Still Hitting
the Books

photography by Sarah Wilson

School is out, but that doesn’t mean the Denison community trades in its books for beach towels. The brains around here are too hungry for that. So we asked students, faculty, and staff for summer reading suggestions, and the replies included everything from the Twilight series to the Bible. So consider these faves while you’re catching your rays, and don’t forget your sunscreen.

Seeds of Terror:
How Heroin is Bankrolling the Taliban and al Qaeda
by Gretchen Peters

An investigative breakdown of how the heroin trade funds the al Qaeda in Afghanistan. As Afghanistan becomes the primary battleground in the war on terror, this book gives an inside look at the different challenges the U.S. faces there—challenges not often shown on the evening news.

—Julie Dean ’10

Turtle Island
by Gary Snyder

A book of poems that was published more than 30 years ago, but continues to haunt me. Snyder’s words describing nature are quiet, simple, and command attention. These poems help me understand ecology through a nonscientific lens, which can be very good for a scientist!

—Andy Mccall, Assistant Professor of Biology

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