An English author fascinated with eccentrics has zeroed in on the infamous early 20th century vaudeville act, the Cherry Sisters …
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An English author fascinated with eccentrics has zeroed in on the infamous early 20th century vaudeville act, the Cherry Sisters …
Sarah Pulliam Bailey, the Washington Post Books Mar. 8, 2018 1:35 pm2878d ago
It took 26 publisher rejections before Madeleine L’Engle could finally get ‘A Wrinkle in Time” into print in 1962. The …
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When the civil war broke out in Lebanon in 1975, teacher, director and story collector Najla Jraissaty Khoury founded a …
By Wendy Henrichs Books Mar. 4, 2018 4:18 pm2882d ago
With the start of a new year comes the exciting time of big award winners for the previous year’s literary …
Lee Hermiston Books Mar. 4, 2018 3:43 pm2882d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Katie Hopkins was just 10 years old when she saw her first spirit. The longtime Cedar Rapids …
Andrew Keen, the Washington Post
Books Mar. 2, 2018 1:30 pm2884d ago
Experience on Demand: What Virtual Reality Is, How It Works, and What It Can Do By Jeremy Bailenson Norton. 290 …
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Books Feb. 27, 2018 4:40 pm2886d ago
Every now and then a picture book comes along that opens doors to another world – a world of mystery, …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Feb. 25, 2018 11:25 am2889d ago
Christopher Rice conjures up a new superhero in his latest novel, ‘Bone Music.” Let’s give her a proper superhero introduction: …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Feb. 25, 2018 11:26 am2889d ago
Insightful and curious, Douglas Trevor’s second collection of short stories, ‘The Book of Wonders,” is a meditation on the many …
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Books Feb. 18, 2018 3:35 pm2896d ago
Recent sunny skies and warmer than normal temperatures might make you think spring has come early to Eastern Iowa, but …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Feb. 18, 2018 3:35 pm2896d ago
Tom Miller’s debut novel, ‘The Philosopher’s Flight,” introduces us to Robert Weekes, a young man determined to overcome the limits …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Feb. 18, 2018 3:35 pm2896d ago
Kaethe Schwehn studied poetry at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop, earning her second of two MFAs in the art form. She’s …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Feb. 18, 2018 3:34 pm2896d ago
The world undergoes a radical, inexplicable change in Kaethe Schwehn’s novel, ‘The Rending and the Nest.” In a twinkling, much …
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