As a high school student in Iowa, I was an avid follower of MAD Magazine.…
Books and Writers
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Hear Renée Branum talk about her acclaimed new novel, Defenestrate, in a Zoom event sponsored…
In a recent virtual event, host Terri LeBlanc of Swamp Fox Bookstore in Marion, Iowa,…
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Nora Wall is a first-year student at the University of Iowa and already has three…
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I am a big fan of Misty Urban’s short fiction. Here’s an excerpt from my…
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A reporter’s ability to find and tell a compelling story is a tremendous asset—and a…
This month, I’m taking a brief detour from my survey of Iowa’s abundant crop of…
Iowa City resident Nathan Timmel may be a stand-up comedian, but he also thinks serious…
Imagine your therapist writing a prescription for a Shakespeare sonnet or a Dylan Thomas poem—as…
In his new novel Headfirst, indie author Tim Pelton invites readers back to the 1960s…