Books

There are so many music memoirs new in 2023 that we want to read! Here's a list.

Sara Routh, a singer-songwriter from Des Moines, talks about her new album, cover songs, advice for young artists and more. Routh is IPR's Artist of the Month for March.

Music is personal and often, tribal. We gather around different types of music for various reasons; whether it reminds us of our hometown, it speaks to our political views, or it is the backdrop of our favorite club to visit on Saturday nights.

2021 has been a busy year for music book releases. Between Brandi Carlile’s hard-hitting memoir, “Broken Horses,” and former New York Times music critic Kelefa Sanneh’s in-depth look at popular music history in “Major Labels,” there are some great reads to discover.

"Suicide Woods" is author Benjamin Percy's latest collection of short stories. The book delivers a combination of horror, crime and weird happenings in…

Talk of Iowa host Charity Nebbe speaks with author Barbara Ehrenreich.

Guest host Rick Brewer speaks with the author of the new book "Iowa Bike Towns" Eugene Schlaman.

In her 2020 book "Brother Robert," Robert Johnson's stepsister provides a portrait of the seminal blues music figure from a different perspective - out of the juke joints and away from the crossroads.

Thirteen years after the release of his internationally bestselling novel, The Book Thief, author Markus Zusak has emerged with a novel he describes as…

Title IX became law in 1972. As a result any school that receives any federal money is required to provide fair and equal treatment of the sexes in all…