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Happy Hour Book Club
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Join us for our Happy Hour Book Club, at RUBAIYAT. We discuss contemporary literary fiction. Decorah Public Library has multiple copies of discussion books for checkout. For January we will be discussing "The Tattooist of Auschwitz" by Heather Morris.
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KPL Monthly Book Club
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The Knoxville Book Club meets on the second Monday of every month to discuss one title. In January, we will discuss the All Iowa Reads title "This Blessed Earth" by Ted Genoways. The topic is relevant to all Iowans, who are closely associated with farming and agriculture. Everyone is welcome.
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Yellow Suit Club
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A Book Club with a Twist
Unwrap a New World Every Month
6:30-8:00 p.m.
First Tuesdays at Plot Twist Bookstore
Chad Michael Cox, leader
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Novel Conversations
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Novel Conversations is a book group that alternates between classic novels and more recent works of fiction and nonfiction. Participants are welcome to come to all the meetings or just those that sound interesting. Multiple copies of each book are available for checkout in the library and are, whenever possible, made available in large print, audiobook, and ebook editions.
Novel Conversations meets the third Thursday of each month from 7:00-8:00 pm in the Board Room. Refreshments are served!
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Meet the Author: Thomas R. Baker
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Thomas R. Baker is the associate dean of students at the University of
Iowa. A judicial administrator since 1988, he specializes in civil rights
investigations. He lives in Muscatine with his partner, Neva Rettig Baker.
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Meet the Author: Lana Jean Mitchell
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Lana Jean Mitchell began writing during the Black Arts Movement of the
1960s in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she was born and grew up. She attended
workshops where accomplished writers like Poet Haki Madhubuti, Novelist
John O. Killens, Novelist/Short Story Writer Toni Cade Bambara, and Poet
Sonja Sanchez taught persons interested in the craft of writing. At
Wilberforce University, Lana majored in mass media communications and
sociology, earning a bachelor of arts degree. She also pursued a Ph.D. at the
Union Institute and University. The course work enhanced her skills and
furthered her desire to write. Lana has written for newspapers, magazines,
and radio. A children's Christmas story, “The Ebony Tree and the Spirit of
Christmas,” written by Robert W. Green, was coproduced by Lana and
broadcasted for two holiday seasons on WGUC University of Cincinnati's
classical radio station. She currently writes children's books, poetry, essays,
and book and film reviews. In 2013 to 2014, she wrote an Internet movie
blog titled MovieswithMitchell. Lana has also published in two poetry
collections. A Birthday Story is Lana's first children's book to be published.
She has others in the works. Lana is a mother, grandmother, and fiancée.
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Meet the Author: Dennis Maulsby
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Dennis Maulsby is a retired bank president living in Ames, Iowa with his wife
Ruth, a retired legal secretary and his dog Charlie, a retired CIA operative. A
son and grandson, Matt and Kaden, live in the Pacific Northwest. His poetry
and short stories have appeared in Lyrical Iowa, The North American Review,
Haiku Journal, Spillway, The Hawai’i Pacific Review, The Briarcliff Review, and
numerous other journals.
A U.S. Army Veteran, Maulsby spent four and a half years on active duty.
Enlisting as a private, he served two years as a Russian voice intercept
operator rising to the rank of Specialist Fifth Class before attending Ft.
Benning, Georgia’s Infantry Officer Candidate School. After graduation as a
Second Lieutenant, he was accepted into the Military’s Intelligence branch. In
1968, he served with the 25th Infantry division while in Vietnam. Maulsby led
a mobile electronic intelligence gathering platoon with elements established in
firebases and Vietnamese villages in southwestern Vietnam. He received an
honorable discharge in 1970.
Maulsby is a past President of the Iowa Poetry Association. He holds
memberships in the Iowa Poetry Association, The National Federation of State
Poetry Societies, Ames Third Stanza Poets, Burlington’s Society of Great River
Poets, The Military Writers Society of America, the Urbandale Omega Poets,
The Ankeny Writers Workshop, The Jordan Creek Mall Barnes & Noble
Writers, and The International War Veterans Poetry Archives.
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Meet the Author Alan Feirer
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With a bias toward action, this Field Guide will provide hope, inspiration, and a way to put leadership into practice. While you can read from beginning to end, the format makes it easy to pick and choose the most urgently needed tools. As we develop as leaders, we can all turn to this action plan when we’re overwhelmed: Meet Needs. A leader has to ask "What's needed?" then act on it. It could be... "What does she need from me?" "What does this team need right now?" “What does he need to hear to do his best work?" To get into a position to meet the needs of others, student leaders must do these three things, in this order: • Build Relationships • Encourage Others • Ask for More The readings in this book all help you be more effective with one of these three steps.
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Yellow Suit Club
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A Book Club with a Twist
Unwrap a New World Every Month
6:30-8:00 p.m.
First Tuesdays at Plot Twist Bookstore
Chad Michael Cox, leader
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Novel Conversations
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Novel Conversations is a book group that alternates between classic novels and more recent works of fiction and nonfiction. Participants are welcome to come to all the meetings or just those that sound interesting. Multiple copies of each book are available for checkout in the library and are, whenever possible, made available in large print, audiobook, and ebook editions.
Novel Conversations meets the third Thursday of each month from 7:00-8:00 pm in the Board Room. Refreshments are served!
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