Issue 726 July 2000
From a modest and nondescript flat at Des Moines Iowa, Joseph Rosenfield, 96 years of age and friend of Warren Buffett for almost 40 years, has made fewer than a half-dozen major investments. For this and other reasons Mr Buffett calls him "a ... [... more]
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French Spirits
Jeffrey Greene received his MFA from the University of Iowa and his Ph.D. from the University of Houston. He is the author of To the Left of the Worshiper and American Spirituals, which won the 1998 Samuel French Morse Prize. He was also the ... [... more]
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Kim Edwards
Kim Edwards is the author of the short story collection , which was an alternate for the 1998 PEN/Hemingway Award, and she has won both the Whiting Award and the Nelson Algren Award. A graduate of the Iowa Writer's Workshop, she currently teaches ... [... more]
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Frances de Pontes Peebles
Frances de Pontes Peebles was born in Pernambuco, Brazil. A graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the Iowa Writers' Workshop, she has received several awards, including Brazil's Sacatar Artist's Fellowship and the Michener-Copernicus ... [... more]
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Eve Adamson
Eve Adamson has authored or coauthored more than forty books, including The Mediterranean Diet. She lives with her family in Iowa City, where she cooks, gardens, and writes about food and holistic health. [... more]
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Susan Diamond
Susan Diamond was a fellow at the Iowa Writers' Workshop and spent seventeen years at the Los Angeles Times as a feature writer and columnist. She has worked for numerous publications, including The New Yorker, Time, People, and the Village ... [... more]
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Joseph P. Zwack
Joseph P. Zwack is an active Roman Catholic and practicing civil attorney in Dubuque, Iowa. He is married, the father of three children, and holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Iowa Law School. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Michelle Huneven
Michelle Huneven was born in Altadena, California, and studied at Grinnell College and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. She makes her living as a freelance writer and restaurant critic, her work appearing in the When thirty-three-year-old Alice Black ... [... more]
Random House |
Kristin Kladstrup
Oscar Martin was fourteen when he mysteriously disappeared from his Iowa farmhouse in 1914. His sister claimed Oscar had rowed out to sea... Oscar Martin was fourteen when he mysteriously disappeared from his Iowa farmhouse home in June ... [... more]
Random House |
Kirby Larson
Alone in the world, teen-aged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncle's homesteading claim. For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on ... [... more]
Random House |
Kirsten Potter
Alone in the world, teen-aged Hattie is driven to prove up on her uncle's homesteading claim. For years, sixteen-year-old Hattie's been shuttled between relatives. Tired of being Hattie Here-and-There, she courageously leaves Iowa to prove up on ... [... more]
Random House |
Ryan Coonerty
This poignant, first-of-its-kind book celebrates words that define America's storied past and symbolize the drive of its people—from the boardrooms of Manhattan to the farm fields of Iowa. Author Ryan Coonerty highlights profound phrases ... [... more]
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