The book “Understanding Women” is now available in paperback!

Preservation assistant Bill Voss opens the book titled “Poetry City Marathon” on Wednesday at the University of Iowa Main Library’s conservation lab in Iowa City. The book, published by Sackter House Media is a collection of poetry by David Morice of Iowa City who wrote the work between July 4 and Oct. 31, 2010. The finished book stands 2-feet thick, contains 10,119 pages and weighs about 56 pounds. (Press-Citizen / Matthew Holst)

UI Libraries binds 10,000-page, two-foot-thick book of poetry