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kansas city literary events
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& outlying regions in missouri and kansas |
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Friday,
September 3, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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J.C. Hallman and Whitney Terrell |
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Short story writer
and essayist J.C. Hallman appears
with
acclaimed
novelist
Whitney
Terrell at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.
Suggested
donation:
$5/$3
members.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Saturday,
September 4, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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River Cow Orchestra, Kacico Dance Company, and Writers
Place Poets |
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A
performance
of
improvisational
mixed arts at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.
Suggested
donation:
$5/$3
members.
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Time: |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Sunday,
September 5, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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William Trowbridge, Bob Walkenhorst |
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Poet Trowbridge and musician Walkenhorst read and perform
at the All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church during a
religious service, 4501 Walnut, Kansas City, Mo. |
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Time: |
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11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Sue Trowbridge |
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Tele.: |
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816-518-0925 |
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Friday,
September 10, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Rosemarie Kinder and Matthew Eck |
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A Riverfront
Reading
series event
featuring
fiction
writer and
poet Kinder
and fiction
writer Eck at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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Time: |
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8:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Riverfront Reading Series |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Monday,
September 13, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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John Shors |
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Shors, author of the book club bestseller Beneath a
Marble Sky, reveals his latest novel, The
Wishing Trees at 6:30 p.m. at the Kansas City
Public Library, Plaza Branch, 4801 Main Street, Kansas
City, Mo. |
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Time: |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Kansas City Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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816-701-3407 |
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Monday,
September 13, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Kevin Clark |
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Kevin Clark is the author of two full-length poetry
collections: Self-Portrait with Expletives, and
In the Evening of No Warning. He reads at
the University of Central Missouri Art Center Gallery,
217 Clark St., Warrensburg, Mo. |
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Time: |
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1:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Wayne Miller, UCM |
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Tele.: |
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660-543-8106 |
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Wednesday,
September 15, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Anne Fortier |
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Fortier appears for her critically acclaimed novel,
Juliet, at the Kansas City Public Library, Plaza
Branch, 4801 Main Street, Kansas City, Mo. |
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Time: |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Kansas City Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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816-701-3407 |
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Friday,
September 17, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Recovery Reading |
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A variety of
readers
includuing
Charles
Ferruzza,
Carrie
Allison,
Judy
Roberts, and
Susan
Whitman read at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.
Suggested
donation:
$5/$3
members.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Tuesday,
September 21, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Terry McMillan |
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Terry
McMillan
discusses
Getting
To Happy,
her long
awaited
sequel to
the
bestselling
novel
Waiting To
Exhale,
at the
Truman
Forum,
Kansas City
Public
Library
Plaza
Branch, 4801
Main Street,
Kansas City,
MO.
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Time: |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Rainy Day Books |
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Tele.: |
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913-384-3126 |
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Tuesday, September 21, 2010
overland park, kan. |
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Dan Jaffe |
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Author Dan Jaffe reads at the Johnson
County Public Library, 9875 W. 87th Street, Overland
Park, Kan. |
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Johnson County Central Resource Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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913-495-9107 |
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Wednesday,
September 22, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Jonathan Franzen |
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Jonathan
Franzen,
bestselling
author of
The
Corrections,
appears for
his new
novel
Freedom
on
Wednesday
September
22, 2010 at
7:00 PM,
Unity Temple
on the
Plaza, 747
W. 47th
Street,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Rainy Day Books |
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Tele.: |
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913-384-3126 |
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Friday,
September 24, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Gary Gildner and Christie Hodgen |
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Part of the
Paired
Voices
Reading
Series, at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
Suggested
donation:
$5/$3
members.
Gildner
leads a
workshop the
following
day.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Thursday,
September 26, 2010
lawrence, kan. |
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Big Tent: Stories and Poems in Three Acts |
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Readings by Prisicilla Howe (storytelling), Chloé Cooper
Jones (fiction), and Gary Lechliter at the Raven
Bookstore, 6 East 7th Street, Lawrence, Kan. |
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Raven Bookstore |
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Tele.: |
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785-749-3300 |
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
lawrence, kan. |
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Barbara Stuber |
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Barbara Stuber, author of Crossing the Tracks,
reads at the Raven Bookstore, 6 East 7th Street,
Lawrence, Kan. |
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Raven Bookstore |
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Tele.: |
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785-749-3300 |
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Thursday September 30, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Get Connected with . . .
Literary Magazines |
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John Mark
Eberhart
(Johnson
County
Library)
leads a
panel of
editors in a
discussion
about what
it takes to
get
published in
literary
journals.
Panelists
include
Speer
Morgan,
editor of
The
Missouri
Review;
Robert
Stewart,
editor of
New
Letters;
and Wayne
Miller,
editor of
Pleiades.
In addition,
editors of
Kansas
City's other
small
magazines
will be on
hand to
display
issues and
distribute
guidelines
and advice.
Cost: $10 /
Free to
Writers
Place
members.
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Time: |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Monday,
October 4, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Marjorie Agosin |
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Multiple award-winning writer, humanitarian, and scholar,
Marjorie Agosin will discuss her life in writing and
read from some of her many books at the Kansas City
Central Library, 14 W. 10th Street, Kansas City, Mo. |
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Time: |
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6:30 p.m. (6:00 p.m. reception) |
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Contact: |
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Kansas City Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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816-701-3407 |
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Friday,
October 8, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Dolores Miller and Jan Kroll |
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A Riverfront
Reading
series event
featuring
poets Miller
and Kroll at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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Time: |
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8:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Riverfront Reading Series |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Tuesday,
October 12, 2010
olathe, kan. |
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Allen Kurzweil |
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Allen
Kurzweil,
novelist and
science
writer,
discusses
his new book
and kit
Potato Chip
Science
on Tuesday
October 12
at 6:00 PM
at
HealthRidge
Ftness
Center,
17800 West
106th Street
Olathe, Kan
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Time: |
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6:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Rainy Day Books |
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Tele.: |
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913-384-3126 |
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Thursday,
October 14, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Nicky Beer & Adrian Matejka |
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Nicky Beer is the author of The Diminishing House,
her debut poetry collection. Adrian Matejka is the
author of two books of poetry: Mixology, which
won the National Poetry Series, and The Devil's
Garden. They read at the University of
Central Missouri Art Center Gallery, 217 Clark St.,
Warrensburg, Mo. |
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Time: |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Wayne Miller, UCM |
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Tele.: |
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660-543-8106 |
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Thursday, October 14, 2010
lawrence, kan. |
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Abayomi Animashaun |
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Poet Abayomi Animashaun reads at the Raven Bookstore, 6
East 7th Street, Lawrence, Kan. |
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Raven Bookstore |
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Tele.: |
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785-749-3300 |
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Friday,
October 15, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Robin Behn and José Faus |
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Part of the
Paired
Voices
Reading
Series, at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
Suggested
donation:
$5/$3
members.
Behn leads a
workshop the
following
day.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Friday,
October 15, 2010-
Saturday, October 16, 2010
lee's summit, mo. |
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MCC-Longview Literary Festival |
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Literary festival held at Mel Aytes Education Center,
500 SW
Longview
Road, Lee's
Summit, Mo.
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Time: |
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10:30 a.m. - 6:30
p.m. both days |
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Contact: |
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Susan Satterfield, MCCC |
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Tele.: |
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816-524-4852 |
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Tuesday, October 19, 2010
overland park, kan. |
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Elizabeth Schultz & Jane Wood |
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Schultz and Wood read at the Johnson
County Public Library, 9875 W. 87th Street, Overland
Park, Kan. |
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Johnson County Central Resource Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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913-495-9107 |
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010
parkville, mo. |
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Kazim Ali |
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Poet, editor and prose writer Kazim Ali's poetry
collections include The Far Mosque and The
Forteith Day. Ali's poems, both lyrical and
musical, eplore the intersection of faith and daily
life. Ali appears at Park University's Meetin'
House, 8700 NW River Park Dr., Parkville, Mo. |
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Time: |
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6:30 reception, 7:p.m. reading |
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Contact: |
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Virginia Brackett, Park University |
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Tele.: |
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816-584-6818 |
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Thursday,
October 21, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Brian Turner |
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Midwest Poets Series Event. Poet of Here,
Bullet and Iraqi war vet. Rockhurst
University, 54th Street and Troost, Kansas City,
Mo. Admission to Midwest Poets Series is
$3. No one will be turned away for lack of
funds.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. reading;
reception begins at 6:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst
University |
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Tele.: |
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816-501-4607 |
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Friday,
October 22, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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NEON's Music + Poetry + Art |
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A
partnership
that brings
together
art, music,
and the
written word at
the
NEON
gallery,
1921 Truman
Road, Kansas
City, Mo.
BYOB.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Thursday,
October 28, 2010
lawrence, kan. |
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Big Tent: Stories and Poems in Three Acts |
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Readings by Aliki Barnestone (storytelling), Angela Glover
(prose/ poetry), and Jeff Koterba (memoir) at the Raven
Bookstore, 6 East 7th Street, Lawrence, Kan. |
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Raven Bookstore |
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Tele.: |
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785-749-3300 |
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Wednesday,
November 3, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Christie Hodgen |
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Author and
UMKC
Creative
Writing
Professor
Christie
Hodgen discusses
her books
with Angela
Elam in this
live taping
of New
Letters on
the Air at the
Truman
Forum,
Kansas City
Public
Library
Plaza
Branch, 4801
Main Street,
Kansas City,
MO.
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Time: |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Kansas City Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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816-701-3407 |
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Monday,
November 8, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Joyce Carol Oates |
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Joyce Carol Oates appears as part of the Writers At Work
Speaker Series at 6:30 PM, at
Kansas City Public Library.
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Time: |
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6:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Kansas City Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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816-701-3407 |
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Wednesday,
November 10, 2010
warrensburg, mo. |
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David Dodd Lee & Rob Schlegel |
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David Dodd Lee is the author of six poetry collections,
most recently The Nervous Filaments;
Orphan, Indiana; and Sky Booths in the Breath
Somewhere: The Ashbery Erasure Poems. Rob
Schlegel is the author of The Lesser Fields,
which won the Colorado Prize for Poetry. They read
at the University of Central Missouri Art Center
Gallery, 217 Clark Street, Warrensburg, Mo. |
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Time: |
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1:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Wayne Miller, UCM |
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Tele.: |
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660-543-8106 |
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Wednesday,
November 10, 2010
lawrence, kan. |
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John Reimringer |
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Reimringer, author of Vestments, reads
at the Raven Bookstore, 6 East 7th Street, Lawrence,
Kan. |
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Raven Bookstore |
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Tele.: |
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785-749-3300 |
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Friday,
November 12, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Catherine Anderson and Denise Low |
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A Riverfront
Reading
series event
featuring
poets
Anderson and
Low at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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Time: |
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8:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Riverfront Reading Series |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Tuesday,
November 16, 2010
lawrence, kan. |
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Joseph O'Neill |
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Acclaimed author of the PEN/Faulkner-Award winning novel
Netherland lectures at the Hall Center for the
Humanities, Lawrence, Kan. |
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Time: |
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TBA |
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Contact: |
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Hall Center for the Humanities |
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Tele.: |
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785-864-4798 |
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Thursday,
November 18, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Gjertrud Schnackenberg |
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Midwest Poets Series Event, presents winner of
the Rome Prize, Berlin Prize, & Academy Award in
Literature. Rockhurst University, 54th Street
and Troost, Kansas City, Mo. Admission to
Midwest Poets Series is $3. No one will be
turned away for lack of funds.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. reading;
reception begins at 6:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst
University |
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Tele.: |
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816-501-4607 |
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Thursday, November 18, 2010
parkville, mo. |
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Khaled Mattawa |
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Libya-born poet Mattawa is the author of four books of
original poetry in English, and translator of eight
other poetry collections. He reads at Park
University's Meetin' House, 8700 NW River Park Dr.,
Parkville, Mo. |
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Time: |
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6:30 reception, 7:p.m. reading |
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Contact: |
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Virginia Brackett, Park University |
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Tele.: |
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816-584-6818 |
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Friday,
November 19, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Maril Crabtree, Judith Bader Jones, Pollow Swofford |
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At
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
Suggested
donation:
$5/$3
members.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Friday,
December 10, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Riverfront Reading Holiday Open Mic |
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A Riverfront
Reading
series event at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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Time: |
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8:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Riverfront Reading Series |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Wednesday,
January 26, 2011
warrensburg, mo. |
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Ryan Flaherty |
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Ryan Flaherty's debut collection, What's This Bombardier? (Pleiades Press, 2011) was chosen by Alan Michael Parker as the winner of the Lena-Miles Wever Todd Poetry Prize. He reads at the University of Central Missouri Art Center Gallery, 217 Clark St., Warrensburg, Mo.
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Time: |
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3:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Wayne Miller, UCM |
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Tele.: |
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660-543-8106 |
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Thursday,
January 27, 2011
kansas city, mo. |
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Kay Ryan |
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Midwest Poets Series event features United States Poet Laureate from 2008 to 2010. Rockhurst University, 54th Street and Troost, Kansas City, Mo. No one will be turned away for lack of funds.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m.,
reading; 6:30 p.m. reception |
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Contact: |
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Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst University |
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Tele.: |
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816-501-4607 |
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Wednesday, February 16 2011
warrensburg, mo. |
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Amina Gautier |
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Fiction writer Gautier reads at the University of Central Missouri Art Center Gallery, 217 Clark St., Warrensburg, Mo.
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Time: |
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3:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Wayne Miller, UCM |
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Tele.: |
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660-543-8106 |
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Monday, March 7 to
Thursday, March 10, 2011
kansas city, mo. |
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Terrance Hayes |
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The
prominent
poet will be
the
Cockefair
Chair
Writer-in-Residence,
hosted by
the UMKC
M.F.A.
Program in
Creative
Writing and
Media Arts.
Public
events are
planned.
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Time: |
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TBA |
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Contact: |
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UMKC Department of English |
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Tele.: |
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816-235-1305 |
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Wednesday
March 16, 2011
warrensburg, mo. |
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Eric Miles Williamson |
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Eric Miles Williamson is the author of three novels, Welcome to Oakland, Two-Up, and East Bay Grease, as well as the short story collection 14 Fictional Positions and the nonfiction book Say It Hot: Essays on Writers Living, Dying and Dead and Oakland, Jack London, and Me. He reads at the University of Central Missouri Art Center Gallery, 217 Clark St., Warrensburg, Mo.
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Time: |
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2:00 P.M. |
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Contact: |
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Wayne Miller, UCM |
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Tele.: |
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660-543-8106 |
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Thursday,
March 24, 2011
kansas city, mo. |
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David Clewell |
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Midwest Poets Series event features the poet
laureate of Missouri, author of eight books and
winner of the National Poetry Series. Rockhurst
University, 54th Street and Troost, Kansas City,
Mo. Admission to Midwest Poets Series is
$3. No one will be turned away for lack of
funds.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. reading;
reception begins at 6:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst
University |
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Tele.: |
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816-501-4607 |
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Wednesday
April 13, 2011
warrensburg, mo. |
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Marc McKee |
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Marc McKee is the author of Fuse and What Apocalypse?. He reads at the University of Central Missouri Art Center Gallery, 217 Clark St., Warrensburg, Mo.
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Time: |
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2:00 P.M. |
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Contact: |
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Wayne Miller, UCM |
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Tele.: |
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660-543-8106 |
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Thursday April 14, 2011
warrensburg, mo. |
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Richard Burgin |
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Richard Burgin has published eight books of fiction, most recently the novel Rivers Last Longer, the short story collection The Conference on Beautiful Moments, and the Identity Club: New and Selected Stories, which The Huffington Post listed as one of the 40 best books of the last decade. He reads at the University of Central Missouri Art Center Gallery, 217 Clark St., Warrensburg, Mo.
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Henry Louis Gates, Jr. |
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Distinguished professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., lectures
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Hall Center for the Humanities |
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