Bon Appétit
A UI class project serves up a satisfying slice of American culinary history.

Lady's-slippers in Your Pocket and Ladies'-tresses in Your Pocket by Paul Martin Brown
The latest two handy, laminated nature guides from the UI Press take a close look at some of America's most common and striking flowers -- orchids.

The Bad Wife Handbook by Rachel Zucker
In The Bad Wife Handbook, poet Rachel Zucker examines the challenges that come with marriage and motherhood.

Man Killed by Pheasant by John T. Price, 88BA, 95MFA, 97PhD Da Capo Press

In his memoir about a life rooted in the grasslands of the American Midwest, John Price, 88BA, 95MFA, 97PhD, proves that neither mountains nor seashore is required to make for an interesting environment. Instead, it's the relationships we have with family—even those forebears we know only through family legend—and with the flora and fauna that surround us that tie us to places we call home and make life remarkable.

If you ever thought Iowa would be more dramatic if it were populated by bears or tigers, be sure to read the title essay, as well as one called simply "Nuts." You'll probably burst out laughing and forever after consider pheasants and squirrels as memorable as that bigger game.