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kansas city literary events
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& outlying regions in missouri and kansas |
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Friday,
February 12, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Jason Ryberg, Lea Eliot, and Iris Applequist |
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A Riverfront
Reading
series event at
the Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
Kansas City,
Mo.
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8:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Riverfront Reading Series |
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816-753-1090 |
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Tuesday,
February 16, 2010
overland park, kan. |
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Kevin Rabas and Lindsey Martin-Bowen |
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Part of the
Writers
Place
Reading
series at
the Johnson
County
Library,
poets Kevin
Rabas and
Lindsey
Martin-Bowen
will read
from their
work.
Johnson
County
Public
Library,
9875 W. 87th
St, Overland
Park, Kan.
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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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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Maria Finn |
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Maria Finn
discusses her new work, Hold Me Tight And Tango Me
Home at
Unity Temple on The Plaza, Sanctuary, 707 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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Wednesday, February 17, 2010
kansas city, kan. |
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Glenn North |
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Black History Month Poetry Night at
Kansas City, Kansas Public Library's West Wyandotte
Branch, 1737 North 82nd Street, Kansas City, Kansas.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Jack Granath; Kansas City, Kansas Public Library |
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Tele.: |
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913-596-5800, ext. 1022 |
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Friday, February 19, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Walter Bargen and Denise Low |
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Part of the
Writers
Place
Reading
series, poet
laureate of
Missouri
Walter
Bargen and
Denise Low
will read
from their
work at the
Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
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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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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816-753-1090 |
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Monday,
February 22, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Edmund White |
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Edmund White will read from his work at the
Kansas City
Central
Library, 14
W. 10th
Street,
Kansas City,
Mo. Part of
the Writers
at Work
Series
sponsored by
Chris Davis,
the Kansas
City Public
Library, and
UMKC. The
event is
free and
open to the
public.
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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,
February 24, 2010
warrensburg, mo. |
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Martha Serpas |
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Martha Serpas is the author of two books of poems,
Côte Blanche and The Dirty Side of the Storm.
She appears at the University of
Central Missouri Union, Warrensburg, Mo.
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Time: |
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3:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Kevin Prufer, UCM |
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Tele.: |
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660-543-8106 |
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Friday,
February 26, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Fred Arroyo |
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Fred Arroyo,
novelist,
appears at
this special Riverfront
Reading
series event
co-hosted by
the Latino
Writers
Collective 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,
March 2, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Carter Revard |
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Carter
Revard,
Osage poet,
essayist,
and medieval
French
translator,
appears at
the Kansas
City Public
Library, 14
W. 10th
Street.,
Kansas City,
Mo., as part
of the Park
University
Ethnic
Voices
Series.
Revard's
most recent
collection
is How
the Songs
Come Down.
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Time: |
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6:00 p.m.
reception, 6:30 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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Wednesday,
March 3, 2010
manhattan, kan. |
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Ann Pancake
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Pancake is the author of Strange as This Weather Has
Been and Given Ground. She reads her
fiction at Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kan.
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Time: |
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3:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Elizabeth Dodd, Department of English |
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Tele: |
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785-532-6716
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Wednesday,
March 3, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Demetria Martinez |
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Latino Writers Collective event featuring
Martinez,
the author
of
Confessions
of a Berlitz
Chicana
at the
Kansas City
Central
Library, 10
W. 14th
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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Linda Rodriguez, Latino Writers
Collective |
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Tele.: |
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816-333-6349 |
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Thursday,
March 11, 2010
warrensburg, mo. |
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Don Lee |
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Don Lee is the author of one short story collection,
Yellow, and two novels, Country of Origin
and Wrack and Ruin.
His books have won the American Book Award, an
Edgar Award, a Mixed Media Watch Image Award, and the
Sue Kauffman Award for First Fiction. Art Center
Gallery, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg,
Mo.
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Time: |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Kevin Prufer, UCM |
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Tele.: |
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660-543-8106 |
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Friday,
March 12, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Joan Langmack and Carl Rhoden |
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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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Thursday,
March 18, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Ray Young Bear |
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Midwest Poets Series Event. 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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Monday,
March 22, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Margot Livesey |
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2010 Cockefair Chair Writer-in-Residence Margot
Livesey, author of The House on Fortune
Street, and other novels, appears at Pierson
Auditorium, University of Missouri-Kansas City,
5100 Rockhill Road, 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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Leslie Koffler, UMKC |
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Tele.: |
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816-235-2526 |
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Tuesday,
March 23, 2010
lawrence, kan. |
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Mary Oliver |
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Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning
poet Mary Oliver will read at the University of
Kansas. Details TBA. Contact The
Hall Center for the Humanities.
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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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Tuesday,
March 23, 2010
columbia, mo. |
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Stuart Dybek
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Author of three short story collections, numerous
anthologized works of short fiction, and two books of
poetry appears at University of Missouri Reynolds Alumni
Center, Columbia, Mo.
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Time: |
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7:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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University of Missouri’s Creative Writing Program
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Tele.: |
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573-884-7773
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Wednesday,
March 24, 2010
parkville, mo. |
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C. Dale Young
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Caribbean-born poet and medical
doctor who
divides his time between editing poetry for New England
Review and practicing medicine at the University of
California at San Francisco. Presented as part of
Park University's Ethnic Voices Poetry Series.
Held at Park University, 8700 NW River Park
Drive, Parkville, Mo.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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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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Wednesday,
March 24, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Clancy Martin and Kevin Prufer |
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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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Friday,
March 26, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Latino Writers Collective reading |
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Latino Writers Collective event
at the
Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania,
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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Linda Rodriguez, Latino Writers
Collective |
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Tele.: |
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816-333-6349 |
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Monday,
March 29, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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John McPhee
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Pulitzer Prize-winning writer who is considered to be a
pioneer of narrative nonfiction, John McPhee speaks at
the Kansas City Central Library, 14 W. 10th Street,
Kansas City, Mo.
Part of the Writers at Work Series sponsored by Chris
Davis, the Kansas City Public Library, and UMKC. The
event is free and open to the public.
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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 / UMKC Writers at Work series |
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Tele.: |
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816-701-3407 |
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Friday,
April 2, 2010
manhattan, kan. |
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Honor Moore
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Memoirist and poet Honor Moore, author of The
Bishop's Daughter, Darling, Red Shoes,
Poems from the Women's Movement, and others
reads at Kansas State University, K-State Student Union,
212, Manhattan, Kan.
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Time: |
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3:30 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Elizabeth Dodd, Department of English |
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Tele: |
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785-532-6716
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Wednesday,
April 7, 2010
parkville, mo. |
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John Murillo
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Afro-Chicano poet and playwright
appearing at Park University,
8700 NW River Park
Drive, Parkville, Mo.
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Time: |
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7:00 p.m. |
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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,
April 9, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Silvia Kofler and Mickey Cesar |
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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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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
overland park, kan. |
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Robert Stewart and Thomas E. Kennedy |
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Robert
Stewart,
author of
“Fighting
Chuck
Berry,” “The
Great Drying
Off of the
Women,” and
other poems,
will read
with
Denmark’s
Thomas E.
Kennedy,
sage,
philosopher,
and author
of
In the
Company of
Angels
plus 23
other books.
Johnson
County
Public
Library,
9875 W.
87th,
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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The Writers Place |
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Tele.: |
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913-495-9107 |
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Wednesday,
April 21, 2010
warrensburg, mo. |
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Sylva Fischerová
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Sylva Fischerová was born in Prague, Czech Republic in
1963. She grew up in the Moravian town of Olomouc, and
returned to Prague to study philosophy and physics, and
later Greek and Latin, at Charles University. As a poet
she has released five Czech collections.
Among her books in English is The Swing in
the Middle of Chaos: Selected Poems (Bloodaxe,
2009), translated by Stuart Friebert. Art Center
Gallery, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg.
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Time: |
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1:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Kevin Prufer, UCM |
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Tele.: |
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660-543-8106 |
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Thursday, April 22, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Chang-rae Lee |
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Chang-rae
Lee will read from his work at the
the Kansas
City Central
Library, 14
W. 10th
Street,
Kansas City,
Mo. Part of
the Writers
at Work
Series
sponsored by
Chris Davis,
the Kansas
City Public
Library, and
UMKC. The
event is
free and
open to the
public.
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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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Thursday,
April 22, 2010
warrensburg, mo. |
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Daniel Woodrell
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Daniel Woodrell is the author of eight novels,
including, most recently, Winter's Bone, which
was listed on the Kansas City Star's top 100 books for
the year, and is currently being adapted into film.
His books have won the PEN USA Award for fiction,
been longlisted for the International Dublin Award, and
nominated for the Edgar Award in 2008. Art Center
Gallery, University of Central Missouri, Warrensburg,
Mo.
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Time: |
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2:00 p.m. |
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Contact: |
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Kevin Prufer, UCM |
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Tele.: |
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660-543-8106 |
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Thursday,
April 29, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Luis J. Rodriguez |
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Latino Writers Collective event featuring Luis
Rodriguez,
author of
Always
Running:
Living La
Loca Vida
at the
Kansas City
Public
Library,
Plaza
Branch, 4801
Main, 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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Linda Rodriguez, Latino Writers
Collective |
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Tele.: |
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816-333-6349 |
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Friday,
May 7, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Linda Rodriguez and the Latino Writers Collective |
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Latino Writers Collective event featuring Linda Rodriguez,
author of
Heart's
Migration
at the
Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania, 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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Linda Rodriguez, Latino Writers
Collective |
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Tele.: |
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816-333-6349 |
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Friday,
May 14, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Natasha El-Scari and Gabriela Lemmons |
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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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Friday,
June 11, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Tom Weis and Elaine Lally |
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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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Thursday,
June 17, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Gloria Vando and the Latino Writers Collective |
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Latino Writers Collective event featuring Gloria
Vando,
author of
Shadows
and Supposes
at the
Writers
Place, 3607
Pennsylvania, 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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Linda Rodriguez, Latino Writers
Collective |
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Tele.: |
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816-333-6349 |
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Friday,
July 9, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Lindsey Martin-Bowen and Mary Wharff |
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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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Friday,
August 13, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Chato Villalobos and Glen North |
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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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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 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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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 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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Friday,
November 12, 2010
kansas city, mo. |
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Catherine Anderson and Denise Lowe |
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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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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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