Judy (age 50) and Kenneth (age 46) Miller remember the flooding of their home in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The couple recall many good Samaritans that have helped the Miller's recover as the couple attempts to rebuild their home.
Hunt, Leigh, 1784-1859; Shelley, Percy Florence, Sir, 1819-1889; Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851; Shelley, Timothy, Sir, 1753-1844; Devonshire, William Spencer Cavendish, Duke of, 1790-1858;
Concerning his desire to borrow £200; Mary Shelley's letter of April 20 assuring him that his pressing debts would be taken care of if possible; his debt of £400, including £200 borrowed from the Duke of Devonshire; his creditors' belief that...
Concerning Thornton's and Vincent's health; his desire to move to the Brompton house; plans to have Stuart & Mills make suits for their sons; securing a "not handsome, but good-looking" servant for Marianne; his reading recommendations; Marianne's...
Doris Kareva discusses her belief that literary translation is akin to alchemy, being about creation and recreation, and that transformation is only possible through passionate people taking on texts that are absolutely necessary for them to...
Israeli author and 2010 IWP resident Ofir Touché Gafla discusses his writing process and experiences in Iowa City. He states that he brings something to his work from every good piece he has written and cites Satanic Verses. One of his greatest...
Regan Good reads from her collection of poems, The Atlantic House. "Good’s big—yet concise—book burns with a rare intensity, its balanced monostichs and couplets merging panoramic images with cries from the heart and unorthodox prayers . . ....
This manuscript recipe book appears to have begun its life in England where it served as a practice book for handwriting, mathematics and money conversions. It then continues in a small but neat hand to document various medical and household...
Iowa City resident and frequent visiting professor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, Chris Offutt is the author of two books of stories, Kentucky Straight and Out of the Woods; one novel, The Good Brother; and two memoirs, The Same River Twice, and No...
Suddenly it’s in vogue, the sentence. Books and NYT blogs: Attend, oh ye proseurs*, to the way the words lie on the page. There’s good reason to read closely for style and meaning, for efficacy and elegance. There’s good reason to think why...
Domestic Cookery. Manuscript Cookbook. Owned by Jane Lymburner, Bellfast. Dated Jan. 2, 1817. Original wrappers, hand sewn at edges. Included are recipes for cooking and medicinal needs. There are 86 pages. There is an interesting cross selection...
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