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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · 11h

A new substack on writing, magic and surprise open.substack.com/pub/stevesem...

Same as it ever was ... attaway & thataway

No cheap writing solutions please

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · 2d

Wow 100s & 100s showed up for @artcullen.bsky.social today at the Iowa City Book Festival apologize for those out in the hallways. Thank you #Iowa His new book is hitting a nerve with folks

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · 7d

Good piece on @artcullen.bsky.social and his new book in @littlevillage.bsky.social littlevillagemag.com/art-cullen-w...

'We're on a knife's edge': Art Cullen chides Reynolds' meanness, Big Ag's death grip on Iowa land and livelihoods - Little Village

“When I was a kid in the 1960s, you could drive from Carroll to Storm Lake, and see cattle lining green hills the entire way,” Art Cullen said in a […]

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troutshout @troutshout.bsky.social · 11d

The one and only @artcullen.bsky.social joined Talk of Iowa this week to talk about his new book.

Check it out >> www.iowapublicradio.org/podcast/talk... @steveicecubepress.bsky.social @thestormlaketimes.bsky.social @iowapublicradio.org

'We crapped in our nest' a conversation with Art Cullen

The editor and co-owner of the Storm Lake Times Pilot discusses his new book, Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest: Notes from the Edge of the World.

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · 16d

Check out this interview with @artcullen.bsky.social on his new book @wvik.bsky.social www.wvik.org/podcast/hear...

Pulitzer-prize winner Art Cullen Laments the Decline of Small Town Iowa in Latest Book

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · 18d

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Book Review: 'Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest' by Art Cullen - Little Village

Being an Iowan has been difficult for those of us who love our home and are horrified by its policies. Art Cullen, in his new book Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest (Ice Cube Press), lays bare the co...

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · 21d

A bit on rocks and writing open.substack.com/pub/stevesem...

Piling Rocks

sounds of memory, weight of silence

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · 24d

It’s coming Pulitzer winner @artcullen.bsky.social new book. Check out this review by Lyle Mueller in the The Gazette www.thegazette.com/books/book-r...

Book Review: Art Cullen's new book continues tossing barbs

Art Cullen's new book is written in the folksy and entertaining style that won him the 2017 Pulitzer Prize.

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Art Cullen @artcullen.bsky.social · Aug 26

Here’s a column of slutty self promotion for my forthcoming screed.

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I may be vulgar, but this is a rank pile of … - Storm Lake Times Pilot

Please excuse my slutty self-promotion, but a book by Art Cullen will be released in late September. Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest: Notes from the Edge of the World is scheduled to be …

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · Aug 27

New book coming. . www.chronicletimes.com/stories/i-ma...

I may be vulgar, but this is a rank pile of … - The Cherokee Chronicle Times

Please excuse my slutty self-promotion, but a book by Art Cullen will be released in late September. Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest: Notes from the Edge of the World is scheduled to be …

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · Aug 12

Some days it’d be easier to be working 9-5. The requests and not hearing back from people gets to you as an #entrepreneur

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · Jun 25

In my opinion my Mother’s Day post isn’t late at all. open.substack.com/pub/stevesem...

Huffs, Puffs & A Mother's Day Tribute

Writing tip: only share when the time is right, but when you do, do so with all the sincerity you can muster.

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · Jun 13

Another combination writing advice and story up on substack. Hopefully you’ll all read it to the end open.substack.com/pub/stevesem... Ice Cube Press LLC Midwestern Independent Book Publisher

Under Lights & Open Air

A sports story within a wishful world of imaginary purity & writing tips

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · May 16

Let me try and impart a wink or two of kindness your way: open.substack.com/pub/stevesem...

Single Wink Kindness

Direct & inevitable, some words are hard to say & hear

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · Apr 25

Here i go again, thoughts on word power open.substack.com/pub/stevesem...

Crazy Little Thing Called Hate

The cannibals are hungry & they're coming for our words: converge and collide.

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · Apr 23

Thank you!!!! @artcullen.bsky.social thanks you too

Phoebe Wall Howard @phoebesaid.bsky.social · Apr 23

I went to the website of Indie publisher ICE CUBE PRESS to pre-order an upcoming book by Pulitzer winner Art Cullen ("We crapped in our nest") and ended up buying five books forthegoshsakes. Incredible collection of titles and topics that I didn't anticipate.

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Brett Lorenzen @brettlorenzen.bsky.social · Apr 21

High recommendations for Art’s work.

You can go read “Storm Lake” while you’re waiting for this one to come out.

Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · Apr 21

The right book is arriving at the right time. September 28 we're releasing Pulitzer winner Art Cullen's new book "Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest: Notes from the Edge of the World" Here's the link to order early and get a signed copy! icecubepress.com/2025/02/03/w... @artcullen.bsky.social

We Crapped In Our Nest - Ice Cube Press

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Ice Cube Press / Steve Semken @steveicecubepress.bsky.social · Apr 21

The right book is arriving at the right time. September 28 we're releasing Pulitzer winner Art Cullen's new book "Dear Marty, We Crapped In Our Nest: Notes from the Edge of the World" Here's the link to order early and get a signed copy! icecubepress.com/2025/02/03/w... @artcullen.bsky.social

We Crapped In Our Nest - Ice Cube Press

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