Ex-Westboro Baptist Church member discusses her book, her estranged family...
Libby Phelps Alvarez, 34, has written a book about growing up in the Westboro Baptist Church — and what made her decide to leave at age 25 and start a new life for herself in Lawrence. Here, in an...
View ArticleClaudia Rankine, author of KU's 2017 Common Book, to speak Thursday at...
Claudia Rankine, author of this year’s University of Kansas Common Book, will visit the KU campus to discuss her acclaimed New York Times bestseller “Citizen: An American Lyric.”
View ArticleAuthor of book on legendary Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown to visit...
Helen Gurley Brown, the larger-than-life editor of Cosmopolitan magazine from 1965 to 1997, was famous for her self-deprecation. She was a "mouseburger," as she liked to call herself, who reached the...
View ArticleKU's 'Black Love' symposium celebrates legacy of Zora Neale...
This week, as Zora Neale Hurston’s 1937 coming-of-age novel “Their Eyes Were Watching God” celebrates its 80th anniversary, scholars from the University of Kansas and across the country are...
View ArticlePulitzer-winning cancer expert, author Siddhartha Mukherjee to deliver Hall...
Acclaimed oncologist, cancer researcher and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Siddhartha Mukherjee will visit Lawrence this week as part of the Hall Center’s Humanities Lecture Series at the University of...
View ArticleLibrary reveals new trading cards in celebration of Banned Books Week
When controversial books are challenged, some people try to keep them off library shelves. Not at the Lawrence Public Library, where local artists are called upon every year to create their own trading...
View ArticleGeorge Saunders, Man Booker Award shortlist favorite, to visit Lawrence Tuesday
Here, in a condensed and edited version of his chat with the Journal-World, National Book Award finalist George Saunders offers his thoughts on Abraham Lincoln's complex inner world, the connections...
View ArticleGarrison Keillor talks 'Prairie Home Companion,' aging and staying...
Garrison Keillor may have officially retired last year from his longtime post at "Prairie Home Companion," but the 75-year-old hasn't been resting on his laurels since going off the air. Keillor, who...
View ArticleBaseball author Bill James to deliver keynote in sports lecture series at KU
Bill James, senior baseball operations adviser for the Boston Red Sox, will speak Wednesday evening at the University of Kansas as part of this year’s James Naismith Lecture Series. James’ keynote...
View ArticleKU English professor nabs major award for feminist fantasy novella 'The...
Kij Johnson would’ve been happy with just one industry award under her belt. But, after nabbing the World Fantasy Award — her second — earlier this month in San Antonio, she’s not complaining.
View ArticleLibrary to launch Winter Reading program this week
The Lawrence Public Library has devised a potential solution to beating the winter doldrums this season — and it doesn’t necessarily involve reading.
View ArticleLibrary announces 2018 Read Across Lawrence pick
The Lawrence Public Library has chosen “Wonder,” by R.J. Palacio, as its 2018 Read Across Lawrence pick for adults, teens and kids.
View ArticleAnti-bullying activist Lizzie Velasquez to deliver Read Across Lawrence...
Anti-bullying activist and YouTube star Lizzie Velasquez will deliver this year’s Read Across Lawrence keynote address, the Lawrence Public Library announced Thursday.
View ArticleWinners of Langston Hughes creative writing awards announced
The winners of this year's Langston Hughes Award for creative writing are poet Rachel Atakpa and fiction writer Kim Condon.
View ArticleAfter Kirkus Reviews 'white savior' controversy, Lawrence author...
Lawrence author and University of Kansas professor Laura Moriarty found herself at the center of a full-blown Twitter storm last fall, when her young-adult novel “American Heart” drew criticism for...
View ArticleAcclaimed sci-fi, fantasy author Neil Gaiman to visit KU this fall
Award-winning science fiction and fantasy author Neil Gaiman will appear at the Lied Center this fall, the University of Kansas announced this week.
View ArticleLawrence Public Library is celebrating National Poetry Month; also, Sloane...
April marks National Poetry Month, and the Lawrence Public Library is celebrating the occasion with several poetry-themed programs for readers of all ages.
View ArticleLawrence author Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg discusses her new book...
Lawrence author Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg discusses her newest book, "Miriam's Well," and the biblical tale that inspired it.
View ArticleWildlife ecologist, 'The Home Place' author to discuss 'Birding...
Wildlife ecologist J. Drew Lanham has made it his mission to diversify the ornithology community. On May 24, he’ll bring that mission to Lawrence with “Birding While Black,” a talk detailing his love...
View ArticleJennifer Pharr Davis to share stories behind record-breaking Appalachian...
It takes a skilled hiker an average of five to seven months to trek the entire Appalachian Trail, which stretches more than 2,100 miles from Georgia to Maine. In 2011, Jennifer Pharr Davis made the...
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