Book lovers young and old will flock to downtown Iowa City next Saturday and Sunday for the fifth annual One …
Katie Mills Giorgio Living Feb. 21, 2016 8:00 am3584d ago
Book lovers young and old will flock to downtown Iowa City next Saturday and Sunday for the fifth annual One …
Katie Mills Giorgio Living Feb. 21, 2016 8:00 am3584d ago
Candace Fleming and Eric Rohmann know a thing or two about children’s literature. Between the two of them, they have …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Living Feb. 21, 2016 8:00 am3584d ago
A veritable menagerie of beasts populates ‘Beasts and Children,’ Amy Parker’s collection of linked short stories. Dogs, cats, snakes, an …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent Living Feb. 21, 2016 8:00 am3584d ago
We’ve all had moments when we just want to disappear. In Idra Novey’s fantastic debut novel, ‘Ways to Disappear,” Brazilian …
By Rob Cline, correspondent Living Feb. 14, 2016 8:00 am3591d ago
Self-publishing offers authors options not generally available to writers with more traditional publishing arrangements. Elaine Orr, an author who lived …
Living Feb. 14, 2016 8:00 am3591d ago
There’s something about Mindy Kaling. It could be her lack of pretension, her complete honesty, her sense of humor or …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Feb. 14, 2016 8:00 am3591d ago
In Elaine Orr’s ‘Searching for Secrets,” a Kirk, a police officer with a chip on his shoulder, and Christa, a …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Feb. 7, 2016 8:00 am3598d ago
Sarah Vowell is sometimes criticized for being overly glib in her various books about American history. I would argue, however, …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Feb. 7, 2016 8:00 am3598d ago
Short story writer Amina Gautier has won not one but three different publishing contests throughout her career, including the Flannery …
By Mary Sharp, correspondent
Living Feb. 7, 2016 8:00 am3598d ago
When Julie Rubini’s daughter died at age 10, Rubini and her husband searched for a way to honor their child’s …
By Mary Sharp, correspondent
Living Feb. 7, 2016 8:00 am3598d ago
In reading ‘Missing Millie Benson,” you’ll discover that the Iowan who brought Nancy Drew, girl detective, to life also lived …
By Laura Farmer, correspondent
Living Jan. 31, 2016 8:00 am3605d ago
It’s a dark night on a narrow, wet road, and a driver who’s had a bit too much to drink …
By Rob Cline, correspondent
Living Jan. 31, 2016 8:00 am3605d ago
Iowa City native Susan McCarty has penned an absorbing collection of stories in which human bodies – hale and frail …
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