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Kansas musician and composer Susan Mayo celebrates the premiere of a new symphonic work this weekend which examines ties between the U.S. and Pakistan. She says such cross-cultural collaborations are always about incorporating and respecting differing artistic approaches. We'll have that story and news from Wichita and around Kansas.

Kansas Poet Laureate Traci Brimhall says that one of the best parts of poetry is how accessible it is for anyone who wants to write it. We have that story, plus we have news from Wichita and around the state.

Guided By Voices/Nada Surf guitarist returns with powerful solo album.

Fletcher Powell says a new crime thriller *mostly* delivers.

On this episode of Marginalia, we revisit Beth Golay's conversation with Jane Hamilton on "The Phoebe Variations." Plus, book critic Suzanne Perez has a reading recommendation for those looking to round out National Poetry Month: "A Suit or a Suitcase: Poems" by Maggie Smith.

Think you don't know what phonotactics are? Even our youngest English speakers do! You might just not realize it...

"The Midnight Show," by Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne, tells the story of a 'Saturday Night Live'-style comedy show and the decades-long mystery surrounding the death of its rising star.

In his new book, Wichita State sociology professor Chase Billingham explores Wichita’s cultural and political history and its struggle to become a destination city and we have news from Wichita and around the state.

North Carolina's Yarn returns with another exemplary LP, Saturday Night Sermons.

Unlike other mushrooms, morels cannot be farmed and are found only in the wild, among dead trees and leaves, and only for a short season. That means their locations in and around Wichita are carefully guarded secrets. But KMUW’s Lu Anne Stephens was able to tag along with a forager for this month’s Hidden Kansas.