Praying Drunk explores trauma and truth in Kyle Minor stories
Rob Cline reviews Kyle Minor's Praying Drunk from Sarabande Books, noting interlinked tales haunted by tragedy and childhood trauma. The piece highlights structural experiments, the Q&A frame, and a Mission Creek reading at Prairie Lights in Iowa City as the book lingers in the reader's mind.
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Kyle Minor
Sarabande Books
Minor
Iowa Writers’ Workshop
Iowa Review Prize
Prairie Lights Books
S. Dubuque St
Iowa City
Rob Cline
University of Iowa
Handher
New Bo Books
Prairie Lights
Mission Creek Preview Highlights at Iowa City Library
The Iowa City Public Library expands its Mission Creek appeal with Philip Glass’s April 3 Englert Theatre show and Daniel Lopatin opening as Oneohtrix Point Never. Kishibashi performs April 4 at The Mill, with library copies of Glass works and Kishi Bashi album 151a. Jason Paulios notes the festival’s varied programs and year‑round listening.
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Iowa City
Mission Creek
Kishibashi
Kishi Bashi
Ishibashi
Brian Wilson
NPR
the Mill
The
Gazette Emperors Club
Vienna Nocturne review highlights research over story
Review criticizes Vivian Shotwell's Vienna Nocturne for overemphasizing research at the expense of character and plot. The 18th century setting and musical detail are praised, but Anna Storace remains underdeveloped while dramatic scenes feel flat and scattered.
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Vivian Shotwell
Vienna
Anna Storace
England
Italy
Austria
Shotwell
Anna
Mozart
Franz
Local Best Sellers List Featuring Mixed Titles
A compiled list of fiction and non fiction titles including Rush Rever and the First Patriots Divergent Series The Blood Sugar Solution 10 Day Detox Diet 10% Happier The Homesman Minecraft Essential Handbook Words of Radiance Everything I Need to Know Learned from a Little Golden Book Night Broken Running Away to Home.
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Muidrow
Briggs
Wilson
National bestsellers and top titles listed in weekly roundup
A National bestsellers list covers fiction and non fiction titles. Prominent fiction picks include Power Play The Bootlegger Night Broken Be Careful What You Wish For The Invention of Wings Stone Cold Private L A The Goldfinch The Chase Words of Radiance. Non fiction entries feature The Blood Sugar Solution Home Uganda Be Kidding Me Dark Souls I Collector s Edition Strategy Guide Grain Brain Killing Jesus The Body Book The Hard Thing About Hard Things 10 Happier Things that Matter The Sibley Guide to Birds and Publisher s Weekly.
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Briggs
Archer
the Invention of Wings
Future Press
Perimutter
Jesus
O'Reily
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Stone Cold” Box
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Publisher's Weekly
NMA
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Waterloo
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Thrivent Financial
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Jeff
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Grant Wood
Museum of Art
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Iowa
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6Th Avenue
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Lisbon
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Thrivent Investment Manage
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