Author Q&A: Sandra Wendel

Posted on 04/13/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Today we're interviewing Sandra Wendel, a highly experienced book editor who specializes in helping authors write, polish, and publish their...

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Previews of Hunter Biden’s memoir 

Posted on 04/05/2021 at 01:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Hunter Biden’s memoir, Beautiful Things, comes out tomorrow, and both the book and the author are making the media rounds....

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Read an excerpt from "A Little Devil In America"

Posted on 04/01/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Hanif Abdurraqib’s latest book, A Little Devil In America: In Praise of Black Performance, came out on Tuesday. In advance...

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Senator Tammy Duckworth releases a memoir

Posted on 03/30/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As her interviewer put it, a fictional version of US Senator Tammy Duckworth’s life might be derided as unrealistic. For...

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Read or listen to an excerpt from "This Is the Voice"

Posted on 03/19/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author John Colapinto’s examination of a vocal injury and exploration of how human speech actually works came out earlier this...

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New book explores Mississippi as a literary powerhouse

Posted on 03/17/2021 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

As residents of Iowa, we’re keenly aware that small states can have outsized impacts on larger issues. The same phenomenon...

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Ruth Bader Ginsburg's final book is out

Posted on 03/16/2021 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Yesterday would have been Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s eighty-eighth birthday, had she not passed away last fall. But today is her...

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Author Q&A: Tina Marie

Posted on 03/08/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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Today we're interviewing Tina Marie, a Canadian author who writes contemporary romance. Her interests include reading, cooking, photography and of...

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Colson Whitehead discusses the good, bad, and ugly on "60 Minutes"

Posted on 03/04/2021 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If your weekend was anything like ours, it was spent out in the sun instead of near a TV set....

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Read an excerpt of "The Committed" (and interviews with its author)

Posted on 03/03/2021 at 08:33 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Author Viet Thanh Nguyen’s follow-up to his 2016 Pulitzer Prize winner hit shelves yesterday. The Committed is the sequel to...

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