{"id":3615,"date":"2009-06-24T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2009-06-24T12:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=3615"},"modified":"2009-06-23T10:10:40","modified_gmt":"2009-06-23T16:10:40","slug":"another-reknown-novelist-comes-to-the-quad-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/another-reknown-novelist-comes-to-the-quad-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Reknown Novelist Comes to the Quad-Cities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|112144\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3741 alignleft\" title=\"Fall of the Sparrow\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Fall-of-the-Sparrow1.JPG?resize=202%2C308&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fall of the Sparrow\" width=\"202\" height=\"308\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Fall-of-the-Sparrow1.JPG?w=202&amp;ssl=1 202w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/Fall-of-the-Sparrow1.JPG?resize=196%2C300&amp;ssl=1 196w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>Fresh on the heels of Elizabeth Berg&#8217;s visit to the Quad-Cities, comes Robert Hellenga, author of many best selling novels. He is the keynote speaker Thursday, June 25th\u00a0at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.midwestwritingcenter.org\/2009%20Conference.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Midwest Writing Center&#8217;s annual conference<\/strong>.<\/a> This year, events are held at St. Ambrose University.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">My favorite\u00a0novel by Robert Hellenga\u00a0is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/search.prairiecat.info\/?itemid=|library\/marc\/PALS-unicorn|112144\" target=\"_blank\">The Fall of the Sparrow<\/a><\/strong>, which is partially set at a liberal arts college in Galesburg (the author\u00a0is a Knox College \u00a0literature professor), and partly in Italy. \u00a0Though there&#8217;s a insider feeling of intimacy when you&#8217;re familiar with the local references; the novel resonates with many themes. The main character is a classics professor\u00a0 and the reader learns about Latin, Greek, Persian rugs, as well as\u00a0the blues, \u00a0and\u00a0shares Woody&#8217;s deep appreciation of Italian culture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh on the heels of Elizabeth Berg&#8217;s visit to the Quad-Cities, comes Robert Hellenga, author of many best selling novels. He is the keynote speaker Thursday, June 25th\u00a0at Midwest Writing Center&#8217;s annual conference. This year, events are held at St. Ambrose University. My favorite\u00a0novel by Robert Hellenga\u00a0is The Fall of<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/another-reknown-novelist-comes-to-the-quad-cities\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[14,1],"tags":[358,657,515],"class_list":["post-3615","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-library-news","category-reference","tag-authors","tag-novelists","tag-writers"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-Wj","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3615"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3740,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3615\/revisions\/3740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3615"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3615"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3615"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}