Isaac Hamlet has a story he’s been crafting and recrafting for quite some time. Recently,…
As the calendar turns to November, we enter the darkest portion of the year—the period…
For quite a while now, I’ve devoted this space to conversations with Iowa’s indie authors—the…
This month, I’m sharing some thoughts about a range of books I’ve been reading and…
Longtime readers of this column know that I write about Lawrence Block and his work…
Dennis Maulsby is a versatile writer hailing from Ames who took up writing as a…
Mary Helen Stefaniak’s new novel is a delight. That’s a sentence I easily could have…
(Our apologies! The April 15 reading listed in the e-newsletter was in 2021!) When Russia…
Admittedly, the idea of a bunch of indie (that is, self-published) authors discussing what they…
In a recent virtual event, host Terri LeBlanc of Swamp Fox Bookstore in Marion, Iowa,…
Nora Wall is a first-year student at the University of Iowa and already has three…
Listen, I’m just going to be straight with you. We Heard It When We Were…
I am a big fan of Misty Urban’s short fiction. Here’s an excerpt from my…
Rustin Larson, who has spent the majority of his life in Iowa, sees the world…
A reporter’s ability to find and tell a compelling story is a tremendous asset—and a…