The National Center for the Book has just named its 2024 Great Reads from Great Places for Kansas. On this week's KPR Presents, we'll hear from Susan Jonusas, author of "Hell's Half Acre" and Grant Snider, author of "One Boy Watching." We'll also revisit a conversation with KJ Dell'Antonio, author of "The Chicken Sisters," coming soon to the Hallmark+ Channel.

Without Warning tells the story of the deadliest tornado in Kansas history, killing 82 people and injuring 270 others, more than half the town’s population.

What can Native American wisdom teach us about climate change? Dan Wildcat's latest book is On Indigenuity: Learning the Lessons of Mother Earth.

We kick off our 2024 Kansas Notable Book Series with Alex Grecian, author of Red Rabbit — a story of witches, demons, and the Wild West. We'll also hear from Brian Daldorph, author of Words is a Powerful Thing: 20 Years of Teaching Creative Writing at the Douglas County Jail.

Ben Lerner's novel 10:04 has just been named one of the Best 100 Books of the 21st Century by the New York Times. In this episode, we revisit our conversation about 10:04's prequel, The Topeka School.

Award-winning journalist Dick Lehr tells the story of the 2016 failed bomb plot against Somali immigrants in Garden City, Kansas.

Bestselling travel writer Rolf Potts is the author of "The Vagabond's Way." Kate Benz is the author of "Nothing But the Dirt." Both books were named Kansas Notable Books in 2023.

It's a sneak peek at the 2024 Free State Festival, with Festival director Marlo Angell and Academy Award-winning filmmaker Kevin Willmott.

How is the continuing war in Ukraine affecting global security? General Philip Breedlove, former NATO Supreme Allied Command Europe, was the keynote speaker at this year's KU Security Conference, moderated by Col. Mike Denning, USAF (retired).

Morels, Devil's Dipsticks, Chicken of the Woods — it's mushroom season! Caleb Morse, Sherry Kay, and Benjamin Sikes are the authors of A New Guide to Kansas Mushrooms.