A deeply validating manifesto on the gender politics of marriage (bad) and divorce (actually pretty good!) in America today, and an argument that the former needs a reboot—from journalist and proud divorcée Lyz Lenz

Join CCI member Austin Frerick for a talk and Q & A based on his new book "Barons: Money, Power, and the Corruption of America's Food Industry."

In The Trail of Lost Hearts, author Tracey Garvis Graves tells the “breathtaking and endlessly romantic” story of two lost souls who grow from strangers to lovers on an accidentally shared hiking trip.

Deep Care follows generations of activists and clinicians who orbited Women’s Choice Clinic in Oakland from the early 1970s until 2010, many of whom share details of their work for the first time. Angela Hume reveals this under-recognized story of the abortion movement, with its lessons more pertinent than ever following the 2022 Dobbs v. Jackson decision’s devastation to abortion access nationwide.

A poetic riddle about language, history, and culture, released in partnership with UNESCO in honor of the International Decade of Indigenous Languages (2022-2032).

From the New York Times bestselling author of The Overnight Guest comes a twisty locked-room thriller about a mysterious high-stakes game that proves life-threatening.

As an expansion of her spoken word album, "Depression Holders and Secret Keepers," Kelsey Bigelow takes readers through the nuances of healing in an effort to show us that healing is not linear, but it is possible.

A sweeping history of generations darkened by the shadow of the Shoah, this is a story of secrets and the healing power of music.

Join us for an evening filled with poetry and photos, featuring poets Kyle McCord and Paul Brooke, as they share their newest works.

With more than 425 million books sold, James Patterson is the most popular storyteller in modern history.

In The EXvangelicals: Loving, Living, and Leaving the White Evangelical Church, Sarah McCammon, a National Political Correspondent for NPR, presents the first definitive book that names the massive social movement of people leaving the church: the exvangelicals. The program is hosted by The Comparison Project at Drake University.

Lost in the Black Hologram is both a love story and a story of race in America.  Emma Jean Whitcomb comes to Iowa City with fame for her acclaimed play, The Black Hologram, a powerful expression of her anger related to the racism she experienced growing up in Milwaukee.