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. 

From the acclaimed author of Scritch Scratch and What Lives in the Woods, comes an action-packed adventure novel about three friends who team up to find a hidden treasure in an abandoned 1950's funhouse.

Join us for a fascinating evening of poetry with award-winning poets Kwame Dawes and Danez Smith, hosted by the DMACC Celebration of the Literary Arts, also featuring presentations by DMACC students.

Tough Broad is a funny and fearless call for women to embrace the outdoors in our fifties, sixties, seventies, and beyond, casting our own futures in a new and dazzling light.

Join Dennis Maulsby for a presentation on haiku evolution and its latest entry into the genres of science fiction, fantasy, and horror. He will discuss haiku evolution, illustrating the small poem's amazing versatility with examples from his newly-released book, "KU," featuring sixty-eight poems.