Author Tracy Daugherty discusses Hiding Man, his new biography of Donald Barthelme, on Thursday...

David Vine, an assistant professor of anthropology at American University, presents his book Island of Shame: The Se...

Thomas Frank, the author of the bestseller What’s the Matter with Kansas?, presents the revised paperback edition of hi...

Author Tom Vanderbilt discusses his new book Traffic: Why We Drive the Way We Do on Monday...

During one of the most inhumane times in world history, Adolph Hitler’s attempt to murder all of Europe’s Jews almost succeeded. Chief among the r...

On Wednesday, July 15, at 6:30 p.m. at the Plaza Branch, 4801 Main St., true-c...

Gary Pomerantz talks about his new true- crime book set in Kansas City, The Devil’s Tickets: A Night of Bridge, a Fatal Hand, and...

The Kansas City Public Library hosts poet Craig Santos Perez for a talk and reading from his new collection from Uni...

New York Times bestselling author Alice Hoffman discusses her new book, The Story Sisters, on...

The Kansas City Public Library welcomes Michael Perry for a presentation based on his book Coop: A Year of Poultry,...