Luther College Writers Festival Features Salzman and Lamott
Nationally known authors Mark Salzman and Anne Lamott headline Luther College third annual Writers Festival in Decorah. The event includes keynote addresses, book signings, panels on writing craft, poetry readings, and a closing Lamott keynote with a 7:30 p.m. signing. Registration is required.
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Mark Salzman
Anne Lamott
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Writers Festival
The Ghosts of NASCAR and the Iowa Racing Legend
Author John Havick recounts early NASCAR shenanigans with focus on Johnny Beauchamp and the 1959 Daytona 500 controversy. He ties Harlan Iowa racing to the Daytona finish, notes Swanson and Lund's roles, and previews a Cedar Rapids book event at Barnes & Noble.
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Stock Car Racing Association
John Havick
University of Iowa Press
Harlan Boys
Havick
Johnny Beauchamp
Dale Swanson
Tiny Lund
Iowa
Harlan
Nascar
Barnes & Noble
Collins Rd
Cedar Rapids
Iowa City
Daytona
Beauchamp
Lee Petty
Songs of Willow Frost review laments heavy prose and split narration
Laura Farmer criticizes Jamie Ford’s 1934 Seattle tale for a disjointed structure that shifts from William Eng’s escape to his mother’s backstory. The review notes heavy-handed prose, chapter titles that don’t aid connection, and tells that sap suspense, despite strong historical details.
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Willow Frost
William Eng
Sacred Heart Orphanage
Seattle
William
Jamie Ford
Ford
Willow
Charlotte
Local Best-Sellers Roundup
A list of top titles includes Kinsey Millhone mystery Was for Wasted by Grafton and several memoirs and politics titles such as The Shift by Johnson The Racketeer by Grisham and The Liberty Amendments by Levin plus Duck Dynasty memoirs by Robertson and a Davis County Iowa history Sour Dock Moonshine and Hard Times.
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Kinsey Millhone
Grafton
Davis County
Iowa
Covert and Baker
Harrison
Duck Dynasty
Robertson
Kline
Johnson
Grisham
Levin LO
Trevor
National best sellers fiction and non fiction list
A compiled list of top selling fiction and non fiction titles from Publisher's Weekly includes W Is for Wasted by Grafton Never Go Back by Child The Mayan Secrets by Cussler and Perry The Cuckoo's Calling by Galbraith Inferno by Brown Second Watch by Jance Robert B Parker's Damned if You Do by Brandman Mistres s Patterson and Ellis And the Mountains Echoed by Hosseini Stology by Robertson Still Foolin Em by Crystal The Liberty Amendments by Levin Happy Happy Happy by Roberts Zealot by Kishore Empty Mansions by Dedman Wilson by Berg Lean In by Sandberg The Duck Commander Family by Robertson God is Not Mad at You by Meyer and others.
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Grafton
Cussler
Perry
Galbraith
Inferno” Brown
Jance
Robert B. Parker
Brandman
Dedman “Wilson” Berg
Sandberg
Duck Commander
Robertson
Meyer
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Anne Lamot
Rowan
Laura Farmer
Hoovervilles
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StCology
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Community Credit Union
Lueeen
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