Kansas City Literary Events Calendar

William Trowbridge

Tuesday, March 11, 2014

Midwest Poets Series event. Mr. Trowbridge will give the inaugural reading for his 2014 collection, New & Selected Poems, and also the finale to his tenure as poet laureate of the state of Missouri, at Rockhurst University, 54th Street and Troost, Kansas City, Mo. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.

Time: 7:00 PM Reading; reception follows reading
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: Cynthia Cartwright, 816-501-4607

Lindsey Martin-Bowen & John Peterson

Friday, March 14, 2014

Lindsey Martin-Bowen (shown), author of the poetry collection, Inside Virgil's Garage, and fellow writer John Peterson will read from their work as part of the Riverfront Reading Series at The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.

Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: 816-753-1090

Chuck Sweetman & Al Ortolani

Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Poets Chuck Sweetman (shown) and Al Ortolani will share thier work as part of the Thomas Zvi Wilson Reading Series at the Johnson County Central Resource Library, 9875 W 87th Street, Overland Park, Kan.

Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Overland Park, Kan.
Contact: 913-495-9107

Kurt Kennedy and Jeff Tigchleaar

Friday, March 21, 2014

Historical novelist Kurt Kennedy (shown), and poet Jeff Tigchleaar will read from their work at The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.

Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: 816-753-1090

Abigail Cloud

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Author of the poetry collection Sylph, which won the 2013 Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize, Abigail Cloud discusses her work as part of the Pleiades/The Honors College Visiting Writers Series at the University of Central Missouri, Gallery of Art & Design, 217 Clark Street, Warrensburg, Mo.

Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Warrensburg, Mo.
Contact: 660-543-4498

William Stafford Celebration

Monday, March 31, 2014

Day-long celebration, featuring poet Kim Stafford, to mark the centennial of his father’s birth. Other guests will include Ted Kooser, Denise Low, Albert Goldbarth, Jonathan Holden, many others, at Washburn University, 1700 SW College, Topeka, Kan.

Time: TBA
Location: Topeka, Kan.
Contact: 785-670-1441

Jamie Ford

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Jamie Ford will discuss his novel, Songs of Willow Frost, at Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 W. 47th Street, Kansas City, Mo.

Time: 7:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: Rainy Day Books, 913-384-3126

Karren Russell

Thursday, April 10, 2014

Novelist and short story writer Karren Russell, whose debut novel, Swamplandia!, was a finalist for 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, will discuss her work as part of the Creative Writing Visiting Writers Series, at the Memorial Union, Room S304, at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

Time: 7:30 PM
Location: Columbia, Mo.
Contact: 573-882-6421

Marilynne Robinson

Friday, April 11, 2014

Novelist and essayist, Marilynne Robinson, author of Housekeeping and Pulitzer Prize winner for Gilead, will discuss her work as part of the Creative Writing Visiting Writers Series, at Tate Hall, Room 22, at the University of Missouri, Columbia, Mo.

Time: 2:00 PM
Location: Columbia, Mo.
Contact: 573-882-6421

Maija Rhee Devine & Michelle Boisseau

Friday, April 11, 2014

Novelist and poet Maija Rhee Devine (shown) and poet Michelle Boisseau will read from their work as part of the Riverfront Reading Series at The Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.

Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Kansas City, Mo.
Contact: 816-753-1090

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William Trowbridge

Tuesday, March 11, 2014
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