Author and illustrator Becky Simpson is one of the lucky ones. She had good roommates. Lots of them. ‘I have …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Living Jul. 17, 2016 9:00 am3370d ago
Author and illustrator Becky Simpson is one of the lucky ones. She had good roommates. Lots of them. ‘I have …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Living Jul. 10, 2016 9:00 am3377d ago
Tyrone Jaeger’s collection of linked short stories, ‘So Many True Believers,” succeeds on two levels. Each individual story is a …
Dale Jones Living Jul. 10, 2016 9:00 am3377d ago
The thriller genre featuring anti-terrorism protagonists is a packed literary scene these days with Brad Thor right there at the …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Living Jul. 10, 2016 9:00 am3377d ago
‘‘Spy’ is a big word,” said Iowa Writers’ Workshop alumna Allison Amend. Amend’s new novel, ‘Enchanted Islands,” imagines a scenario …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Living Jul. 10, 2016 9:00 am3377d ago
Frances Conway, the narrator of Allison Amend’s novel ‘Enchanted Islands,” is awash in secrets. Some secrets she keeps for professional …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Jul. 10, 2016 9:00 am3377d ago
‘Security,” the debut novel from Gina Wohlsdorf, is a modern spin on Hitchcock’s classic, ‘Rear Window”: a tale of voyeurism …
By Brent Palmer, correspondent
Living Jul. 10, 2016 9:00 am3377d ago
Books of all kinds in graphic format are becoming more and more popular. The Iowa City Public Library is following …
By Katie Mils Giorgio, correspondent
Books Jul. 2, 2016 4:00 pm3385d ago
If you are thinking of heading out to see author Jenny Lawson speak on Friday night, but have yet to …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Books Jul. 2, 2016 11:34 am3385d ago
Danish author Dorthe Nors’ new work, ‘So Much for that Winter” (Graywolf, $15) is two novellas about women moving on …
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Books Jul. 2, 2016 11:33 am3385d ago
By Rob Cline, correspondent Iowa author Nicholas Mizet has penned a novel of family dysfunction on the home front and …
Living Jun. 26, 2016 9:00 am3391d ago
Matt de la Pena is very much looking forward to visiting Iowa when he makes a stop in Cedar Rapids …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Jun. 26, 2016 9:00 am3391d ago
Memory is a funny thing, as Judith Freeman discovers in her memoir, ‘The Latter Days.” ‘What sort or reality, I …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Jun. 25, 2016 9:00 am3392d ago
I’m a Brad Meltzer fan, but I’ll admit I hesitated before picking up his new novel, ‘The House of Secrets.’ …
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