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Our Kansas Notable series continues with Nghiem Tran's haunting novella, We're Safe When We're Alone. Also, Rachel McCarthy James explores the history of axe murder in her new book, Whack Job.
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NPR's Mary Louise Kelly on motherhood, soccer, and her book, It Goes So Fast, now out in paperback. Also, the story of the University of Kansas Jayhawk, and a conversation with Ada Límon who just completed her second term as U.S. Poet Laureate.
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Beyond morels: exploring the world of Devil's Dipstick, Puffballs, Fried Chicken Mushrooms, and more! Caleb Morse, Sherry Kay, and Benjamin Sikes are the authors of A New Guide to Kansas Mushrooms, a Kansas Notable Book.
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Rebekah Taussig is the author of "Sitting Pretty: The View from My Ordinary, Resilient, Disabled Body," the Kansas City Public Library's Big Read selection for 2025.
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From the Docking years and the Brownback tax experiment to the election of Governor Laura Kelly, it's a look at the push and pull of Kansas politics over the past 70 years, with the co-editors of "Reform and Reaction: The Arc of Kansas Politics."
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In honor of Women's History Month, it's a look at the often-underestimated political role of America's First Ladies. Diana Carlin is one of the co-authors of "Remember the First Ladies: The Legacies of America's History-Making Women."
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Our Kansas Notable Book series continues with "Roadside Geology of Kansas," by James Aber, Susan Aber, and Michael Everhart, and with "Grief Said, 'Have a Seat,'" by Amanda Elsbury.
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Husband and wife comedy writers Felipe Torres Medina and Taylor Kay Phillips stop by to talk about their new books, America, Let Me In: A Choose-Your-Own-Immigration Story and A Guide to Midwestern Conversation.
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We mark Women's History Month with the story of women challenging gender roles within the Mennonite Church. Dr. Lois Barrett and Dorothy Nickel Friesen are the authors of Proclaiming the Good News: Mennonite Women's Voices, a Kansas Notable Book.
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We celebrate Women's History Month with a basketball trailblazer: former University of Kansas Coach Marian Washington. Her new book is "Fierce: My Fight for Nothing Less."
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Set during the Great Depression, Karen Russell's latest book takes on climate, community, history, storytelling and more.
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Matt Beat is an educator, popular podcaster/YouTuber, and host of the spring discussion series at KU's Dole Institute of Politics, looking at the expanding role of the president.