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Newspaper

Cedar Rapids Gazette

Location

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America

Date

Apr 13, 2014

Page

15

Off Course Novel Delves Into Distractions and Desire

Review notes a young woman retreats to her parents cabin to finish a dissertation but finds distractions dominate. The narrative centers on Cressida Hartley and a mountain bear as she navigates head and heart while isolating herself.

Sarah Crichton FSG Iowa Writers’ Workshop Michelle Haneven Cressida Hartley

Michelle Haneven Reads Off Course at Prairie Lights

Author Michelle Haneven will read from Off Course at Prairie Lights Books in Iowa City at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. The free event highlights the novel and Haneven’s blend of art value with economics in her upcoming dissertation.

Michelle Haneven Prairie Lights Books S. Dubuque St Iowa City Rob Cline University of Iowa Handher New Bo Books Prairie Lights Mona Simpson

Baghdad youth push old books to guide Iraq toward renewal

Ali al Makhzomy, 26, starts an informal public library with about 800 volumes at al Attakhi House cafe in Baghdad to entice youth to read and imagine a more civil past. He funds the project while Baghdad endures daily violence and long commutes amid roadblocks and blasts.

Baghdad Ali al-Makhzomy Saddam Hussein Iraq Dubai Makhzomy Ministry of Culture Mansour Mall al-Atrakchi Abdul Razak al- Atrakchi Ali Makhzomy al-Attakhi House Commonwealth University of Virginia

Casebook by Mona Simpson Is a Survival Tale

Review of Mona Simpson's Casebook notes a dual narrative setup with Miles and Hector as young amateur detectives navigating adult truths. The novel, a prequel linked to Top Sleuths, unfolds through alternating versions and footnotes, ending in a meditation on survival rather than saving the day.

Cressida Hanoven Mona Simpson Knopf Miles Hector

National Best Sellers List Highlights

Publisher's Weekly outlines top fiction and non fiction titles. Notable entries include Patterson and Karp NYPD Red 2 and Tartt The Goldfinch alongside nonfiction like Flash Boys and Killing Jesus. The list features entertainment, diet, and lifestyle titles from multiple authors and publishers.

Clark King” Ward Nypd Red Patterson/Karp Cober

Local Fiction Titles and Authors List

A compilation of short works and authors including The Empathy Exams by Leslie Jamison Wahis Protocol by Wahis A Few Seconds of Radiant Filmstrip by Brockmeier The Flamethrowers by Kushner Team Seven by Burke The Girls of Atomic City by Kiernan Limber Peister The Education of Nancy Adams by Baker Praying Drunk by Minor Dear Corporation by Fell Prairie Lights

Jamison Wahis Radiant Brockmeier Kushner Burke Atomic City Kiernan “Limber” Peister Nancy Adams” Baker Dear Corporation

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