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Books and Writers
Laurel Snyder’s new book is Any Which Wall. (photo by Sonya Nauman) Now based in…
I’ve been reading a lot of comics lately. I blame Watchmen. The recent release of…
Mystery writer R. N. Morris is an audacious guy. The proof is in his choice…
UI Writers’ Workshop faculty member Marilynne Robinson released Home this fall to great acclaim. By…
Curtis Sittenfeld When former Prairie Lights employee and Writers’ Workshop graduate Curtis Sittenfeld returned to…
An Iowa field and sky on a summer day. (Photo by Joe Stanski: browncow108@lisco.com) My…
Vi Agra Falls is the latest entry in Mary Daheim’s Bed-and-Breakfast Mystery series. It’s well…
Vernon Katz recounts his childhood in Lippe, Germany, before and after Hitler’s rise to power.…
Bruce Hale writes the sidesplitting Chet Gecko Mysteries for kids. (Photo by Sonia Sones) I…
Publisher Steve Semken with recent works from Ice Cube Press. About 12 years ago, while…
Mike Farrell in September 2007 (Photo by David Shankbone) We’ve all had plenty to be…
Soul Mountain in Connecticut. I arrived at Soul Mountain Poetry Retreat after seven months spent…
Poet Rustin Larson appeases the restless spirit of Irving Toast with live talk of poets…
Novelist Junot Diaz calls The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao "the Dominican version of…