New book, new prize: At home with author Toni Morrison
May 15, 8:12 PM
Toni Morrison has a new novel out, “Home,” a brief, poetic story of Frank Money, a traumatized Korean War veteran who returns to the states in the 1950s. Morrison has long used fiction as a private and alternative history. With “Home,” she wanted to add some truth — about war, about racism — to the standard ’50s narrative.
Fourth volume of Robert Caro’s biography traces LBJ’s return to power
May 13, 12:59 AM
Coming as it does in the midst of a presidential election season, “The Passage of Power,” the new fourth volume of Robert Caro’s towering biography of of President Lyndon B. Johnson, conveniently illuminates the elements of character, will and desire that go into the ultimate pursuit of political power.
Robert Caro gives his legions of fans another LBJ fix
May 13, 12:57 AM
Robert Caro has been writing about Lyndon B. Johnson for almost 40 years, and fans, as anxious in their own way as followers of “Harry Potter,” have waited a decade for the latest volume.
Novelist Richard Ford’s ‘Canada’ chronicles a life diverted by violence
May 13, 12:55 AM
In “Canada,” the first novel in six years from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of “Independence Day,” Richard Ford deftly examines the invisibility of a family in Great Falls, Mont. — a family about to be ruined by the parents’ robbery of a North Dakota bank.
Readorama | Leawood poet Wyatt Townley details trees in new collection
May 13, 12:52 AM
In the preface to her recent book, “The Afterlives of Trees,” Leawood poet Wyatt Townley reminds readers of what needs any one tree can fulfill. “It once held you in its branches,” she writes. “Now you hold it in your hands, a fusion of word and image, ink and pulp.”
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- KC poet Linda Rodriguez dives into mystery writing Apr 28, 10:17 PM
- A spy is born in Vienna in ‘Waiting for Sunrise’ Apr 28, 10:31 PM
- Readorama | Young adult novel will represent Missouri at National Book Festival Apr 28, 10:29 PM
- Men are fans, too, of `Fifty Shades of Grey’ Apr 27, 2:22 PM
- Kansas writers win Edgar Awards Apr 27, 2:01 PM
- ‘Louise: Amended’ is an unflinching memoir Apr 21, 9:46 PM
- ‘Oklahoma City’ questions whether justice was served after bombing Apr 22, 7:48 AM
- ‘Prague Fatale’ evokes a darker Agatha Christie Apr 22, 7:44 AM
- Readorama | Lee’s Summit man is Missouri’s new poet laureate Apr 22, 7:51 AM
- Pulitzer board stiffs ‘Swamplandia!’ and other well-regarded novels Apr 16, 9:21 PM
- John Grisham steps up to the plate with ‘Calico Joe’ Apr 15, 12:03 AM
- ‘College: What It Was, Is, and Should Be’ surveys the higher purpose of higher education Apr 14, 10:54 PM
- ‘1616: The World in Motion’ explores pivotal year in creation of global village Apr 15, 12:16 AM
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- ‘Thomas Hart Benton: A Life’ puts artist’s often contradictory traits on display Apr 7, 10:29 PM
- Maternal musings in ‘Making Babies’ reveal larger truths about life Apr 7, 11:08 PM
- Poetic ‘Arcadia’ captures a failed utopian dream Apr 7, 11:14 PM
- Readorama | Thomas Hart Benton’s pragmatic philosophy; agent who saved Jacqueline Kennedy to speak in KC Apr 7, 11:04 PM
- Chef, author Gabrielle Hamilton blends her passions Apr 3, 10:05 PM
- Essayist Alain de Botton provides a secular look at the virtues of religion Apr 1, 12:56 AM
- Literary magazines join a booming scene in Lawrence Apr 1, 1:11 AM
- Readorama | Hooray for prairie fires; therapy and the city Apr 1, 12:43 AM
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