In Metamorphosis: A Natural and Human History, writer and historian of science Oren Harman presents an insightful exploration on the topic of transformation in nature and how these processes connect to the human experience. From butterflies to starfish to axolotl’s, his book provides countless instances of metamorphosis that occurs in the natural world around us. Read More

In The Culting of America: What Makes a Cult and Why We Love Them, Daniella Mestyanek Young, a cult survivor and U.S. Army veteran, explores how cult-like behavior can emerge in many of America’s communities and institutions, from religious groups to corporations to recovery support groups. Co-written with Amy Reed, the book outlines a ten-part Read More

In her powerful new book, The Labors of Resurrection: Black Women, Necromancy, and Morrisonian Democracy, Associate Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Vanderbilt University Shatema Threadcraft sheds light on the serious topic of Black femicide and writes about the Black feminists who are organizing to stop the murders of Black women. In addition, her Read More

In the 25th anniversary edition of Return of the Osprey: A Season of Flight and Wonder, New York Times bestselling author David Gessner invites readers into the world of the magnificent creature known as the osprey. Once endangered due to the use of the pesticide DDT, ospreys have made a strong return to their former Read More

In A Greek Tragedy: One Day, a Deadly Shipwreck, and the Human Cost of the Refugee Crisis, award-winning journalist, Jeanne Carstensen, takes us back to that fateful day in 2015 when hundreds of refugees traveling from Turkey to the Greek island of Lesvos were tossed into the water after their overcrowded, wooden boat collapsed while Read More

Journalist and independent researcher, John Lechner, talks with Writer’s Voices to discuss his compelling new book, Death Is Our Business: Russian Mercenaries and the New Era of Private Warfare. His book tells the intriguing story of Russia’s well-known private military company, The Wagner Group, and begins with its arrival in Ukraine in 2014 and follows Read More

Professor of obstetrics and gynecology with an Infectious Disease Fellowship at the University of Washington, Dr. Linda Eckert, stops by Writer’s Voices to discuss her important new book, Enough: Because We Can Stop Cervical Cancer. Dr. Eckert’s book is a vital resource that focuses on cervical cancer education, prevention, and treatment, and is filled with Read More

Professor and award-winning nature writer, David Gessner, joins Writer’s Voices to discuss his latest book about the famed owl, Flaco, titled The Book of Flaco: The World’ Most Famous Bird. His book follows an owl named Flaco after he escaped from New York’s Central Park Zoo and spent the following year soaring around the city Read More

New York Times bestselling author, Olivia Campbell, joins Writer’s Voices to discuss her captivating new book, Sisters in Science: How Four Women Physicists Escaped Nazi Germany and Made Scientific History. Her book tells the true story of four female scientists living in Germany during WWII who were forced to leave their jobs and their country Read More

In Technology is Dead: The Path to a More Human Future, former managing director of the Harvard Innovation Labs, author, and global speaker, Chris Colbert, writes an insightful and thought-provoking book centered around humanity’s dependance on technology and how we as a society can use that to produce positive outcomes for us rather than unintended, Read More

In Gender Explained: A New Understanding of Identity in a Gender Creative World, developmental and clinical psychologist, Diane Ehrensaft, PhD, and her co-author, Michelle Jurkiewicz, PsyD, explore the changing culture of gender in today’s world. According to Ehrensaft, this is a time in history where the uncertainty of this topic is making many people anxious. Read More

In his 19th book, journalist and author, Michael Castleman, writes The Untold Story of Books: A Writer’s History of Book Publishing, a comprehensive guide chronicling the history of publishing. Well-written and filled with extensive research, The Untold Story of Books provides a wealth of information and interesting facts that anyone, from aspiring writers to someone Read More

In This Was Toscanini: The Maestro, My Father, and Me, Lucy Antek Johnson, along with her father, Samuel Antek, present an in-depth, firsthand account of Arturo Toscanini, one of the greatest and most influential conductors of the 20th century. Told from the point of view of Samuel, a first violinist of seventeen years in Toscanini’s Read More

Award-winning journalist and New York Times bestselling author, Eric Weiner, stops by to discuss his newest nonfiction book, an unconventional biography about Benjamin Franklin, titled Ben & Me: In Search of a Founder’s Formula for a Long and Useful Life. Part memoir, part biography, part travelogue and more, Ben & Me explores the various parts Read More

In The Times That Try Men’s Souls: The Adams, the Quincys, and the Battle for Loyalty in the American Revolution, historian and Constitutional scholar, Joyce Lee Malcolm, delves intimately into our nation’s history and spotlights the lives of prominent families during the time of the American Revolution. In her research, she found that the Revolutionary Read More

New York Times bestselling author, Caroline Paul, visits us to share her inspirational book about the connection between outdoor activities and aging titled Tough Broad: From Boogie Boarding to Wing Walking – How Outdoor Adventure Improves Our Lives As We Age. While her book is geared towards women 50 years and older, women as young Read More

Award-winning fiction and nonfiction writer, Leah Lax, joins Writer’s Voices to discuss her illuminating new book about the immigrant experience, Not From Here: The Song of America. Interestingly, the book came about when Lax was first asked to write an opera for the Houston Grand Opera recognizing local immigrants and refugees in the community. From Read More

Academic advisor and early career development expert, Ana Homayoun, joins us to discuss her latest book, Erasing the Finish Line: The New Blueprint For Success Beyond Grades and College Admission. Written as a guide for middle schoolers, high schoolers and their families, her book focuses on the essential skills and strategies students need to be Read More

Former Research Engineer with IHHR-Hydroscience & Engineering at the University of Iowa, Chris Jones, visits Writer’s Voices to share his book of essays highlighting the truth behind Iowa’s poor water quality in The Swine Republic: Struggles with the Truth about Agriculture and Water Quality. Published by Ice Cube Press, The Swine Republic describes how Iowa’s Read More

In Bright Kids Who Couldn’t Care Less, learning expert and associate professor of psychology at Harvard Medical School, Dr. Ellen Braaten, presents a guidebook for parents, educators, caregivers, and others who work with children, that helps to explain the lack of motivation that we see in seemingly bright children and what we as can do Read More

Critically acclaimed writer and author of three award-winning books of poetry, Shelley Puhak, shares with us her fascinating nonfiction debut, The Dark Queens: The Bloody Rivalry That Forged the Medieval World. Her story about two rival, medieval queens, Brunhild and Fredegund, surfaced when she was doing research on another project. As she learned more about Read More

Artist, curator, and author, Janie Paul, joins us to discuss her riveting new book about integrating art in the Michigan prison systems, Making Art in Prison: Survival and Resistance. Paul, along with her late husband Buzz Alexander, co-founded The Annual Exhibitions of Artists in Michigan Prisons, an organization that hosts yearly exhibitions at the University Read More

In The People’s Hospital: Hope and Peril in American Medicine, Dr. Ricardo Nuila tells a fascinating, eye-opening story about the American healthcare system and follows the journeys of five uninsured individuals, each with their own extreme health crises, who find their way to Ben Taub Hospital, a charity hospital in Houston, Texas, where they were Read More

New York Times reporter and journalist, Kate Zernike, visits us to share her latest book, The Exceptions: Nancy Hopkins, MIT, and the Fight for Women in Science. Based on the story she broke for The Boston Globe, The Exceptions tells the true story of sixteen female scientists who spoke out against the discrimination of female Read More

Author Jeff Hobbs returns to Writer’s Voices to discuss his newest nonfiction book, Children of the State: Stories of Survival and Hope in the Juvenile Justice System. In Children of the State, Hobbs takes a closer look into the personal lives of those who live and work in the juvenile detention centers, including the teachers, Read More

Journalist, former L.A. Times reporter, and New York Times best-selling author, Sam Quinones, visits us to discuss his latest book, The Least of Us: True Tales of America and Hope in the Time of Fentanyl and Meth. A follow-up to 2015’s Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic, The Least of Us tells of Read More

New York Times bestselling author, Michael Tougias, returns to Writer’s Voices to discuss his riveting survival biography, Extreme Survival: Lessons From Those Who Have Triumphed All Odds. Filled with real-life accounts from survivors who have faced extreme circumstances, Extreme Survival also includes survival techniques that readers can use in many different situations and in everyday Read More

Historian and journalist, Dr. Daphne Palmer Geanacopoulos, visits with us to discuss her riveting new book, The Pirate’s Wife: The Remarkable True Story of Sarah Kidd. “In the course of writing my first book, …The Pirate Next Door: The Untold Story of Eighteenth Century Pirates’ Wives, Families, and Communities, I learned about Sarah Kidd and Read More

Emeritus professor of law and former director of Drake University’s Agricultural Law Center, Neil Hamilton, joins us to discuss his book, The Land Remains: A Midwestern Perspective On Our Past and Future. Published by Ice Cube Press, The Land Remains “tells the story of our land and our relationship to it, particularly with an Iowa Read More

Author and poet laureate of color, Keith Recker, visits Writer’s Voices to discuss his third book on color, Deep Color: The Shades that Shape Our Souls. For Recker, “The first push into color really came out of my experience as a retailer and trying to decipher what people were thirsty for and how best to Read More

Freelance journalist and parenting author, Lisa L. Lewis, speaks with us about her new book, The Sleep-Deprived Teen. In it, she explains why sleep is so important for teenagers and how detrimental it can be when they don’t get their recommended 8 to 10 hours of sleep each night. While there are things parents can Read More

The Agitators – Dorothy Wickedness’ new history of three friends who fought for abolition and women’s rights. “It’s so heart-breaking to think of all the women’s live that have been completely lost, and this of course is true for almost every African American, certainly, who are descendants of enslaved people. The histories are gone, mostly, Read More