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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 [...]
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Eric Olsen on Writing
A Good Question Is a Terrible Thing to Waste By Eric Olsen A while back, writer/book reviewer Diane Prokop conducted an extensive interview with Eric and ran a portion of it on her website. She has since decided to take time off from blogging to complete her first novel. Naturally, we applaud her decision and [...]
Books by JC Wall’s Bed
Judy Clement Wall’s short stories, essays, reviews and interviews have been published in numerous literary print journals and on websites such as The Rumpus, Huffington Post, Lifebyme, Smith Magazine, Used Furniture Review, Beyond The Margins, and Clamp. You can read more of her work and engage in her shenanigans on her website. On my nightstand there are nine [...]
Books by Glenn Schaeffer’s Bed
A voracious and eclectic reader, Glenn‘s working on a novel set during the Dust Bowl on the southern plains. Here are his current reads. Why Does the World Exist? by Jim Holt. Holt’s existential inquiry concerns “Why is there something instead of nothing.” Leibnitz redux. It is high physics, classical Christian theology, and values philosophy, [...]
Books by Sohini Sen’s Bed
Sohini Sen is a feature writer and business journalist for Business Standard, based in Bombay, India. She’s an avid reader and a dancer who says she suffers from hyper-activity. “I am always on the move—trying out something new every other day. I am perennially broke and extremely happy. I buy more books each month than [...]
Books by Ross Howell’s Bed
Ross followed a career in academic fund-raising, public relations, book publishing, and marketing after receiving his MFA at the Iowa Writers’ Workshop in 1978. 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 bull Lab mix Sam. [...]
Books by Karin Evans’ Bed
Karin Evans is the author of The Lost Daughters of China: Adopted Girls, Their Journey to America, and the Search for a Missing Past, which was re-released in a revised and updated edition by Penguin Putnam in 2008. It chronicles their experience as she and her husband adopt two little girls from China, and it explores the backdrop of events [...]
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