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Even outside of his native Kansas City, Evan S. Connell is regarded as a modern master in literary circles. However, until now no one has written e...

What none of us want to so much as think about, Ivan Maisel and his family endured six years ago. Not long after his 21st birthday, w...

While accounts of Jewish resistance during World War II tend to focus on armed uprisings in ghettos and guerilla warfare and sabotage in the forest...

Writers for Readers, annually one of Kansas City’s premier literary events, returns vitrually with a special lineup featuring celebrated author P...

Drawing from her bestselling book The Sum of Us, strategist and political commentator Heather McGhee examin...

Rep. Sharice Davis, in her second precedent-setting term in the U.S. House from Kansas’ 3rd District, discusses her new picture-book...

“Everything can’t be the most important thing.” Using her own storie...

Inger Burnett-Zeigler counts herself among the many today who wear the badge of strong Black woman with honor. All too often, the estee...

In an online KC Library program, Pulitzer Prize-winning historian Annette Gordon-Reed discusses her new book On Juneteent...

Cities are made to be walked – or should be, given the economic, environmental, and medical benefits.  How far is Kansas City from...