Wine and Words: A Premiere Party for ‘From A Distance’ Luxe Interiors — Thursday, Sept. 28 at 7 p.m. Iowa City author Larry Baker’s latest book, ‘From a Distance,’ is out this week from Ice Cube Press. To celebrate, a release party will be held Thursday, Sept. 28 at Luxe Interiors (920 E 2nd Ave, […]
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An excerpt from ‘The Education of Nancy Adams,’ the latest novel from Iowa City author Larry Baker
I have perfect vision and low blood pressure, assets that make me a great shot. I can sit on the dock that slopes away from my house and finish a box of…
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Happy Valley High: a short story by Larry Baker
This is a story about when I realized that I was going to die. No matter how rich or powerful, no matter how good looking I was, how pretty my wife or children were, no matter what, I was going to die. If all this sounds too serious I suppose I should point out that […]
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Introductions and Gifts
Read an excerpt from Larry Baker’s new book, Love and Other Delusions and his interview with Yale Cohn.
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Larry’s Great Hollywood Adventure
I’m a fiction writer, but I’m not a very good creative writer. Like a lot of writers, I steal shamelessly from my own life and change the names to protect…well, probably my marriage. Thinking about how to write a bizarre but true story, I have another handicap. The really bizarre stuff happened when I was MUCH younger, and most often my consciousness then was, politely phrased, altered..
