Books

Celebrated travel writer and Iowa native Lori Erickson has crossed the globe for years, writing about spiritually significant places. But when preparing to write a book about holy sites right here in the United States, the COVID pandemic hit.

Late summer is a great time to find some shade, perhaps some lemonade, and a stack of books, and someone who wants to share a story. Here are some new books about our world and many things in it that would be great for just such an occasion.

UI grad participated in the Sozopol Seminars in Bulgaria

Dr. Vincent Reid credits much of who he is today to a small lab in New York City, where he and other minorities were able to thrive through a rare oasis in a scientific world largely not built for them.

‘I am Home’ explores what home means to the narrator as she returns to Key West, Iowa.

Amid legislation targeting the information sector, public librarians speak on their growing role as a force in the political realm. From representative literature to creating inclusive environments, libraries are offering more to the community than books.

The competitive scholarship pushes winners to step out of their comfort zone, travel and write poetry.

Bumbling superhero and pals vie to investigate dormant volcano in new graphic novel by Eric Gapstur.