When the tourists leave town, when the sun fades for the winter, that’s when author Alannah Hopkin gets to work. …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Dec. 16, 2017 1:51 pm2960d ago
When the tourists leave town, when the sun fades for the winter, that’s when author Alannah Hopkin gets to work. …
Morgan Reeves, Iowa City Public Library Books Dec. 16, 2017 1:48 pm2960d ago
n a recent trip to another City of Literature – Reykjavik, Iceland – I learned about their Jolabokafloo or ‘Yule …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Dec. 9, 2017 8:46 pm2966d ago
The novel ‘Faith Fox” by acclaimed British writer Jane Gardam is a brilliant holiday story of one eccentric family coming …
N/A Books Dec. 9, 2017 8:45 pm2966d ago
By Rob Cline, correspondent ‘From a Distance,” the new novel by Iowa City author Larry Baker, is a book filled …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Dec. 9, 2017 8:47 pm2966d ago
Larry Baker writes about memorable characters, and he is something of a character himself. Baker earned his doctorate at the …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Dec. 2, 2017 10:26 pm2973d ago
Reza Aslan is many things – an academic scholar of religions; a professor of creative writing; a TV producer; a …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Dec. 2, 2017 10:19 pm2973d ago
December 6 marks the 100th anniversary of a catastrophic explosion in the harbor adjacent to the city of Halifax, Nova …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Nov. 27, 2017 7:58 am2979d ago
While most of us were taught not to discuss religion in polite company, travel writer Lori Erickson wonders: what happens …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Nov. 27, 2017 7:52 am2979d ago
Sets of prose poems beginning ‘Instead of dying,” frame Lauren Haldeman’s collection, which takes its title from these opening words. …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Nov. 25, 2017 6:18 pm2980d ago
Poet Nick Twemlow employs short lines and long poems to explore his past and the possibilities of language in ‘Attributed …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Nov. 27, 2017 8:03 am2979d ago
Writer Lori Erickson has come a long way since her childhood days on the family farm in Northeast Iowa. She’s …
By Terri Leblanc, correspondent
Books Nov. 25, 2017 6:14 pm2980d ago
Known for writing darker fiction, Tamara Jones takes a run at women’s fiction in her new novel, ‘Morgan’s Run.” Set …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Nov. 25, 2017 6:10 pm2981d ago
Ideas about meaning and music underpin the poetry of Nick Twemlow. Asked about shifts in meaning in his new collection, …
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