Talk of the township, 1992-2010 -- A thinking man's look at the "good old days" : a conversation with Mel Peet -- The last days of the Schultz Brothers Variety Store / Osha Davidson -- Sit for awhile and rock / Rachel Faldet, -- About tadpoles, disasters, and Billy Sunday / Norman Sage -- Rose / Carmen Kraemer Clark -- The letter from New York / Michael Carey -- Greener than green / David Manning -- The would-be Caesars of Millard / Raymond M. Tinnian -- Diamonds are not forever : the changing role of baseball in small-town Iowa / Robert Neymeyer -- Local ghosts / Dan Brawner -- Welcome to Engle Country : a review and an appreciation / Winston Barclay -- Interstate / Gary Eller -- Wadena! / Steve Maravetz -- My two years in a box / Melvin Corson -- The Iowa sky / Mike Kilen -- Driving across Iowa / Annie Grieshop -- Lucy's scarf / Betty Moffett -- Houses on the hills / Larry Stone -- Is this heaven? then it's not Iowa / Verl Lekwa -- Demolition : the sixth season in the City of Five / Beth Chacey DeBoom -- A peaceful jog in the country / Michael Rosmann -- Rest in peace / Steve Hanken -- Memo . . . from the director of the Center for Prairie Studies / J. Harley McIlrath -- Rockin' the corridor : a music critic remembers / Dee Ann Rexroat -- Just in case : alone at Christmas / Marian Matthews Clark -- A common thread / Rebecca Sullivan -- Night moves at the Riverside Show Lounge / Dan Ehl -- I due / Leslie Caton -- The judge vs. God, television, and fashion / Shirley McDermott -- Women who wore aprons / Ann Struthers -- The third king / Rustin Larson -- Things I didn't learn in school / Jonna Higgins-Freese -- The naming of birds / Glenn Freeman -- Seeking asylums /Jane Purcell -- Christmas found on a Trailways bus / Kelley Jon Donham -- County fair / Douglas McReynolds -- Wapsipinicon / John Peterson -- Filling the Cumberland Gap / Floyd Pearce -- Talk of the township, 2010-2018.
Summary:
"The Wapsipinicon Almanac was published by Route 3 Press in Anamosa, Iowa for more than 25 years. It was handmade on antique letterpress equipment by Timothy Fay and featured stories, reviews, essays, and poems. The first issue, published in 1988, sold out, and the publication subsequently became a staple of the Iowa literary scene. Each subsequent issue was a carefully curated collection of critical essays, short stories, book reviews, Iowa history, news blurbs, poetry, beautiful artwork, and charming black and white advertisements of the mom-and-pop businesses who supported the Almanac and serve their communities in every aspect from the arts to agriculture. Fay crafted each issue with a sharp but also lighthearted focus on Midwestern concerns-culled from a variety of perspectives. Now, Midwesterners will be able to peruse the best of the Wapsi in one volume-both text and images-along with an introduction from Tim Fay that will acquaint them with his rare, artisanal process and this valuable repository of Iowa voices and history"-- Provided by publisher. "In 1988, Timothy Fay published the very first issue of the Wapsipinicon Almanac at his Route 3 Press in Anamosa, Iowa. Fay's goal was to offer a journal somewhat outside of mainstream Iowa journalism. For thirty years, the annual Wapsipinicon Almanac entertained midwestern readers with timely essays, works of fiction, news notes, art, poetry, and so much more. This book celebrates selections from three decades of the WapsipiniconAlmanac, so that readers can enjoy this important regional publication for years to come "-- Provided by publisher.
This resource is supported by the Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act as administered by State Library of Iowa.