Ice Cube Press Books

When Foxes Wore Red Vests

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Steve Semken

Fevers, pneumonia, and alcohol soaked clothes? A few clues as to how and when Foxes wore red vests. For the full story check out the Sioux City Journal article. The deep values of place learned during childhood can extend to living an enriched, responsible, creative, and authentic life in adulthood. The lessons in this collection […]

What Cheer: A Love Story

Posted on March 2, 2011 by Steve Semken

What Cheer won the Silver Medal Award in Foreword Reviews 2010 Book of the Year Awards Part romantic comedy, part whodunit, part great American road trip, What Cheer asks a lover’s ageless questions: where, when, and with whom? Here’s a celebration of love sprung from perfectly surreal yet real places—What Cheer, Lost Nation, Story County. […]

Winterberries

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Steve Semken

In our seasons of darkness, when snow lays deep upon the land and winds blow cold, winterberries are a gift of hope. Coated in heavy ice, the bright red orbs shine as sparkling memories on the bare twisted stalk of age. These poems are reflections on the season and on life. They remind us to […]

Excellent Joy

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Steve Semken

Excellent Joy was a Silver Finalist Award Winner in Foreword Reviews’ Book of the Year Award A summer hit with a foreword by Frederick Kirschenmann “Michael R. Rosmann proves to be a unique breed of American …”–Foreword Reviews (July, 2011) Praised by the New York Times and President Bill Clinton, Michael Rosmann has appeared on […]

Native Soulmate

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Steve Semken

Author Zachary Michael Jack is tells about his real-life sequel to his fictional search for love in What Cheer: A Love Story. Native Soulmate reveals where and what his search for local love taught him about the Midwest. Love Fresh. Love Local. What happened during the author’s search for a bride this past year (What […]

The Spirit of Healing

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Steve Semken

A guide to better understand the world around you, through nutrition, medicine, and of course through the power of the plants all around us. A tradition-rich and practical guide. An educational guide to the power and use of plants and trees. If you have your plant identification down, that’s just the start, this guidebook is […]

Train To Nowhere

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Steve Semken

As Seen On Iowa Public Television! This event was widely covered by national news media, major television news networks as well as The New York Times and the Chicago Tribune. Now find out what really happened! Eleven undocumented immigrants are locked inside a baking railcar by smugglers and left to die a horrific death […]

An Endless Skyway

Posted on February 24, 2011 by Steve Semken

$21.95 | More Copies On Order Ted Kooser, former US Poet Laureate, on An Endless Sky: Poetry from the State Poets Laureate: “Each poet adds a unique style to the anthology and a unique slant on what it means to write … this book is made for everyone to roam and ramble within. Open these pages […]