Margo Jefferson’s memoir, ‘Negroland,” grew out of several intersecting impulses. First, the Pulitzer Prize-winning theater and book critic and author …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Living Apr. 17, 2016 9:00 am3528d ago
Margo Jefferson’s memoir, ‘Negroland,” grew out of several intersecting impulses. First, the Pulitzer Prize-winning theater and book critic and author …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Living Apr. 17, 2016 9:00 am3528d ago
In her memoir, ‘Negroland,’ Margo Jefferson describes the hard won but tenuous position of upper echelon black families in the …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Living Apr. 17, 2016 9:00 am3528d ago
Set in Western Iowa at the end of World War I, Michelle Hoover’s second novel, ‘Bottomland,’ is the story of …
Lee Hermiston Living Apr. 15, 2016 1:10 pm3529d ago
IOWA CITY — May 7 marks Free Comic Book Day for comic book retailers across the country. The event, launched …
Living Apr. 15, 2016 11:00 am3529d ago
Janice Kaplan is a writer, television producer and former editor-in-chief of ‘Parade,’ the Sunday newspaper-insert magazine with a circulation of …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Apr. 10, 2016 9:00 am3535d ago
Chilean author Lina Meruane’s startling English language debut ‘Seeing Red” is about a writer suffering from an illness that leaves …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Apr. 10, 2016 9:00 am3535d ago
Lydia Davis, who is the 2015-2016 writer-in-residence for the University of Iowa’s Magid Center, appears to think about short stories …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Apr. 3, 2016 9:00 am3542d ago
‘Batman v. Superman’ has opened to less than stellar reviews, but I still have a glimmer of hope that the …
Living Apr. 3, 2016 9:00 am3542d ago
If you’ve read and enjoyed graphic novels in the past 40 years — from work by R. Crumb or Bill …
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Living Apr. 2, 2016 6:22 pm3542d ago
The Mission Creek Festival will host more than 30 literary events in multiple venues in downtown Iowa City, most of …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Mar. 27, 2016 9:00 am3549d ago
While many writers initially pursued other careers, Iowa Workshop graduate and National Book Award finalist Angela Flournoy always had her …
Living Mar. 27, 2016 9:00 am3549d ago
Alex Delaware and Milo Sturgis are chatting again, and that can mean only one thing: Jonathan Kellerman has delivered yet …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Mar. 20, 2016 9:00 am3556d ago
‘I’ve been working away at a new novel without finishing it,” Peter Straub said in a phone interview from his …
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