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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Feb 09, 2014
Page
14
Travel writer Jennifer Wilson and her family left Des Moines for four months to live in Mrkopalj Croatia, documenting how a midlife shift can redefine family life. The project centers on togetherness, global lessons, and keeping immigrant roots in perspective.
The article offers ideas to connect with family at home rather than traveling. Screen free time starts with hiding phones to look others in the eye. Read aloud together switching chapters and cooking meals from a chosen country to engage kids.
The Linn Area Reads schedule covers Running Away to Home discussions on March 6, 13 and 20 at Barnes & Noble Cedar Rapids with one third of the book per session. It also notes a March 8 Memory Echoes workshop with Linda Schmidt at Hiawatha Public Library, a March 15 Recipe Swap at Marion Public Library, and a March 29 Jennifer Wilson reading at Cedar Rapids Public Library. Registration links are provided.
Ayana Mathis, author of The Twelve Tribes of Hattie and alumna of the University of Iowa Writers Workshop, will give a free reading at 8 p.m. in the Frank Conroy Reading Room, Glenn Schaeffer Library, 507 N Clinton St, Iowa City. The event is part of a slate of local literary programs and fellow readings featuring other poets and writers.
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