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Books by Don Wallace’s Mom’s Bed
Don Wallace is a former classmate from the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and a regular contributor to this blog. My mother, Elizabeth, was a great reader; as I described at her service this last February, she loaded up her bedside table with piles of books knowing this would lure me in to sample something I’d [...]
From Ross Howell for Mother’s Day
Wash Day By Ross Howell Ross followed a career in academic fundraising, public relations, book publishing, and marketing after receiving his MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He’s now freelancing non-fiction and fiction, and teaching at Elon University. He lives in Greensboro, NC, with his wife, Mary Leigh, English cocker spaniel diva, Pinot, and rescued pit [...]
Professional Practices: Part 2
Conflicting Views By Eric Olsen In my previous post, I talked about the panel discussion I moderated at the AWP meeting in Boston titled “What We Wish We’d Known.” Panelists included four Iowa Writers’ Workshop grads — my classmates Jane Smiley and Doug Unger, and a couple grads from a generation later — Vu Tran [...]
Excerpt from Kathryn Leigh Scott’s Novel
Kathryn Leigh Scott, best known for creating the role of Josette Du Pres, vampire bride to Barnabas Collins in the classic TV show “Dark Shadows,” is also an author and publisher of a wide range of entertainment and industry books. On the surface, her second novel is a breezy chicklit melange of romance and mystery featuring a [...]
Books by Kathryn Leigh Scott’s Bed
Kathryn Leigh Scott, best known for creating the role of Josette Du Pres, vampire bride to Barnabas Collins in the classic TV show “Dark Shadows,” is also an author and publisher. Her second novel, Down and Out in Beverly Heels (Montlake Romance), has just released and has gotten great reviews from PW, Kirkus and Booklist. On the [...]
Henry Bromell: In Memoriam
Remembrances have been coming in. There will be more. Henry’s arrival in Iowa City coincided with our own. Even then, he had a presence; he was a force. Ships Passing By Ross Howell Ross Howell followed a career in academic fundraising, public relations, book publishing, and marketing after receiving his MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. [...]
Books by Andrew Shaffer’s Bed
Andrew Shaffer is the author of Literary Rogues: A Scandalous History of Wayward Authors, which features a chapter on Raymond Carver, John Cheever, and the Iowa Writer’s Workshop. I pile up my books by the bed on the floor. Half of them I’ve finished and haven’t reshelved. The Last Werewolf by Glen Duncan (Knopf, 2011): Not [...]
20 Depressing Reads
For Your Enjoyment by Eric Olsen Do you ever find yourself feeling a little too happy? Maybe the threat of sequestration, or the prime-time news, or John Boehner haven’t gotten to you? Hey, not to worry. In the books section of the February 21 edition of The Telegraph, out of England, there’s an article by [...]
Books by Alethea Danby’s Bed
In 2010 Alethea received her Master’s Degree in English Literature from San Francisco State University. During her time at SFSU she held two Graduate Teaching Assistant positions; contributed to the Graduate Literature Association’s peer reviewed journal of literary criticism and theory, Interpretations; and completed a Master’s Thesis that focused on the afterlife of the subgenre [...]
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