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Suzanne Perez
Education Reporter, Kansas News ServiceSuzanne Perez is a longtime journalist covering education and general news for KMUW and the Kansas News Service. Before coming to KMUW, she worked at The Wichita Eagle, where she covered schools and a variety of other topics.
Suzanne grew up in North Carolina and earned a bachelor's degree in English from North Carolina State University. She moved to Wichita in 1990 and has two children. When not reporting, Suzanne enjoys reading, walking her dog, and obsessing over every new leaf on her houseplants.
Suzanne can be reached by email at perez@kmuw.org.
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The Amazon Originals 'Creature Feature' collection includes six short stories from some of today's best horror novelists, including Grady Hendrix, Josh Malerman and Paul Tremblay.
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"Welcome to the Wichita Symphony” is a partnership between the symphony and the Wichita Public Library. Several times over the summer, local musicians gather at the library to discuss and demonstrate their instruments, and to answer kids’ questions about the symphony.
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Book reviewer Suzanne Perez says J. Courtney Sullivan's new novel, "The Cliffs," isn’t a ghost story, per se, but the characters dig up and deal with the ghosts of their past.
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"Pearce Oysters," a new novel by Jocelyn Takacs, offers a better understanding of the interdependence of nature and man, and readers come away with a deeper respect for those who make their livings on the coast.
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Beth Golay and Suzanne Perez talk recent reads and visit with Lisa Baudoin, owner of Books & Company.
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Author Liz Moore weaves so much into her new 500-page novel, "The God of the Woods," including class struggles and family secrets. But it never feels confusing or overplotted.
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Sager is known for fast-paced thrillers with titles like Lock Every Door and Home Before Dark, and this one stays true to the formula. But it’s a formula that works.
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The Wichita school board's three conservative members — Kathy Bond, Hazel Stabler and Diane Albert — voiced concerns about the size and timing of a potential bond issue. District leaders say they can't refurbish schools without a bond.
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"Margot's Got Money Troubles" by Rufi Thorpe tells the story of 20-year-old Margot Millet, the child of a Hooters waitress and an ex-pro wrestler, who gets knocked up by her community college English professor and decides to keep the baby.
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The historic Orpheum Theatre in downtown Wichita is one of 17 vaudeville-era theaters still operating across the country. Stacee Olden, a Wichita native who recently was named the theater's executive director, says her goal is a complete restoration.