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This special program looks back on the career of poet, essayist, and longtime New Letters editor Robert Stewart.

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New stories from PEN/Faulkner finalist Lorraine M. López

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New Letters Publication Award in Fiction Winner and Judges Announced!

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More about the Patricia Cleary Miller's upcoming book of poems here.

New Letters on the Air Celebrates 43 Years!!!

New Letters quarterly and its audio companion, New Letters on the Air, are part of a national literary tradition that serves readers and writers across the world. On this website, you can search for a particular author with recordings of interviews and readings going back to 1977. (Also, search for a poem, story or essay from New Letters magazine or its previous title, The University Review.)

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New Letters, New Letters on the Air & BkMk Press

Publishing great literature: New Letters magazine, New Letters on the Air, an audio companion to New Letters magazine, and BkMk Press.

Kansas City Literary Events

Poetry & Jazz Improv with River Cow Orchestra

Kansas City, Mo.
Thursday, June 11, 2020

Ida Fogle & Brandon Whitehead

Kansas City, Mo.
Friday, June 12, 2020

Dean, Pritchett & Vojta

Kansas City, Mo.
Friday, June 19, 2020

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We write to wish you well amidst this strange time, and to update you on our operations here at New Letters magazine, New Letters on the Air and BkMk Press. Click here to read our full statement.

Kansas City Public Library Announces Kids and Teens eReading Rooms

The KCPL has digitized the concept of physical reading rooms by creating individual, specialized eReading Rooms of ebooks and audiobooks for children and teenagers.

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