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Annastacia Stegall is back in Des Moines with a ‘multimodal’ book inspired by My Scene, childhood games and her own life

What happens when clothing becomes a way to remember?

For Annastacia Stegall, the answer to this question began during her MFA program at Eastern Washington University in 2022. She entered knowing what she wanted to write about, but not necessarily how she wanted to write it. As she continued working, one theme began appearing again and again: clothing and its connection to memory.

“I’m someone who needs a very clear theme with a book,” Stegall said during an interview with Little Village Magazine via Zoom. “I like writing with a theme in mind.”

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DSM Book Festival returns with four headlining authors, each with an Iowa counterpart

In an increasingly digital world, connecting over a common interest in real life is even more meaningful. “It’s person to person. It’s getting recommendations. It’s finding out from your friends or people you admire what they’re reading,” said C.J. Box, the author behind the Western mystery series Joe Pickett. “You just got to get out […]

Posted inFood & Drink

30 tasty tomes recommended by Iowa indie bookstores

For the 2024 Bread & Butter dining special, Little Village asked bookstores located around central and eastern Iowa about their favorite food-related titles. They responded with cookbooks, memoirs, nonfiction and fiction recommendations —and in some cases, a paragraph or two explaining their choices — including books from Iowa authors and/or focused on Iowa culinary history. […]

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