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kansas city literary events calendar
& outlying regions in missouri and kansas


These and more events listed below.

Jonathan FranzenJoyce Carol OatesBrian TurnerJoseph O'Neill
franzen
september 22
OATES
OCTOBER 18
TURNER
OCTOBER 21
O'NEILL
NOVEMBER 16
SCHNACKENBERG
NOVEMBER 18
 
FIND OUT ABOUT PAST EVENTS

Friday, August 13, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Chato Villalobos and Glen North

A Riverfront Reading series poetry event at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.

Time: 8:00 p.m.
Contact: Riverfront Reading Series
Tele.: 816-753-1090

Tuesday, August 17, 2010
overland park, kan.

Greg Field
Field will read and perform with the musical group RCO at the Johnson County Public Library, 9875 W. 87th Street, Overland Park, Kan.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Contact: Johnson County Central Resource Public Library
Tele.: 913-495-9107
     

Friday, August 20, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Mary-Lane Kamberg and Olive Sullivan

A Writers Place event at 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.

Time: 7:00 p.m.
Contact: The Writers Place
Tele.: 816-753-1090

Friday, August 27, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Italian-American Reading

An evening with Italian-American writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry: Carmela Palazzo Hakan, Al Ortolani, Robert Stewart, Maryfrances Cusumano Wagner, Charles Ferruzza, and J. T. Knoll. Suggested donation:  $5/$3 members.

Time: 7:00 p.m.
Contact: The Writers Place
Tele.: 816-753-1090

Friday, September 3, 2010
kansas city, mo.

J.C. Hallman

Short story writer and essayist J.C. Hallman appears at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo. Suggested donation:  $5/$3 members.

Time: 7:00 p.m.
Contact: The Writers Place
Tele.: 816-753-1090
     

Friday, September 10, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Rosemarie Kinder and Matthew Eck

A Riverfront Reading series event featuring fiction writer and poet Kinder and fiction writer Eck at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.

Time: 8:00 p.m.
Contact: Riverfront Reading Series
Tele.: 816-753-1090
     

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Terry McMillan

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.

Time: 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Rainy Day Books
Tele.: 913-384-3126

Tuesday, September 21, 2010
overland park, kan.

Dan Jaffe
Author Dan Jaffe reads at the Johnson County Public Library, 9875 W. 87th Street, Overland Park, Kan.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Contact: Johnson County Central Resource Public Library
Tele.: 913-495-9107
     

Wednesday, September 22, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Jonathan Franzen

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.

Time: 7:00 p.m.
Contact: Rainy Day Books
Tele.: 913-384-3126
     

Friday, September 24, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Gary Gildner and Christie Hodgen

Part of the Paired Voices Reading Series, at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.  Suggested donation:  $5/$3 members

Time: 7:00 p.m.
Contact: The Writers Place
Tele.: 816-753-1090
     

Friday, October 8, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Dolores Miller and Jan Kroll

A Riverfront Reading series event featuring poets Miller and Kroll at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.

Time: 8:00 p.m.
Contact: Riverfront Reading Series
Tele.: 816-753-1090
     

Friday, October 15, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Robin Behn and José Faus

Part of the Paired Voices Reading Series, at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.  Suggested donation:  $5/$3 members

Time: 7:00 p.m.
Contact: The Writers Place
Tele.: 816-753-1090
     

Friday, October 15, 2010-
Saturday, October 16, 2010

lee's summit, mo.

MCC-Longview Literary Festival

Literary festival held at Mel Aytes Education Center, 500 SW Longview Road, Lee's Summit, Mo.

Time: 10:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m. both days
Contact: Susan Satterfield, MCCC
Tele.: 816-524-4852
     

Monday, October 18, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates appears as part of the Writers At Work Speaker Series on Monday October 18, 2010 at 6:30 PM, at Kansas City Public Library. 
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Kansas City Public Library
Tele.:

816-701-3407

Tuesday, October 19, 2010
overland park, kan.

Elizabeth Schultz & Jane Wood
Schultz and Wood read at the Johnson County Public Library, 9875 W. 87th Street, Overland Park, Kan.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Contact: Johnson County Central Resource Public Library
Tele.: 913-495-9107
     

Thursday, October 21, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Brian Turner

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.

Time: 7:00 p.m. reading; reception begins at 6:00 p.m.
Contact: Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst University
Tele.:

816-501-4607

     

Wednesday, November 3, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Christie Hodgen

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.

Time: 6:30 p.m.
Contact: Kansas City Public Library
Tele.: 816-701-3407
     

Friday, November 12, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Catherine Anderson and Denise Low

A Riverfront Reading series event featuring poets Anderson and Low at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.

Time: 8:00 p.m.
Contact: Riverfront Reading Series
Tele.: 816-753-1090
     

Tuesday, November 16, 2010
lawrence, kan.

Joseph O'Neill
Acclaimed author of the PEN/Faulkner-Award winning novel Netherland lectures at the Hall Center for the Humanities, Lawrence, Kan.
Time: TBA
Contact: Hall Center for the Humanities
Tele.: 785-864-4798
     

Thursday, November 18, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Gjertrud Schnackenberg

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.

Time: 7:00 p.m. reading; reception begins at 6:00 p.m.
Contact: Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst University
Tele.:

816-501-4607

     

Friday, December 10, 2010
kansas city, mo.

Riverfront Reading Holiday Open Mic

A Riverfront Reading series event at the Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City, Mo.

Time: 8:00 p.m.
Contact: Riverfront Reading Series
Tele.: 816-753-1090
     

Thursday, January 27, 2011
kansas city, mo.

Kay Ryan

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.

Time: 7:00 p.m., reading; 6:30 p.m. reception
Contact: Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst University
Tele.: 816-501-4607
     

Monday, March 7 to
Thursday, March 10, 2011

kansas city, mo.

Terrance Hayes

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.

Time: TBA
Contact: UMKC Department of English
Tele.: 816-235-1305
     

Thursday, March 17, 2011
kansas city, mo.

TBA

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.

Time: 7:00 p.m. reading; reception begins at 6:00 p.m.
Contact: Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst University
Tele.:

816-501-4607

     

Thursday, March 24, 2011
kansas city, mo.

TBA

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.

Time: 7:00 p.m. reading; reception begins at 6:00 p.m.
Contact: Cynthia Cartwright, Rockhurst University
Tele.:

816-501-4607

     
     

Thursday, April 14, 2011
lawrence, kan.

Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Distinguished professor Henry Louis Gates, Jr., lectures at the Hall Center for the Humanities, University of Kansas, Lawrence.
Time: TBA
Contact: Hall Center for the Humanities
Tele.: 785-864-4798
  Support provided by the Missouri Arts Council

 

 
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