Donna Brooks
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The buzz downtown is being generated by Food Truck Fridays, a weekly happening that is importing great food from through Siouxland. Join Donna Brooks and… -
Have you ever encountered a book at the moment you needed its message most? I’ve experienced this phenomenon with a few titles over the years, including A… -
You went down on August 26—my 29th birthday. That’s what the doctors and nurses kept calling it, anyway. It didn’t take long for me to understand that… -
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I love New Year’s Eve. To me, it’s a glamorous holiday that offers the sparkle of new beginnings and a moment’s pause for present blessings. Time, which… -
This memoir was recommended to me almost ten years ago in a creative writing class at Iowa State University. From the title, I assumed the plot would… -
As an avid public radio listener, there are few story-sharing platforms I admire more than This American Life. Host and producer, Ira Glass, has an… -
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Joan Didion’s essays and novels are famous for their study of American morals and cultural chaos. She’s written for Vogue, Esquire, the Saturday Evening… -
Mark Twain penned the philosophy “Truth is stranger than fiction,” in his travelogue Following the Equator: A Journey Around the World.This notion is…
