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A questionable court-martial ended Henry Ossian Flipper's military career in 1882—he'd be pardoned more than a century later—but it scarcely staine...

Matt Gallagher has emerged in the past decade as one of literature’s most distinctive and perceptive voices on the Iraq War. As an Ar...

His comedies, histories, and tragedies have been performed worldwide for more than 400 years, but William Shakespeare’s personal life remains somethin...

Among the things Osama bin Laden and his lieutenants left behind when they fled Kandahar after the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 was a cache of...

The latest installment of Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III spotlights two of the Midwest’s greatest artists, Kansas City’s Thomas...

Kansas City novelist and Writers at Work series organizer Whitney Terrell sits down with author Elizabeth Ga...

The latest installment of the Library’s Emmy Award-winning series, Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III, spotlights one of t...

Kansas City author and Writers at Work series organizer Whitney Terrell sits down with one of the country’s most acc...

Meet the Past with Crosby Kemper III returns for a conversation with Tom Bass, portrayed by veteran actor Wa...

Anthony Swofford's new memoir, Hotels, Hospitals, and Jails, chronicles how in the years after the success...