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Book review: Iowa journalist McElwains published collection is a gem Michael Tidemann If you had been a journalist for 50 years, which stories and columns would you select for a collection of 273 pages? That was the challenge Iowa journalist Max McElwain faced in "Sharing a Napkin: Selected Writings 1969-2019." McElwain has succeeded admirably in producing this selection. What first struck me about McElwain’s collection was the sheer audacity, assuredness and intellectual vigor he showed a...

Book review: Iowa journalist McElwains published collection is a gem Michael Tidemann © Special to the Register "Sharing a Napkin: Selected Writings 1969-2019," by Iowa journalist Max McElwain. If you had been a journalist for 50 years, which stories and columns would you select for a collection of 273 pages? That was the challenge Iowa journalist Max McElwain faced in "Sharing a Napkin: Selected Writings 1969-2019." McElwain has succeeded admirably in producing this selecti...

Latest Times Talent contestants vying for competition top spot ENTRIES to our Times Talent competition is now closed but we are continuing to showcase our skilled contestants hoping to gain your vote. The winner of Times Talent, supported by food ordering company Foodhub, will walk away with the grand prize of £1000, with our readers making the difficult decision. One hopeful aiming for the £1000 prize is 12-year-old dancer Kai Murray. Kai, from Mosspark, has entered with his talent i...