Rendezvous With Oblivion

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Thomas Frank
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American Eden

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Victoria Johnson
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Lucile Bluford: Her National Closeup

Lucile Bluford
Sheila Brooks
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And Here's The Pitch...

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Stephanie Carey, Adam Carey
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Eviction in KC: Leveling the Foundation

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Uncovering Shakespeare's 'Inspiration'

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Dennis McCarthy
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The Songwriter in You - Part 2: Making Music

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Making the New Tax Law Work for You

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Verlin Boes, Thad Lincoln
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Expedition of Thirst

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Pete Dulin
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What's Special About Special Collections

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Jeanne Drewes
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Never Anyone But You

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Rupert Thomson
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Let's Talk...Please

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HEAR Now Festival

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The Ordinance Project: KC's LGBT Landmark

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Jon D. Barnett, Lea Hopkins, Kay Madden, Katheryn Shields, Austin R. Williams
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A Conversation With Sonia Warshawski

Sonia Warshawski
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Fire, Pestilence, and Death: St. Louis, 1849

St. Louis 1849
Christopher Alan Gordon
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Breaking the News: KC’s Changing Mediascape

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Dana Wright, Carol Holstead, Amanda Palumbo, Toriano Porter, Lisa Rodriguez, & Steve Vockrodt
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Here Where You Wish: Pulling Back the Curtain

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Ryan Wilks
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Our Towns: A 100,000-Mile Journey into the Heart of America

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James and Deborah Fallows
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An Evening with Tracy K. Smith

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The War on Work

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Edward L. Glaeser
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Saving Democracy in a Single Bound: Superman, Jefferson, and the Power of Ideas

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Ken Paulson
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Tragedy of the Child Soldier

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Roméo A. Dallaire
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The Moralist: Woodrow Wilson and the World He Made

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Patricia O'Toole
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