Janet Mock speaks on identity and safety at Rockwell Collins event
The best selling author and trans advocate Janet Mock spoke at Rockwell Collins in a Pride event organized by the company's Pride Employee Resource group. She urged openness about pronouns and the creation of safe spaces for dialogue, sharing her path revealed in Redefining Realness and recounting childhood memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York Times
Janet Mock
Mock
Rockwell Collins
Rockwell
Pride
Mack
Honolulu
Janet Jackson
Jackson
Baby Janet
Janet
National best sellers list update recap
The weekly top ten showcases fiction led by Skin Game and Ghost Ship with Patterson and Baldacci among notable names. Nonfiction features Think Like a Freak and Capital in the Twenty First Century, alongside science and finance titles from Jakes Geithner and Muldrow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carson
Jakes
Rivera
Robertson
Knight
Levitt
Dubner
Geithner
Perimutter
Muldrow
Local Best-Sellers in Iowa City Prairie Lights
The top ten local best sellers include Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls by David Sedaris and The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt among titles such as Capital in the Twenty-First Century and The Fault in Our Stars. Prairie Lights in Iowa City lists both new and enduring favorites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Ingram
Ingram
Morley
Piketty
Tallgrass Prairie Reader reviewed for Iowa readers
Rob Cline reviews The Tallgrass Prairie Reader edited by John T. Price. The volume gathers 19th to 21st century writings on tallgrass prairie, its ancient origins and impact on Iowa life, economy, and culture, highlighting restoration hopes and the landscape’s deep roots. Drake Hokanson contributes, noting the prairie’s enduring importance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Iowa Press
Iowa
Illinois
John T. Price
Drake Hokanson
The Girl With All the Gifts zombie novel review
Laura Farmer discusses M R Carey s The Girl With All the Gifts a future world where a few children retain intellect while others become monsters The story centers on Melanie Sgt Parks and Miss Justineau and highlights character growth love and moral conflict over post apocalyptic detail While the plot feels thin and the ending rushed the book remains gripping with strong character bonds and genre vitality
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Carey
M.R. Carey
Melanie
Sgt. Parks
Carey
Skull in the Ashes wins indie crime award
Peter Kaufman’s True Crime book Skull in the Ashes earned a silver in the Independent Publisher Book Awards. The study of an 1897 Iowa murder and Walford fire body found earned an honorable Shambaugh Award nod. Kaufman, based in Cincinnati, spent six years researching the mystery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Kaufman
Lowa
Independent Publisher Book
Kaufman
University of Iowa Press
Benjamin F. Shambaugh
State Historical Society of Iowa
Cincinnati
Walford
Towa Pastel Landscapes finalist in 2014 MIPA awards
Marcia Wegman of Iowa City created the text and paintings for Towa Pastel Landscapes. The 124 page Penfield Books volume was a 2014 Midwest Independent Publishers Association awards finalist among 363 books in 43 categories. Availability spans Prairie Lights Artisans Gallery Cedar Rapids Museum of Art New Bo Books Campbell Steele Gallery Amanas and Amazon.com.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Wegman
Iowa City
Midwest Independent Publishers Association Book
Penfield Books
Prairie Lights and Artisans Gallery
Cedar Rapids Museum of
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kiran Sood
the Gazette
San Francisco
New York City
Los Angeles
Publisher's Weekly
Prairie Lights
Rob Cline
THE
Tallgrass Prairie Reader
Laura Farmer
MR Carey
Iowad
Pastels
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!