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A Peculiar People

Now back in print with a new essay, this classic of Iowa history focuses on the Old Order Amish M...

American Unexceptionalism: The Everyman and the Suburban Novel After 9/11

Examines a constellation of post-9 11 novels that revolve around white middle-class male suburban...

My Body To You

In the thirteen stories of My Body to You, thirteen women or girls pilot their own bodies through...

Always Put in a Recipe and Other Tips for Living from Iowa’s Best-Known Homemaker

In 1949, Iowa farm wife Evelyn Birkby began to write a weekly column entitledUp a Country Lane ...

China Lake

Barret Baumgart's literary debut presents a haunting and deeply personal portrait of civilization...

Potter’s Workbook

In A Potter's Workbook, renowned studio potter and teacher Clary Illian presents a textbook for t...

Wrestling Life

What does it take to be an Olympic gold medalist and to coach a collegiate team to fifteen NCAA t...

Nola

The evidence at hand: an autobiography complete with their mother s edits written by his brillian...

Farm at Holstein Dip

Carroll Engelhardt's parents grew up in homes without electricity on farms without tractors and b...