New Teen Space Opens at Iowa City Public Library
Brian Visser announces a new second floor teen area at the Iowa City Public Library with books, technology, and social space. Upcoming programs include Anime & Manga Club, Guys Read, Twilight movie nights, and a Mission Creek concert on April 5 with local teen bands Other Band Conetrauma and Bass Drum.
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Schroder novel review highlights a flawed narrator
Rob Cline reviews Amity Gaige's Schroder about Eric Schroder who disappears with his daughter amid a divorce. The narrator justifies actions with footnotes and pauses, remaining likable yet pitiable as he explains his choices and the fractured relationship with his wife.
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See Now Then A harsh study of marriage collapse
Jamaica Kincaid’s See Now Then is a domestic meditation on a New England marriage breakdown told through multiple family viewpoints. The review notes Mr. Sweet’s rage and fantasies of harm, a pivotal divorce request, and a late shift toward prose about selfhood that remains unsatisfying in ending.
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Local Best-Sellers List Highlights Diverse Reads
A Cedar Rapids Barnes & Noble display features top sellers including Maeve Binchy A Week in Winter and Blair By the Iowa Sea. Also listed are Jonas Jonasson s The 100 Year Old Man, Proof of Heaven by Alexander, and Kyle s American Sniper with far reach into memoirs thrillers and self help.
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National best sellers fiction and non fiction list cram shelves
A compiled list shows top selling fiction titles including Alex Cross Run and Gone Girl with authors Patterson Robb Flynn and Kellerman while non fiction rankings feature Life Code Shred The Revolutionary Diet and Killing Kennedy among others. The list also notes mixed authorship from Patterson Sullivan to Osteen Sotomayor and Michaels with additional titles like The Melt Method and The Soundtrack of My Life.
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Mission Creek Festival Lines Up A-List Writers In Iowa City
The eighth annual Mission Creek Festival runs April 2 through 7 with more than 18 literary events and 80 authors plus 40 presses. Readings feature Aleksander Hemon Roxane Gay and Cornelius Eady along with a writers in residence lit crawl poetry rock show and spoken word events.
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