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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.

Highs and lows

I don't want to be disagreeable. I may be feeling this way, as if I'm on track toward irascibility, given…
April 1, 2022

Tearful Trails

For some time now, I've admired the life of a 19th century missionary, Sheldon Jackson, whose name I found on…
February 18, 2022

Elegy

We watched him shave--at least I did. I mean, I didn't stand there gawking like some silly ten-year-old idiot, but…
January 7, 2022