Clay Wirestone, Lawrence author and opinion columnist with the Kansas Reflector, is gearing up to celebrate the release of his first book: a look at Kansas journalism and how it’s shaped public discourse in the state.
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Community members packed into a Lawrence bookstore Friday evening to join the conversation about renaming Douglas County for abolitionist Frederick Douglass.
Two local poets have written a zine advocating for Douglas County to be renamed for abolitionist Frederick Douglass. They’re hosting a launch event and open mic night to share the publication.
Classic Kansas poet William Stafford and Lawrence writer and advocate Ronda J. Miller will be remembered during an event Saturday at the Watkins Museum of History.
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If Lawrencians are going to confuse the Ecumenical Campus Ministries for a church, executive director Jessie Duke at least wants it to seem like a wild one. That’s why she opened a punk, anarchist bookstore in the building.
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A remnant prairie in Douglas County played host to a creative writing workshop Monday, where attendees learned that less than 1% of untouched prairie remains in the area.
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Local author R.B. Lemberg has won a World Fantasy Award —one of the most prestigious awards for science fiction, fantasy and speculative titles — for a novella in their ongoing speculative fiction series.
“Day After the Waste Land” is part graphic novel, part adult children’s book, and a full reimagining of T.S. Eliot’s “The Waste Land” — and Eliot probably would’ve hated it, according to the author.
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George Frazier, author of “The Last Wild Places of Kansas,” has a new book, and he will soon speak at a Lawrence book release party about exploring the wildest stretches of grassland rivers that remain.
The annual Kansas Book Festival will enter its 14th chapter this weekend, and Lawrence authors will speak on topics from KU women’s basketball to axe murder to T.S. Elliot. Here are their takes on the Kansas literary scene and some local book recommendations.
