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.

Poetry Palooza! is presented by Poetry&, an Iowa-based nonprofit organization created to advance awareness and appreciation for poetry and poets through educational events that celebrate the written and spoken word.

Embark on a transformative journey with Dave Markward as he transitions from an upbringing in an almost exclusively white community to a life enriched by diversity in From Dubuque to Selma and Beyond: My Journey to Understand Racism in America.

Complete a Central Iowa IBD Passport to enter to win a $100 gift certificate from Beaverdale Books.

In their new book, Mary Christopher and Mike Rowley, along with other Woodland volunteers, reveal fascinating stories of many departed Des Moines residents.

In their new book, Mary Christopher and Mike Rowley, along with other Woodland volunteers, reveal fascinating stories of many departed Des Moines residents.

The Des Moines Public Library's AViD Author Series continues with two of the most popular thriller writers in the country, Gregg Hurwitz and Nick Petrie. 

Inspired by real-life, My Father Called Us Monkeys, is a series of linked short stories about Marco, a Mexican American boy coming of age in a blue-collar and predominately white Midwestern town in 1969.