When we think of a love story, the same plot usually comes to mind: a heterosexual couple falls in love, …
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When we think of a love story, the same plot usually comes to mind: a heterosexual couple falls in love, …
Former Cedar Rapids Public Librarian Evelyn Zerzanek knew the enduring value of children’s literature illustrations. She saw them stoke readers’ …
This year’s Linn Area Reads selection is ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest,” the 1962 novel by Ken Kesey. Linn …
The Moffitt houses of Iowa City – each one built with scrap metal, parts salvaged from burned buildings and demolition …
In his latest novel, ‘The Sunken Fang Society,” Dr. Ludwig Gutmann tells the story of a man bitten by a …
There’s no doubt that Charles Baxter is a brilliant writer, a treasure of the Midwest. But even the greats can …
Glen Erik Hamilton doesn’t have any past novels to his credit, but his debut, ‘Past Crimes” (William Morrow, 324 pages, …
Dan Gable is more than a wrestler, more than a wrestling coach. He’s a storyteller. Seriously. If you’ve ever spent …
FICTION/NON-FICTION 1. ‘A Wrestling Life” Gable 2. ‘The Speech” Sanders 3. ‘Welcome to Braggsville” Johnson 4. ‘McCoy, You’re Going Straight …
MARION — An 18-year-old library in a 175-year-old city may seem still to be in its infancy, but in fast-growing …
K.L. Cook crafts stories populated by characters who seem wholly real. Each story in Cook’s award-winning 2011 collection, ‘Love Songs …
‘Welcome to Braggsville” (William Morrow, 355 pages, $25.99), the new novel by Iowa Writers’ Workshop grad and current visiting professor …
‘The Girl on the Train” by Paula Hawkins is everywhere – book blogs, magazines and on bookstore shelves – right …
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