I met Bill Zahren at an author’s event in central Iowa where our tables were…
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Erin Casey’s debut novel, The Purple Door District, is an assured entry into the urban…
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I’ve told part of this story in this space before. Here’s an excerpt from a…
In 2018, Andrea Wilson, founder and executive director of the Iowa Writers’ House in Iowa…
Recently, my wife and I took our middle child to the University of Iowa Art…
I first knew Sean Lewis as a theater artist in Iowa City. His plays—which range…
The Dallas Morning News recently deemed Elizabeth McCracken and Edward Carey “the most unassuming literary…
Benjamin Percy, who has taught creative writing at Iowa State and the University of Iowa,…
Two fabulists—both in translation for English readers—offer captivating novels arising from expansive imaginations and filled…
I have worked with a lot of editors over the course of my freelance career,…
Fairfield author Susan Smith Daniels recently released an excellent short story debut, The Genuine Stories.…
Mark Wilson will read from The Way of Nile C. Kinnick on December 5 at…