American Studies alumnus and "Rock and Roll in America" teacher Steven Horowitz laments the re-release of albums Richie Havens disowned.
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Review of Ann Bauer's new novel begins with a remembrance of her time at the University of Iowa. Subscription required.
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The new memoir by Jarhead author Anthony Swofford, an alumnus and former faculty member of the Iowa Writers' Workshop, is reviewed.
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The new issue of Earthwords, the University of Iowa undergraduate literary review, will be introduced in a free reading at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 14, in Prairie Lights Books. The reading will also be streamed live at www.writinguniversity.org. Story
Iowa Writers' Workshop faculty member Marilynne Robinson's new essay collection, When I was a Child I Read Books, is reviewed and recommended: "They're enlightening and a pleasure to read."
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