News Item Longtime NPR Host Meets ‘Best Strangers in the World,’ Our Latest Book Club Selection Monday, April 22, 2024 FYI Book Group 150th Anniversary NPR's Ari Shapiro is the author of this season's FYI Book Club selection.... Read More
News Item Memories of ‘The Wiz,’ and Coming of Age Inspire This Award-Winning Poetry Collection Thursday, February 29, 2024 FYI Book Group Book Discussion Book Group Maya Angelou Book Award Winter FYI Book Club: "I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times" by Taylor Byas, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award winner.... Read More
News Item San Francisco Public Library Settles Super Bowl Bet With Kansas City Public Library Tuesday, February 27, 2024 Banned Books Free to Read KC Sports The Kansas City Public Library and the San Francisco Public Library teamed up to tackle censorship with a friendly Super Bowl wager.... Read More
News Item Bigger Than Football: Library Systems “Tackle Censorship” Wednesday, February 7, 2024 KC Sports Library News Super Bowl News: The Kansas City Public Library is partnering with the San Francisco Public Library to draw attention "Tackle Censorship."... Read More
News Item Byas Wins Maya Angelou Book Award for Her Debut Poetry Collection, 'I Done Clicked My Heels Three Times' Friday, October 6, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award Taylor Byas is the winner of the third annual Maya Angelou Book Award for her debut poetry collection I... Read More
News Item Library, Universities Name Finalists for Maya Angelou Book Award Thursday, August 24, 2023 Maya Angelou Book Award The Maya Angelou Book Award reading committee has selected five finalists for the third annual national award, which is presented by... Read More
News Item Four Finalists Announced for Second Maya Angelou Book Award Tuesday, October 11, 2022 Maya Angelou Book Award The Maya Angelou Book Award reading committee has selected four finalists for the second annual award, which is presented by the Kansas City Public... Read More
News Item Mayukh Sen Spotlights the Stories, Struggles of Immigrant Women Who Helped Make American Food Cuisine What It Is Wednesday, February 23, 2022 FYI Book Group In his new book Taste Makers: Seven Immigrant Women Who Revolutionized Food in America, James Beard Award-winning food writer Mayukh Sen expl... Read More
News Item Library, Universities Open Submissions for Second Year of Maya Angelou Book Award Tuesday, February 8, 2022 Maya Angelou Book Award Writers for Readers The Kansas City-based Maya Angelou Book Award is open for submissions. Now in its second year, the award aims to honor Angelou’s lega... Read More
News Item Library’s VISTA Project Honors Legacy of MLK with Hygiene Kit Donation Drive Wednesday, January 19, 2022 VISTA Martin Luther King Jr. Outreach In keeping with the civil rights leader’s spirit of service, the Kansas City Public Library’s AmeriCorps VISTA Project is collecting... Read More