As a child growing up in Cedar Rapids, Eric Prochaska was mostly a homebody, but on the weekends, he spent …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent Living Nov. 20, 2016 1:00 am3244d ago
As a child growing up in Cedar Rapids, Eric Prochaska was mostly a homebody, but on the weekends, he spent …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent Living Nov. 20, 2016 12:10 am3244d ago
Imagine finding out your brother died in an accident. You have to return to the place you swore you’d never …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Living Nov. 20, 2016 12:05 am3244d ago
The problem with searching for the truth is sometimes you find it, as is the case in Spanish author Javier …
Alison Gowans Living Nov. 13, 2016 4:00 am3251d ago
Lois Lowry never thought her 1993 book ‘The Giver,” about a boy coming of age in a dystopian future where …
J.R. Ogden Living Nov. 13, 2016 12:15 am3251d ago
David Morrell’s ‘Ruler of the Night” is the last in his Thomas DeQuincey murder-mystery trilogy. That’s a shame because the …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Nov. 13, 2016 12:10 am3251d ago
Novelists frequently are asked about the level of biography in their books. Is a novel a thinly veiled biography? What …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Nov. 13, 2016 12:00 am3251d ago
In all our lives there are moments — profound, joyful, heartbreaking — that cause our personal trajectories to split in …
Living Nov. 6, 2016 1:00 am3258d ago
Cedar Rapids resident Mary Lieder Cebuhar has long been an avid snorkeler. In fact, for more than a quarter century, …
Living Nov. 6, 2016 1:20 am3258d ago
Peter Robinson’s Inspector Banks novels invariably include a great many musical references that often interrupt my reading when I head …
By Stacie Gorkow, correspondent
Living Nov. 6, 2016 1:15 am3258d ago
In 2012, best-selling author Jodi Picoult saw a news story about an African-American nurse who was asked to be removed …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Nov. 6, 2016 1:10 am3258d ago
The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world, and Louisiana has the highest rate in the United …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Nov. 6, 2016 1:05 am3258d ago
Our loved ones can become our blind spots – especially if we turn our gaze inward in times of trouble …
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Living Nov. 3, 2016 1:51 pm3261d ago
CORALVILLE – The Friends of the Coralville Public Library host a book sale from 1:30 to 5:30 p.m. Friday and …
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