SPRING HILL BOOK GROUP: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. 6:30 p.m. May 12, Johnson County Library--Spring Hill, 109 S. Webster, Spring Hill. www.jocolibrary.org (913-592-3232)
In his speech on race from Philadelphia, Barack Obama quoted William Faulkner: “The past isn’t dead and buried. In fact, it isn’t even past.”
I know a children’s book character who’s cute as a bug. OK, she is a bug. Just not the kind you associate with being cute. Ladybugs? Cute. Caterpillars? Cute. Cockroaches? Not so cute.
throb with vital color harmonious as hymns, foster community, honor prints from old shirts, feed sacks,
Philip Dwyer’s scrupulously researched Napoleon: The Path to Power is doubly illuminating.
SPRING HILL BOOK GROUP: The Road, by Cormac McCarthy. 6:30 p.m. May 12, Johnson County Library-Spring Hill, 109 S. Webster, Spring Hill. (913-592-3232)
The National Book Critics Circle has released the spring 2008 edition of its “Good Reads,” a compendium of recommended books intended as an alternative to best-seller lists.
BOOK DISCUSSION AND SIGNING EVENT: Denise Osborne, author of Evil Intentions: A Feng Shui Mystery, discusses how Dashiell Hammett affected her writing and signs copies of her book. Co-sponsored by I Love A Mystery Bookstore. 7 p.m. May 6, Johnson County Library--Oak Park, 9500 Bluejacket, Overland Park. (913-432-2583)
Maybe it’s because she’s a mother to three boys; maybe it’s just because she’s a compassionate person. But Stephenie Meyer loves to see the good in people — even the “bad guys.”
BOOK DISCUSSION AND SIGNING EVENT: Denise Osborne, author of Evil Intentions: A Feng Shui Mystery, discusses how Dashiell Hammett affected her writing and signs copies of her book. Co-sponsored by I Love a Mystery Bookstore. 7 p.m. May 6, Johnson County Library-Oak Park, 9500 Bluejacket, Overland Park. (913-432-2583)
A couple of years ago, writing in Poetry magazine, August Kleinzahler lighted a string of firecrackers under Garrison Keillor and his “Writer’s Almanac” segments on National Public Radio.
When I was putting this column together, I misread one of New Letters’ upcoming conferences as “Writing for Love, Money & Sanity.”
Imagine all the terrible things that could possibly happen in childhood, and you’ll find them in Augusten Burroughs’ newest memoir, A Wolf at the Table.
UMKC’s New Letters, a finalist last year for a National Magazine Award in the essay category, took home the top honor this year.
ST. JOSEPH | I love it still. Kansas City is my home, but this is my birthplace, and I will defend it even in its squalor.
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First lady Laura Bush, her daughter Jenna and a thousand fans read a book together Tuesday night in Kansas City.
It’s not often remembered that Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is framed by a sea journey to the Arctic.
1. Where Are You Now? By Mary Higgins Clark (Simon & Schuster; $25.95). A woman searches for the truth about her brother, who is alive but has disappeared.
ROAD TO THE FESTIVAL: View display of books written by KCAI faculty members. Part of several literary focused events in preparation for the Kansas City Literary Festival. Through May 13, Kansas City Art Institute, Jannes Library, 4538 Warwick. www.kansascitylitfest.org (816-523-2991)
