Each fall, I eagerly await the appearance of two short story collections published by the…
Books and Writers
A fair number of thrillers cross my desk, tempting me with clichéd promises that my…
Dennis Ashby began Well Read Books as a “hobby business in semi-retirement” back in 1998.…
Editor’s note: Well-read books closed in 2015. Thin sheets of paper, the hue of an…
Rick Moody (photo Thatcher Keats) Rick Moody is one of the most celebrated American writers…
Recommending books can be a tricky thing—especially when the books are sad. It isn’t easy…
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…