Articles by Steve Semken

The White Man Who Stayed

Posted on December 22, 2020 by Steve Semken

A timely and useful look at race in US History by James Autry with an introduction by well-known author/media host Bill Moyers […]

The Way of Nile C. Kinnick, Jr.

Posted on September 17, 2020 by Steve Semken

… The Way of Nile C. Kinnick Jr.: Insights, Images, and Stories of Iowa’s 1939 Heisman Trophy Winner. 2018 marks the hundredth anniversary of one of Iowa’s most notable native sons. Read more… […]

When This Is Over: Pandemic Poems

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Steve Semken

The Last Caucus in Iowa

Posted on August 27, 2020 by Steve Semken

The Physician’s Challenge

Posted on June 18, 2020 by Steve Semken

A true insider’s look into medicine and research. We start with the Malaria Project at the Stateville Penitentiary Joliet, Illinois; 1960’sand Nathan Leopold and the process and the men who volunteered for studies and served on the staff of the
Malaria Project, and to the doctors whose stories I tell with admiration and affection.
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From Cancer to Kinnick

Posted on June 8, 2020 by Steve Semken

An endearing account of a family’s loving wish to adopt a child from China, to care for a daughter and the support, hope, love, and inspiration they find all along the way. Who knew a simple wave and the care of people at the hospital would make such a huge difference. A heart breaking and heart warming and much needed story for our times. […]

Creation of an Artist

Posted on May 17, 2020 by Steve Semken

A Certain Arc

Posted on April 4, 2020 by Steve Semken

A Certain Arc follows Hamilton through a university career where he encounters and participates in the culture of writers and writing. Beginning with “Hometown,” which portrays his origins, […]

Tough Little Beauties

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Steve Semken

A writer of fine intelligence and style, Stephanie Mills is known for her nature essays. This readable and relevant collection selects a handful of those as well as pieces on technological hubris, war resistance, reproductive rights and wrongs, and a sojourn in India. Varied, deep, and often witty, Mills’ writings deal with matters that concern […]

Possum Trot

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Steve Semken

A Midwest Booksellers Association Midwest Connections Pick The pieces in this collection form a lament for a way of life mostly gone. “The family farm is dead. Did you know?” says one character within. “E.B. White writes Charlotte’s Web today, it takes place in a hog confinement. Imagine Wilbur living in a concentration camp for pigs.” […]

Chasing Weather

Posted on February 21, 2020 by Steve Semken

Chasing Weather is an award-winning book. It is a Finalist in the Midwest Independent Bookseller Association’s Choice Award for poetry, and was also a Midwest Connections pick! Plus, the book was selected a Kansas Book Award Winner for the 2014. “The sky is made of rivers before and after they became rivers,” Caryn writes in Chasing […]

Soul External

Posted on February 6, 2020 by Steve Semken

Soul External – Rediscovering The Great Blue Heron | Steve Semken & Andrew Driscoll | $24.95 | Hardcover, illustrated | 144 pgs | 9781888160628| Previously published as The Great Blues, which earned a Kansas Notable Book Award Fanstastic review by Boria Sax There is a very real, center-of-the-world spot lurking in an unknown valley of […]

Live Like Line, Love Like Ellyn

Posted on December 9, 2019 by Steve Semken

Order Direct. Book is now in paperback as we have limited hardcovers left. The Full Story behind the upcoming movie. Learn all about #LiveLikeLine Hear Bill speak about Live Like Line/Love Like Ellyn on Writer’s Voices Gazette article on Live Like Line/Love Like Ellyn and second article Article in the Press Citizen Hear Bill talk […]

I May or May Not Love You

Posted on November 21, 2019 by Steve Semken

David Perkins | ISBN 9781948509152 | $19.99 | 136p | gatefold paper Read all about the book below and WATCH (and listen to) the wonderful book trailer. “I want you to step easily into me and feel comfortable and calm, though storms may be going on, and touch the reachable in ways your mind will […]

Tallgrass Conversations

Posted on November 14, 2019 by Steve Semken

Coming Soon … Poetic, beautiful, meditative, and informative. Through short writings and photographs, enter a conversation to inspire new understandings of the Midwestern tallgrass prairie …Read more… […]

The Great Gamble

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Steve Semken

The Great Gamble: At What Price? A Thriller Novel #thebiggestsecretinamerica David L. Bluder with an Epilogue by Congressman James Leach $19.99 | gate-fold paper | 390p | Isbn 9781948509138 | Sports Betting | Thriller Novel Legendary sports journalist Bob Ryan via Twitter: “Want a good read? A different read? Try David Bluder’s ‘The Great Gamble,’ about […]