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Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events August 30, 2024 - 5:13 pm

Lawrence author collaborates with ledger artist on children’s book celebrating Kiowa storytelling

by Maya Hodison

Collaborating to tell a family’s true story has connected two local creatives who didn’t previously know each other in a way that’s everlasting like the Kiowa people.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Arts & Events November 17, 2023 - 11:06 pm

Lawrence author, Haskell professor shares lessons learned from Indigenous relatives

by Molly Adams

We cannot address the physical climate change facing us until we have a cultural climate change, Lawrence author Daniel Wildcat told a crowd packed into the Raven Book Store Friday evening.

Molly Adams / Lawrence Times
Lawrence Life August 31, 2023 - 1:04 pm

Baseball sage Bill James is forever asking questions. In this Q&A, he provides some answers

by Mark Potts

For half a century, longtime Lawrence resident Bill James has been asking questions about baseball. He’s still looking for answers.

Arts & Events May 3, 2023 - 3:19 pm

Author, KU professor challenges stereotypes with Margaret Walker biography; community invited to author talk

by Maya Hodison

Lawrence scholar and author Maryemma Graham during an upcoming talk will delve into her recent biography, in hopes of giving long-overdue flowers to the Black woman who she said revolutionized education and humanities.

Molly Adams/Lawrence Times
Arts & Events December 17, 2022 - 4:37 pm

Lawrence author, musician Melvin Litton is driven by passion for creativity

by Chansi Long

Lawrence author and musician Melvin Litton walks his German shepherd, Jack, through the Barker neighborhood every evening. He might be shaping sentences in his head or exploring literary ideas as he walks, eager to scrawl them onto his sketch pad once he’s home again. 

Carter Gaskins via Amber Fraley/Contributed Photo
Arts & Events February 11, 2022 - 12:53 pm

Lawrence author tells paranormal tale of entomologist’s first year at KU in new novel, ‘The Bug Diary’

by Lara Avery

In another life, Amber Fraley might have studied biology. Now, the Lawrence writer has channeled her love of the natural world into a novel that tells the mysterious story of a KU freshman’s first year on campus.

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