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Book review: Iowa journalist McElwain's published collection is a gem

Book review: Iowa journalist McElwain s 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 at age 17 in his “Up Against the Wall” selections starting in July 1969 in The Woodbine (Iowa) Twiner where he bookended his long journalism career. The last selection in the book comes from The Twiner-Herald March 28, 2018, issue. ....

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Book review: Iowa journalist McElwain's published collection is a gem

Book review: Iowa journalist McElwain s published collection is a gem
Michael Tidemann
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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 selection.
What first struck me about McElwain’s collection was the sheer audacity, assuredness and intellectual vigor he showed at age 17 in his “Up Against the Wall” selections starting in July 1969 in The Woodbine (Iowa) Twiner where he bookended his long journalism career. The last selection in the book comes from The Twiner-Herald March 28, 2018, issue. ....

Council Bluffs , United States , Ernest Hemingway , Max Mcelwain , Michael Tidemann , Eagle Book Bindery Publishing Company , Council Bluffs Nonpareil , Selected Writings , Twiner Herald March , Kansas City Evening News , Kansas City Star , Omaha World Herald , Rolling Stone , Corn Palace , Only Fun , Sport Magazine , Iowa Hawkeyes , Book Bindery Publishing Company , சபை பிலுபிஎஸ் , ஒன்றுபட்டது மாநிலங்களில் , மிச Ou ரி , அர்நெஸ்ட் ஹெமிங்வே , அதிகபட்சம் மிசெல்வான் , சபை பிலுபிஎஸ் நோன்பாரேல் , கன்சாஸ் நகரம் நட்சத்திரம் , ஆமஹா உலகம் ஹெரால்ட் ,