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T. Patrick Graves |  Let Us Not Talk Falsely Now

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Johnny Desmond is a racist and a believer in white separatism. He tells us of past exploits and then, on...

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Graham Spanier |  In the Lions’ Den

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

In the Lions’ Den tells the true story of a scandal at Penn State University that unfairly resulted in the firing of the nation’s most successful and admired collegiate football coach and the respected president of the university.

THE OKOBOJI WRITERS’ RETREAT

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SEPTEMBER 19, 20 and 21, 2022 Award-winning authors, journalists, playwrights, teachers, editors, memoir-writers, and storytellers are all committed to helping...

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Jody Keisner | Under My Bed

John T. Price | All is Leaf

Kristine Langley Mahler | Curing Season

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

In Under My Bed and Other Essays, Jody Keisner searches for the roots of the violence and fear that afflict women,...

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Catherine Haustein |  Wrinkles in Spacetime

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Lonely food developer Stella would like nothing better than to finally have a lab partner to help her create new synthetic products and share her passion for science, but her nation of Cochtonia has gone off the deep end.

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Kirsten Anderson |  More Than Words: Turn #MeToo into #ISaidSomething

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

In More Than Words: Turn #MeToo into #ISaidSomething, Kirsten Anderson shares her remarkable journey from the debilitating despair of harassment...

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Anne E. Terpstra |  Beyond Any Experience

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Anne E. Terpstra’s Beyond Any Experience is an intimate, emotional debut that explores grief, parenting, neurodiversity, and the vulnerability of love after loss.

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Darcy Maulsby |  The Lincoln Highway

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Artisan Gallery 218 218 Fifth Street, West Des Moines, IA, United States

Join author Darcy Maulsby as she rediscovers the past, savors some classic Iowa recipes and explores authentic Americana along the timeless Lincoln Highway

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Beth Howard | World Piece: A Pie Baker’s Global Quest for Peace, Love, and Understanding

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Beth Howard offers some answers in her feisty, often funny, always unflinching voice. Underlying her pie and peace mission is her personal story about overcoming fear, letting go of grief, searching for a new home, and making room for new love

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Adib Khorram | Kiss & Tell

 

Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

Khorram's new book, Kiss & Tell, is the story of a boy band star who is the only gay member of the band. 

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Lan Samantha Chang | The Family Chao   

Charles Baxter | Wonderlands

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

An acclaimed storyteller returns with a captivating, witty novel of three brothers, a festering family drama, and the disquieting reality of the American dream.

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Christer Sturmark | To Light the Flame of Reason

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Mainframe Studios 900 Keosauqua Way, Des Moines, IA, United States

To Light the Flame of Reason is all about the art of clear thinking, an art that is needed now more than ever in the world we now live in.