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The latest from the imaginative mind of Daniel Handler, better known as A Series of Unfortunate Events author Lem...

In a discussion of one of the year’s most heralded books, Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI, author Davi...

Yaa Gyasi’s emotionally powerful Homegoing continues to resound a little more than a year after its publ...

Coterie Theatre artists read from Stephanie Barroux’s tale of an ordinary guy who finds extraordinary adventure – through books. Y...

Matthew Dowd has stood and served on both sides of the political spectrum, working early in his career for Democrats including Mis...

Jane Austen’s enduring appeal may stem from the romanticism and wit of her writing. But there is fascination, too, with the uncertain circumstances...

Americans overall are wealthier than ever, but that prosperity has its limits. The gap between the “haves” and “have-nots” has widened to a point n...

For decades Kansas City has had what city leaders described as a very expensive and dangerous headache – a crumbling sewer and stormwater system, f...

The National Endowment for the Arts affirmed the Kansas City area as a hub for fine poets and poetry late last year, awarding $25,000 creative writing...

Matthew Quirk doesn’t simply write spy thrillers. To the extent he can, he lives them first – in the case of Dead Man...