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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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Tell me why

What's altogether possible is that it's not a great novel. What makes me believe I can write a novel good…
November 25, 2016
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Vets, 11/11/16

I suppose "9/11" has already edged out "11/11" among our memorable national numerical icons, but I'm forever imprinted with the…
November 11, 2016
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Corn Corners

It was, at the time, just another feature of northwest Iowa culture, I thought, like talk about "a hundred weight,"…
October 14, 2016