‘A Kind of Freedom,’ the debut novel from lawyer and author Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, is a beautiful story of one …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Books Sep. 23, 2017 2:13 pm2937d ago
‘A Kind of Freedom,’ the debut novel from lawyer and author Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, is a beautiful story of one …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Living Sep. 18, 2017 2:26 pm2942d ago
In some ways the second novel from Norwegian author Gaute Heivoll is like his remarkable debut work, ‘Before I Burn.” …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Living Sep. 18, 2017 2:28 pm2942d ago
Australian author Josephine Rowe is comfortable doing things a bit differently. Most fiction writers avoid poetry; Rowe regularly blends it …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Sep. 16, 2017 7:15 pm2943d ago
Keith Lesmeister, who grew up in Cedar Rapids and now lives in Decorah and teaches at Luther College and Northeast …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Books Sep. 16, 2017 7:14 pm2943d ago
Cedar Rapids serves as the setting for a number of Keith Lesmeister’s short stories in his debut collection, ‘We Could’ve …
Living Sep. 3, 2017 6:05 pm2956d ago
Linda Skeers knows a lot of daring women. The proof is in her new book of biographies — geared toward …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Living Sep. 3, 2017 1:10 am2957d ago
Jane Green is a leading author for those looking for laughter, a bit of drama, and a touch of romance. …
By Terri Leblanc, correspondent
Living Sep. 3, 2017 1:05 am2957d ago
The cover of ‘The Clockwork Dynasty” is dark and haunting and promises a bit of steampunk flair. Steampunk often allows …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Sep. 3, 2017 1:00 am2957d ago
‘The Book of Emma Reyes” is the remarkable memoir of Colombian painter and intellectual Emma Reyes, who overcame a harrowing …
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Living Sep. 2, 2017 1:01 pm2958d ago
Sherlock Holmes is arguably the most famous of all fictional detectives. As British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle once wrote, …
Nora Krug, the Washington Post
Books Aug. 29, 2017 5:56 pm2961d ago
In the summer, there were lots of excuses: Camp, the pool, the beach, lazy days when it didn’t seem so …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Books Aug. 26, 2017 8:41 pm2964d ago
Author Mike Bayles, a lifelong Midwesterner who attended college at both Iowa State and Northern Iowa, has penned a fictionalized …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Aug. 26, 2017 8:49 pm2964d ago
‘Are You Sleeping,” the debut novel from Galesburg native Kathleen Barber, has all the components of a summer thriller – …
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