Warner to receive Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism
Warner will be honored at a 4 p.m. ceremony in the Senate Chamber Old Capitol on the University of Iowa campus for Stranger Magic Charmed States and the Arabian Nights Harvard University Press. The $30,000 prize is administered by the Truman Capote Estate via the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
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Arvia Warner
Truman Capote
Newton Arvin
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Old Capitol
University of Iowa
Warner
Harvard University Press
Iowa Writers’ Workshop
War
Elaine Showalter
Books to fall for this autumn season
Guest column highlights several children's titles with warm autumn appeal. Notes The Moon Jumpers by Janice May Udry with Maurice Sendak art, A Home for Bird by Philip C. Stead, The Mad Potter about George Ohr, Sailing the Unknown Around the World with Captain Cook, and mentions Jacqueline Briggs Martin of Mount Vernon as a prolific author.
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Janice May Udry
Maurice Sendak
HarperCollins
Sendak
Philip
C. Stead
Roaring Brook
Vernon
Bird
George E. Ohr
Jan Greenberg
Sandra Jordan
Mississippi
Ohr’s
George
Captain Cook
Michael Rosen
Maria Cristina Pritelli
Creative Editions
Rosen
Cook
Jacqueline Briggs Martin
Mount Vernon
Chiru
Tibet
Local Best-Sellers: Notable Titles in Recent Lists
The list features Choosing Gratitude 365 Days a Year by Autry and Pederson, Finding Her Voice by Basy, What Happens Next by Bauer, Sunland by Waters, Luminaries by Catton, Broken Gates by McCullough, One Summer by Bryson, A Fine Romance by Branch, This is the Story of a Happy Marriage by Patchett, and Kismet by Vaningen.
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Autry and
Pederson
Basy
Bauer
Waters
Catton
McCullough
Bryson
Patchett
Kismet
Vaningen
National best sellers list highlights top fiction and non fiction titles
A scanned list shows top ten fiction titles including Sycamore Row by Grisham and The Goldfinch by Tartt, plus winners like The Longest Ride and Accused. Non fiction features titles such as The Pioneer Woman Cooks by Drummond and Killing Jesus by O'Reilly and Dugard.
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Sycamore
Drummond
Jesus” O'Reilly/Dugard
Harris
David and
Goliath
Gladwell
Krauthammer
Santini” Conroy
Malala” Yousafzai
Robertson
Lamott
Beautiful Fools review explores Fitzgerald marriage
Laura Farmer reviews R Clifton Spargo's novel Beautiful Fools about F Scott Fitzgerald and Zelda taking a 1939 trip to Cuba to salvage their marriage. The work probes past versus present, features multiple viewpoints, and rich Cuba travelogue details though it drifts with subplots.
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Zelda
R. Clifton Spargo
Overlook
Scott
Cuba
Pygmalion
Spargo
Fitzgeralds
Spargo to Read Beautiful Fools in Cedar Rapids
R. Clifton Spargo will read Beautiful Fools at Barnes & Noble Cedar Rapids on Wednesday at 7 p.m. The event is free to attend and open to the public.
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R. Clifton Spargo
Barnes & Noble Bookseller
Collins Rd
Cedar Rapids
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