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James C. Schaap

James Calvin Schaap is a retired English prof who has been something of a writer for most of the last 40 years. His latest work, a novel, Looking for Dawn, set in reservation country, is the story of two young women joined by their parents' mutual brokenness and, finally, a machine-shed sacrament of reconciliation. He writes and narrates a weekly essay on regional history for KWIT, public radio, Sioux City, Iowa. He and his wife Barbara live on the northern edge of Alton, Iowa, the Sgt. Floyd River a hundred yards or so from their back door. They have a cat--rather, he has them.

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Legacy CRC

For someone like myself, not to bring up the CRC Synod, which begins today, is quite frankly impossible. Pardon the…
June 9, 2023
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Memory

The town is growing, developments sprouting here and there, as what was once a sleepy village becomes more and more…
April 14, 2023
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Delta Stories

What do I remember? The place was close enough to Vicksburg to visit the battlefield, which was primarily a siege…
March 31, 2023
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“Ohio”

There's much about it that's mythical, that takes the music way beyond its own unique syncopation and opening guitar riffs…
February 17, 2023