Books & Reading

Hard conversations about the COVID-19 pandemic and dives into great pieces of literature: host Charity Nebbe walks through some of her recent favorite episodes of Talk of Iowa.

For years, Robin Green was the lone woman with a name on the Rolling Stone's masthead. In her memoir, she tells all about the good, the bad and the bizarre.

In this excerpted interview, author Claire Hoffman describes her childhood growing up as part of the Maharishi community in Fairfield, Iowa.

Charity Nebbe and her guests talk about new ideas, and new books, inspired by classic literature.

In this bonus episode of the Talk of Iowa Book Club, we continue the fall theme of memoirs with one from poet Stephen Kuusisto.

Host Charity Nebbe is joined by expert readers to discuss Bill Bryson's "The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid: A Memoir."

In her new book, a writer explores her family and its connection with distant Vikings and how that connects to the present. Then, how an engineer and fire eater reconciles seemingly disparate skills

Iowans recently spent a romantic evening with Major League Baseball when the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox played at the Field of Dreams, but Iowa’s relationship with the MLB has been turbulent.

The author of Nightbitch discusses the uneasy transformation of motherhood and her protagonist, who suspects she is turning into a dog.

Years go into the crafting of a novel. But in just a few months the world changed as the COVID-19 pandemic came to stay.