by Sarah Purdy | Sep 2, 2014 | Creative Nonfiction, Our Books
by Jean Saxton Jean Saxton’s second book of poems, Mind Set, expands upon her first poetry collection to express more of her thoughts on nature, antiques, everyday life, and more. The poems are best read slowly and meditatively to help the reader find...
by Sarah Purdy | Aug 15, 2014 | Novels, Our Books
by Rick Birkenholtz It’s 1939 and Europe is at war. Rural Iowa may seem far removed from the danger, but Rebecca VanderVelden will soon learn that is not the case. Rebecca and her father operate a small, struggling trucking company in Iowa City. Due to the recent...
by Sarah Purdy | May 19, 2014 | Creative Nonfiction, Our Books
by Barb and Dave Else A love for Iowa’s small rural schools set Barb and Dave Else on a journey to find the lost high school buildings that are no longer being used for education. In the latter part of the nineteenth century and into the early 1900s, the Iowa...
by Sarah Purdy | Feb 28, 2014 | Creative Nonfiction, Our Books
by Jean Saxton Jean Saxton has always loved writing, but she didn’t turn seriously to poetry until she received a surprising gift from a friend—a book of haikus. Though Jean’s three-lined poems aren’t traditional haikus, they provide the perfect form to encapsulate...
by Sarah Purdy | Dec 2, 2013 | Memoirs, Our Books
by Rhonda Patzia Mindfully Unraveling: Body Awareness as I Slip Away testifies to Rhonda Patzia’s efforts at body awareness. Facing multiple sclerosis boldly and directly, Patzia explores her kinship with women and reconnects with her vocation as a photographer....
