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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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Running Water

In a sunny sky especially, the huge sandstone cutbanks along the Missouri can be perfectly stunning. To stumble on them…
March 8, 2024
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Mysteries

The church was packed. Mom would have liked that. And all five "first ladies" were in attendance--she would have liked…
December 1, 2023
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Things we carry

I'm working away on something, when Alexa offers me "I Dream of Jeannie with the Light Brown Hair," ancient Americana…
November 10, 2023