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New Territory for Kansas Literature

Casagrand Foss is leading a project that spotlights the literary identity of Kansans with “Literary Landscapes in Kansas: From the Ground to the Airwaves.” The project is supported by an HK Humanities for All grant.

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Full Story Hotline: Winter Reading Recommendations Miranda Ericsson, Readers Librarian for the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, gives some fun winter reading recommendations. Full Story

Full Story We're off to See the Wizard The Wizard of Oz premiered on movie screens 83 years ago this month. A new Speakers Bureau topic looks at the enduring legacy of the classic book and film. Full Story

Full Story Roses are Red, Violets are Blue A new Speakers Bureau presentation looks at Kansas poets. Full Story

Full Story Words of Wisdom U.S. Poet Laureate Joy Harjo is the first Native American named to the role and only the second to be appointed to a third term. She joins Kansans on Feb. 23, 2022, for a special online presentation. Full Story

Full Story Hotline: Bienvenido Santos Thomas X. Sarmiento, Associate Professor of English at Kansas State University, tells the story of Filipino American writer Bienvenido Santos. Full Story

Full Story Hotline: "Bird's Horn" by Kevin Rabas Kevin Rabas, Professor at Emporia State University and previous Poet Laureate of Kansas, reads one of his own poems, "Bird’s Horn. Full Story

Full Story Hotline: “I would like” by Yevgeny Yevtushenko Sheilah Philip, Professor Emerita of Theatre at Johnson County Community College, recites the poem “I would like” by Yevgeny Yevtushenko. Full Story

Full Story Hotline: "The American Kid West" Danny Caine, poet and owner of The Raven Bookstore, reads his poem, "The American Kid West" from his new book of poetry, "Flavortown." Full Story

Poet Aimee Nezhukumatathil against a colorful brick background

Full Story Books of a Feather The upcoming Kansas Book Festival features Words of a Feather poets. Full Story

Full Story HomeWords HomeWords is a collection of poems from poets across Kansas that consider "home"—from the mobile home of the body, to the house it inhabits, to the land that holds the house, to the sky that enfolds it all. Full Story

Talk About Literature Book Discussion in Newton, Kansas

Talk About Literature Kansas in Newton, KS

Humanities Kansas' Talk About Literature in Kansas book discussions introduce Kansans to different perspectives and new experiences through literature.

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