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Karen Tucker’s novel, Bewilderness, is a powerful read. Set in rural North Carolina, the book explores drug addiction through the story of Irene and her…
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When writing her novel, Songs in Ursa Major, Emma Brodie was inspired when she learned about the relationship between Joni Mitchell and James Taylor.Her…
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Luke Geddes has written a novel set in Wichita. Since KMUW is based in Wichita, that’s an oddity worth pointing out.The novel, Heart of Junk, is about a…
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Diana Arterian is the Spring 2020 Visiting Emerging Poet at Wichita State University. Her book, Playing Monster :: Seiche, is a book-length poem, a…
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In her debut novel, Kiley Reid tackles the subjects of race, social media, #BlackLivesMatter, misconception, misunderstanding… all without casting…
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Since his novel, The Eyre Affair, was released in 2002, Jasper Fforde has been entertaining fans with novels that he describes as incorporating a…
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It's often said that fact is stranger than fiction. Dexter Palmer took fact and created fiction in Mary Toft; or, The Rabbit Queen, a fictional story…
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Today is the final day of 2019, and I imagine you’re growing tired of “best of” lists. Best of the year. Best of the decade. But aren’t these lists…
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Author Ruta Sepetys is often referred to as the seeker of lost stories. She has written four works of historical fiction published in over sixty countries…
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Dave Eggers--best known for his memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and as the founder of McSweeney's--has attempted a return to laughter…
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Even if you’ve been reading books for young readers in the United States for a number of years, chances are you still are not aware of Andy Griffiths. But…
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Randall Munroe is the creator of the website xkcd.com and the author of the books What If?, Thing Explainer, and his latest, How To: Absurd Scientific…