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Sunday, Dec. 11 2 -4 p.m. Pages Books & Coffee 605 Main, Newton   Book Event: a book reading & signing Three 2011 Kansas Notable Book Award authors Beverley Buller – “A Prairie Peter Pan” and “From Emporia: The Story of William Allen White” Lana Myers – Prairie Rhythms: “The Life and Poetry of May [...]

events, Flyover Book, writing

The sky had been saving up rain for a long time – and tonight it dumped a month’s worth of moisture on us. Dave and I went out into the rain tonight and it was definitely worth the trip – to see and hear two excellent poets who did a reading at ESU. Dr. Kevin [...]

Kansans, Poetry & Haiku, writing

Friday afternoon inspiration: chai, strawberry scones, writer friends, talk of poetry, short stories, novels, famous writers, talk of usurping the warmth of cat bodies in the winter, of walking and running and swimming, of putting pen to paper, hands to keyboard, parents to nursing homes, cats to the pound.

life on the ground, writing

Eric McHenry of Topeka was today’s guest poet for Poetry on the Porch – at the William Allen White State Historic Site in Emporia. McHenry teaches poetry at Washburn University in Topeka. He read from “Potscrubber Lullabies,” his first book of poetry for which he won the Kate Tufts Discovery Award, as well as from [...]

E-town, events, WAW, writing

***** ATTENTION NEWTON-AREA FOLKS ***** If you’re looking for some literary thing to do on Saturday, Aug. 13, swing by the Faith and Life Bookstore, 606 N. Main in Newton. I’ll be doing a short reading from Flyover People: Life on the Ground in a Rectangular State at 10 a.m. with a book-signing following, 10 [...]

Flyover Book, writing

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ‘MY RUBY SLIPPERS’ “I grew up in a family that was extremely mobile,” Tracy Seeley said. “We were a very unsettled family. And my parents weren’t from Kansas. I did most of my growing up in Wichita, but we never felt, really, as if we [...]

columns, other people's stuff, small towns, vittles, writing

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Kansas Poet Laureate MY TRIBE I spent a day with my tribe recently – a group of writers. Many of them were strangers to me, and yet in the company of other authors there’s an immediate nod of brotherhood, a thread of passion [...]

columns, small towns, writing

***** Today the State Library of Kansas and the Kansas Center for the Book released the 2011 Kansas Notable Book List: The 2011 Kansas Notable Books are (alphabetical by title and brief synopsis): Amy Barickman’s Vintage Notions by Amy Barickman (Shawnee Mission)  Inspired by Kansan Mary Brooks Picken, a pioneer in the domestic arts and [...]

Flyover Book, Kansans, writing

Tonight, at the Lyon County Historical Museum, Kevin Rabas read from Spider Face, his brand new collection of short stories. Kevin Rabas has also published two volumes of poetry: Bird’s Horn, and Lisa’s Flying Electric Piano. Check out Kevin’s website to learn more about his books or to purchase them. Lisa’s Flying Electric Piano won [...]

Kansans, other people's stuff, writing

Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: Tom Parker WRITING WITH WORDS AND LIGHT “We traded two-and-a-half million people for a town without a blinking light, which is very, very nice,” Tom Parker said. Tom Parker and his wife, Lori, moved from Denver to Blue Rapids 11 years ago. They were anxious [...]

columns, Kansans, other people's stuff, writing

Jane Rhoads signs a copy of her book “Kansas Opera Houses: Actors & Community Events, 1855-1925″ for me this afternoon at a Meet the Authors event at the Kansas Originals Market in Wilson. I was there with my book and about 10 other authors signed books as well.

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