a compact book with a limited cast. The novel nonetheless has the feel of an …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Jun. 30, 2018 1:55 pm2723d ago
Jean-Christophe Rufin, one of the earliest members of Doctors Without Borders and former Ambassador of France in Senegal, spins a …
By Terri LeBlanc, correspondent
Books Jun. 30, 2018 1:53 pm2723d ago
Terry Maggert has become quite a prolific author in the self-publishing world. A native of Florida, with connections in northeast …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Jun. 30, 2018 1:52 pm2723d ago
Chris Offutt took a long break from writing books to write for Hollywood. With ‘Country Dark,” he returns to the …
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