Kathy Kapitan's hometown is Yankton, SD, and she currently gardens in Storm Lake, IA. She teaches composition courses at Buena Vista University. An avid reader, undisciplined writer, and enthusiastic gardener, Kapitan loves the Midwest, all four...
“Two Fellows from Hedrick” Dean Harwood and Roger Perkins headed Class C schools in freshman scholarship. -- “From Small Beginnings” The curator of rare books discusses Lincolniana collecting and Bollinger. -- “Your Income Tax Goes Up”...
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane, " Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper.
Scrapbook compiled by Evelyn Birkby; chiefly contains clippings from "Up a country lane," Birkby's weekly homemaking column in the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel newspaper. Scrapbook also includes awards presented to Birkby by Iowa Press Women, Inc....
Margalea Warner is a writer of poetry and essays. She has lived with mental illness since its onset in her early twenties, and themes of suffering, loss, recovery, faith, and joy run through her writings. She has had poems and essays published in...
Jeff Roberts is a 45 year-old father to two, lover of one and is blessed with the friendship of many. He's finishing the last 3 hours in the Bachelor of Liberal Studies Program at Iowa and will graduate next December. This piece is from his book,...
Heidi writes, 'I grew up in Upstate, NY, and attended college at the University of Rochester. I am currently a graduate student in the Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics at the University of Iowa.'
A native of Des Moines, Lucia Nevai now lives in upstate New York. She is author of the novel Seriously and two story collections, Star Game and Normal. This month, Tin House Books published her new novel, Salvation. Tin House Books is an offshoot...
IN CLASS: Engineering students help equip humans for flight. -- The Flight of a Red-Tailed Angel: As one of the famed Tuskegee Airmen, Iowa alumnus Luther Smith played a crucial part in World War II— and also helped wage the battle for racial...
Includes then-new developments in UI's experimental television broadcasts. Unlike W9XK's mechanical system, W9XUI used an electronic mode of transmission, with a higher quality of image.