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Independent bookstores are making a comeback. Since 2020, hundreds have opened across the country, including in the Kansas City metro area. Several bo...

Authors Tommy Orange and Deborah Jackson Taffa talk about their latest works and share stories of identity, addiction, family, and the Native American...

Stacey Abrams is the New York Times bestselling author of several books for children (Stacey’s Extraordinary Words, Stacey’s Remarkable Books) and adu...

David Dorado Romo is a writer, translator, musician, and historian. He’s also a “fronterizo,” someone who grew up and lived on the U.S. Mexico border....

Sharon McMahon, a former teacher whose fact-checking social media posts went viral during the 2020 election, discusses her new book The Small and the...

In the 1980s and ’90s, artists and creatives seeking affordable studio and gallery spaces began moving into old warehouse and storage buildings north...

The Edgar Award-winning author of Poe-Land, A Season with the Witch, and Cursed Objects, J.W. (Jason) Ocker’s latest book is called Cult Following: Th...

Charles Marohn, who kicked off the Library’s “Making a Great City” series in 2018, returns to Kansas City to talk about the new book, Escaping the Hou...