Read an excerpt from "Billion Dollar Burger"

Posted on 06/18/2020 at 10:12 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Fussy employees live in Iowa, which as an agriculture state has seen its fair share of conversations about how to...

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2 Trump books are coming out -- one staid, one salacious

Posted on 06/15/2020 at 09:39 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two books on the Trump family are coming out this summer. One, The Art of Her Deal: The Untold Story...

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Read a review of "Night. Sleep. Death. The Stars." by Joyce Carol Oates

Posted on 06/09/2020 at 11:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A new novel by Joyce Carol Oates was obviously not inspired by current events, arriving on shelves today, but it...

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A literary reaction to George Floyd's death

Posted on 06/03/2020 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Those of you moved to explore diverse voices and the issues facing them have likely found no shortage of must-read...

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Read reviews of "The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes" and "Rodham"

Posted on 05/19/2020 at 11:40 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two fairly high-profile novels hit bookshelves today, and the reviewers are already weighing in. The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes...

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Tagged As: Book reviews, Politics, Young adult literature

Officer Clemmons from "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" has a memoir

Posted on 05/01/2020 at 09:55 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

If you grew up in the 1980s — or raised children or grandchildren then — you may remember Officer Clemmons...

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Review: "Apropos of Nothing" has its faults and charms

Posted on 04/14/2020 at 08:12 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

We wouldn’t judge you at all for being curious about Woody Allen’s new memoir, Apropos of Nothing, more because of...

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Read an excerpt from "Redhead by the Side of the Road"

Posted on 04/09/2020 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Anne Tyler's just-released novel, Redhead By The Side Of The Road, diverges from the author's frequent themes, according to an...

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See reviews of the International Booker Prize shortlisted novels

Posted on 04/06/2020 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

On the same day that NPR posted its review of Hurricane Season, it was revealed that the book had made...

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Tagged As: Awards, Book lists, Book reviews, Literature in translation

"American Dirt," a tale of Mexican migrants, draws high praise and heavy criticism

Posted on 01/22/2020 at 08:49 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Jeanine Cummins’s new novel, American Dirt, had been declared one of the most anticipated books of 2020. And now that...

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