Publisher Steve Semken with recent works from Ice Cube Press. About 12 years ago, while…
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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…
Novelist Jacqueline Signori at a reading to promote her new novella, Ada, recently self-published through…
Many in Eastern Iowa are “getting religion” about local and sustainable agriculture. Farmer’s markets, Community…
In December 1973, James Van Allen presented his findings on Jupiter’s radiation belts to the…
Lawrence Block releases his latest novel, Hit and Run, on his birthday: June 24, 2008.…
I remember that I was sitting at the shared Internet station at the offices of…
BY MEGAN CARNEY Although he left Uganda in the 1970s, Peter Nazareth brings his multi-cultural…
BY MEG WHITE Christopher Merrill is director of the International Writing Program at the University…
It’s possible to take issue with the text of Pirate’s Alphabet, a recent children’s book…
It’s time to look into Santa’s sack for some great new regional books from the…
BY rob cline Often, when folks discover what an avid reader I am, they shake…