Books and Writers

BY ROB CLINE I remember that I felt odd about having a copy of Cat’s…

BY ROB CLINE I admit I’m behind the curve when it comes to the work…

BY THOMAS DEAN It’s that time of year. Young adults are getting measured for caps…

BY THOMAS DEAN The Wapsipinicon Almanac has been a lifeline to Iowa for me for…

BY THOMAS DEAN In an essay entitled “The Work of Local Culture,” author, farmer, and…

BY ROB CLINE As one year draws to a close and another begins, it seems…

BY ROB CLINE Francine Prose isn’t going to walk you through a 10-step process for…

  BY THOMAS DEAN Patrick Irelan established himself as a skilled and engaging memoirist with…

BY TONY Ellis In 1973, as the Vietnam War spilled over its borders, Cambodiaplunged into…

BY ROB CLINE Gather a few old school chums together—folks who haven’tseen one another in…

BY ROB CLINE China Bayles solves mysteries; she also runs a tea and herbalbusiness. Both…

BY ROB CLINE Mary Vermillion has been a bit of a media darling of late.…

BY ROB CLINE Convinced that the world is going to end very soon, Louis Daguerre,perhaps…

While nature takes the path of retreat for the winter, we tend to go in…

We Iowans are a literary people. After all, writers from both coasts and around the…