Current News from the Kansas Authors Club

Announcing Lawrence Transit Poet Laureate Program and Summer Ride and Write Workshop

6/23/2023

D2 Member, Iris Craver, shares this invitation with us:

Join us for a ride that will awaken your senses and creative spirit!

Friday, July 7 • 5:30 p.m. - 7 p.m. • Meet in the library lobby at 5:30 p.m.

Join Lawrence Transit, poet and professor Megan Kaminski and the Lawrence Public Library in our kickoff for Lawrence Transit’s new Poet Laureate program, a Summer Ride and Write.

For more information and to register: Summer Ride and Write | Events | Lawrence Public Library (bibliocommons.com)

We will travel through Lawrence via Route 10 on Lawrence Transit’s new electric bus and find inspiration together in the sights, sounds, and connections we make as we traverse the city. Guided by prompts to help us see our everyday lives through fresh eyes, we will write together and have opportunities to share our words. Participants will leave with a poem and prompts to inspire ongoing writing, as well as an invitation to submit poems for the Lawrence Transit poet laureate program. Led by poet and professor Megan Kaminski.

This event will be suitable for adults, teens, and youth alike!

“The library is thrilled to collaborate with Lawrence Transit and Megan Kaminski for Summer Ride and Write,” said Ruby, LPL Information Services Technician. “As librarians, our mission is to connect people to resources and inspiration, building relationships throughout our community. Reading, writing, and sharing our stories brings us all closer together - can't wait to see you on the bus!”

The Lawrence Transit Poet Laureate program offers the chance for local poets (of any age) and their poems to be featured on Lawrence Transit electric buses. To be considered, submit a transit related poem by November 1, 2023.

“Poetry doesn’t just live in books or in quiet rooms—it lives and breathes with us as we travel through our day,” said Kaminski. “By writing and sharing our words, we connect to each other, to ourselves, and to our larger communities. I’m excited to collaborate with the Lawrence Public Library and Lawrence Transit to make space for the beauty and poetry in our everyday lives.”

For more information, visit www.lawrencetransit.org or call (785) 864-4644. Find Lawrence Transit on Facebook: @LawrenceTransit and on Twitter: @TransitLawrence.

Contact: Adam Weigel, Lawrence Transit, (785) 832-3464

Welcome New Member Ciri George

6/20/2023

Today we welcome Ciri George, of White City, to District 4 and to the Kansas Authors Club!

I was born and raised in Emporia Kansas, and later lived in California and Florida for many years. I've been back "home" in Kansas for over 20 years on a little farm outside of White City.

I lived a bit of a wild life according to my friends, and they always told me I should write a book about it, so I did back in 2016.

I won a contest with my publisher shortly after that, and had to produce a book in 12 days, so I wrote a short mystery. They were available on Amazon, but only on kindle now. I have attached pics of the covers.

The "Quirky Life" cover has a pic of my last motorcycle, and the "Gazing Ball" cover is a pic I took out in my yard, then made up a quick story about it.

Looking forward to meeting more members and writing more books!

Welcome, Ciri!

Publication News from Member Duane L. Herrmann

6/19/2023

District 1 member, Duane L. Herrmann, had the following accepted or published in May 2023

1 May - Kansas City Uniflyer – one poem
3 May - The Short of It: Reflections and Revelations – five poems
10 May - Sparks of Calliope – two poems
11 May - The Holocaust (Power Point presentation) – six poems
14 May - Voices Israel – two poems
14 May - Tiny Seed: Wild Flowers – one poem
14 May - Red Coyote – five poems
18 May - Poet's Choice: German Poems – one poem
27 May - Fevers of the Mind (print annual) – one poem
Carrot Ranch posted three and Adirondack Center for Writing posted two of my responses to their weekly writing prompts on their sites.

If you have news of writing events that would be of interest to all Kansas Authors Club members, or if you are a member (dues current) who would like to announce an achievement, please submit your news via this form.

Save the Date: Saturday, July 15

6/19/2023

July 15, 2023, 1:30 pm
State Program
Presenter: Amy Sage Webb-Baza

The Power and Surprise of Flash Fiction
How does a writer achieve impact and surprise in as few as 500 words? Amy Sage Webb-Baza will introduce you to some of the ways flash fiction works, as well as resources for reading and writing in the form. The presentation will also share some growth of the form in nonfiction, or flash-CNF. Attendees can participate in a short, guided, flash-fiction writing prompt.

Amy Sage Webb-Baza is Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program at Emporia State University, where she was named Roe R. Cross Distinguished Professor and directs the Donald Reichardt Center for Publishing and Literary Arts. She is managing editor for Bluestem Press and Flint Hills Review. She publishes fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, and is author of Your Own Life: Kansas Stories (Woodley Press, 2012).

20 Memoirs by Kansas Authors

6/19/2023

A LIST OF BOOKS BY KANSAS AUTHORS CLUB MEMBERS, PAST AND PRESENT

Inspired by the June program by Denise Low, "Embellishing Prose and Poetry with Memoir," we pulled books by Kansas Authors Club nembers that illustrate the many and varied techniques of memoir writing.

If you have examples of member books to add (your own or a friend's) please put your addition in the comments section.

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Posts of a Mid-Century Kid, by Ann Vigola Anderson (Anamcara Press, 2021)

Anderson takes us on a journey to 1950s and 60s Kansas and treats the reader to hometown cooking in her tasty memoir Posts of a Mid-Century Kid. With humor and richly crafted details, she chronicles her mid-century childhood, offering a sampling of another era. This delightful and mischievous memoir advocates coloring vividly outside of the lines!

Headwinds: A Memoir by Edna Bell-Pearson (Meadowlark, 2019)

When World War II made her way to southwest Kansas, Edna Bell-Pearson’s life was forever changed. After meeting her husband Carl Ungerer—a pilot stationed in Liberal for the war— Edna’s moved to the opposite corner of the state, and she became one of the first private female pilots in Kansas. Her story takes place over the course of five years and tells of Ungerer Flying Service, a family-owned and operated business stationed in Marysville. As the business is born and takes on the challenges of life, Edna learns to appreciate the importance of the little things: hunting and fishing trips, a good housekeeper, and crisp, autumnal days without wind.

Running Out of Footprints, by Cathy Callen (2013)

Running Out of Footprints is the true story of three generations of the Neff family, who arrived on the scene in Kansas City in the late 1800s full of energy and potential, contributed as political, business, religious and medical leaders in the city, and then gradually disappeared into obituaries and census data. The author, a fourth generation Neff herself, came into possession of a metal box full of old letters, documents and photographs after her father's death. The questions she asked about these keepsakes and the answers she sought and found, led to writing this collection of biographies.

Lovers, Dreams & Thieves, by Marcia Cebulska (Flint Hills Publishing, 2023)

"With a novelist’s eye for detail and a poet’s gift for language, Cebulska has written a visceral knockout of a memoir packed with vibrant, unforgettable family members and unexpected happenings. Cebulska is a brilliant, big-hearted, and luminous storyteller who can capture a world in a short vignette. I was entirely captivated by these intimate and moving family portraits that have shaped the author's life and work.” -Harriet Lerner, author of The Dance of Anger and Why Won’t You Apologize?

High Plains Homestead, by R. Kent Crawford (Post Rock Press, 2023)

Scorching heat. Bitter cold. Relentless wind. No trees. Scarce water. That’s what settlers faced on the Kansas plains. Crawford grew up on a farm in Russell County that his great grandparents homesteaded in 1879. Tales of hardship, humor, and grit merge with details of the enormous changes in mechanization, economics, and political forces as the country transitioned from a mostly rural nation to a mostly urban one. Crawford's personal story coupled with meticulous research on the evolution of farming from the homestead years to the recent prairie fires describe the birth and transformation of his family farm. The narrative concludes with a thought-provoking discussion of the future of rural communities, the options for farmers, and High Plains farming.

In the Shadow of the Wind, by Ann Christine Fell (2014)

Following a series of tragic losses, thirty-year old Ann Fell struggles alone in a strange and frightening world. The young widow and bereaved mother retreats to the wilderness for comfort and healing. Planning to stay forty days, she sets up a solitary camp on the river bank of her family’s abandoned farm homestead. Marooned by rising flood waters after only a few days, she faces her own mortality.

And I Cried, Too, by Mike Hartnett (Meadowlark Press, 2020)

Mike and his wife, Barbara, moved to Lincoln, Illinois, in 1972. The town of 17,000 was charming, friendly, and safe. As employees of Lincoln College, a small, private junior college, they quickly grew to enjoy the subtle pleasures of small-town living. Then the campus was hit with a series of burglaries and a student disappeared. Finally, the murders began. This is Mike Hartnett’s personal story, memories that have taken him more than forty years to write. This is not a true crime exposé or a who-dunnit mystery. This is simply a story about one man on the periphery of a series of events that devastate a community for a time. It is a story about the guilt that lingers and the questions that remain.

31 Days (Nights), by Reginald Jarrell (Blue Cedar Press, 2022)

Reginald D. Jarrell’s book of essays is a thoughtful exploration of experiences that molded him as a Black man growing up and raising his family primarily in Kansas. Mr. Jarrell also lived in Mississippi, Iowa, California, and Washington, D.C. As a pastor, lawyer, communications professional, and university professor, Mr. Jarrell is first of all a truth teller.

The Art of Listening to the Heart, by James Kenyon (2016/ 2022)

In this memoir collection, retired veterinarian James Kenyon recalls his days in veterinary practice. From heartwarming to heartbreaking and everything in between, Kenyon writes of his care for beloved family pets, livestock, and their human caretakers. His memories illustrate a true devotion and love for veterinary work, as well as a passion for people and local history. Each chapter relates a specific memory of working with a quirky, loyal, and loveable animal, as well as the quirky, loyal, and lovable humans who owned them. The work offers not just insight into the work of a veterinarian, but to human nature and the manner in which people relate to and care for each other, as well as their animals.

Jigsaw Puzzling: Essays in a Time of Pestilence, by Denise Low (Meadowlark Press, 2022)

Writer of poetry, essays, memoir, and fiction—Denise Low did what so many of us did in the spring of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic sent us to spending long days at home. Denise’s jigsaw puzzling went well beyond pictures put together piece-by-piece, however. The 15 essays in this book document the pestilence that impacted our entire world. In them, Low explores the very culture of jigsaw puzzles while providing poetic lessons in art, geography, history, and more.

Diary of a German War Bride, by Trudy McFarland (2006)

"Trudy McFarland's telling of her mother's story in diary form, from her parents' 'love at first sight' meeting in post World War I Germany to 1988 when her mother's very full life ends, is a remarkable account of family relationships, historical events, and the characteristics which make a family strong and memorable. It is a fascinating read!"
--Evie Green, Coordinator of Write Stuff

My Flint Hills Childhood, by Gail Lee Martin (Blurb, 2009)

A childhood on the Kansas prairies in the 1930s springs vividly to life in the detailed memories of Gail Martin. Her simple accounts of long ago school days, celebrations and family life are a treasure. Travel back in time to life in the Flint Hills during the Great Depression and the time leading up to World War II. The memories include her father's work in the oil field, trips to town in the family's Model A, raising her pet badger, fishing on the Cottonwood River, and wearing dresses made from feed sack material. The book also explores her family's role in early Kansas history with details of covered wagons, homesteading, the Civil War and fledgling industries. These range from Tyro to Teterville to Eureka.

Courtesy Boy: A Memoir of Addiction, by Mike Matson (Flint Hills Publishing, 2021)

“Thirty years after my last ingestion of chemicals, I inventoried the traits and behaviors connected with my addiction, chronicled my early adult life, and wrote a book. My motivation is to help those suffering and their loved ones connect the dots between the destructive traits and behaviors—and the potential for addiction. In so doing, infuse some fresh air into the oppressive stigma that clings to addiction and mental health.

The Sky Begins At Your Feet, by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg (Ice Cube Press, 2009)

I cannot figure out who I am as a body these days, writes Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg in this powerful, tender and humorous memoir about resiliency and love in the face of cancer. Mirriam-Goldberg braves breast cancer, the breast cancer genetic mutation and the loss of a parent by connecting with an eclectic Midwest community, the land and sky, and a body undergoing vast renovation.

Cop in the Classroom, by Sgt. Jim Potter (Sandhenge Publications, 2007)

Learn how kids and cops connect at school. You will enjoy 33 personal stories about one officer's professional career as a deputy sheriff and school resource officer. Cop in the Classroom gives an insider's look at the emotional experiences behind the badge--and life lessons for us all.

I've been fighting this war within myself, poetry by Antonio Sanchez-Day (Meadowlark Press, 2023)

Even though he was often vastly outnumbered by enemies on the outside and by demons on the inside, Antonio Sanchez-Day took on life. He fought against racism as a boy, fought against family troubles, and fought as a street soldier for his gang which was the “family” he’d always wanted. Then he had to fight simply to survive 13 years of incarceration. Inside the walls, Antonio found his main weapon, his pen. He wrote brilliantly, and with pen in hand, he turned his life around. The 123 pages of new, unpublished poetry in this book was put together by Antonio’s friend and mentor, Brian Daldorph, to “cement [his] legacy” (Antonio’s words).

The Big Quiet: One Woman's Horseback Ride Home, by Lisa D. Stewart (Meadowlark Press, 2020)

At 54, Lisa Stewart set out to regain the fearless girl she once had been, riding her horse, Chief, 500 miles home. Hot, homeless, and horseback, she snapped back into every original cell. On an extraordinary homegoing from Kansas City to Bates and Vernon Counties in Missouri, Lisa exhausted herself, faced her past, trusted strangers, and stayed in the middle of her frightened horse to document modern rural America, the people, animals, and land.

Gravedigger's Daughter, by Cheryl Unruh (Meadowlark Press, 2021)

Gravedigger's Daughter: Vignettes from a Small Kansas Town is more than a story of the author and her father. It is a reminder of the relationships we all have, more than skin deep, an examination of the complexities of the people we love and care for. It is a love letter to the individuals who always exist at our very core.

It's All Showbusiness, by Connie Rae (Page Publishing, 2019)

Lee Edward Atterbury was born September 1, 1924, into the Atterbury Circus family. He was the fifth of seven children born to Robert L. and Rose Atterbury. By the time Lee was old enough for school, his older siblings were accomplished aerialists and his mother was a slack wire walker. The Atterbury Circus was a road circus, traveling the highways of rural America from Iowa and the Dakotas to Texas throughout the years of the Great Depression. (written by Connie Rae White)

Memoirs of the Dysfunctional? by Joann Garrity Williams (Meadowlark, 2018)

Memoirs of the Dysfunctional depicts the unconventional, but necessary lifestyle, and results, of a family forced to live a somewhat nomadic existence because the father, who was blinded as a child, had no means of support other than working as a street musician. The author, Joann Garrity Williams, is the oldest child of Ethel and Francis Garrity. She served for four years as state president of the Kansas Authors Club. This is the first time many, including family members and close friends, will learn the truth about Joann’s unique childhood and upbringing.

In Memory: Delbert Bryant

6/18/2023

Delbert Bryant joined Kansas Authors Club in 1994. He was a poet who kept every yearbook of the Kansas Authors Club on a shelf in his home office.

Delbert Edward Bryant

January 3, 1924 - April 3, 2023

Obituary

a note from Tracy Million Simmons:

Delbert was quite proud of his association with Kansas Authors Club. We began writing letters when I took over management of the KAC membership list and asked him to check in yearly as an octogenarian. He shared news of his move from his home to an assisted living facility.

"I intend for this to be a short note only to confirm our relationship in the KAC," he wrote in May of 2022, my last letter from him. "I look at our troubled world and consider all others as brothers and sisters in a broad way." His letters were always signed, "On my way HOME."

Delbert shared this story in the 2021 KAC Yearbook.

Reason for Hope

It happened like this: On July 15, 2020, a very warm day, I had just finished mowing a heavy part of our lawn on my riding mower, leaving behind scattered mowed grass to blight my mowing job. I had raked up piles for pickup by the sanitation crew on Friday. This 96-year-old body felt it necessary to rest a bit, so I sat down on a rock ledge near a huge reddish rock in the shade in our front yard.

After probably ten minutes, I tried to get up and proceed on my project only to fall backwards and I simply laid there before making another try. I did not strike my head on the huge rock, for which I am grateful. As I was struggling to stand once again, I heard a young voice say, “Are you OK? Do you need help?” I felt his hand on my arm and as I placed my hand on his shoulder, I was aware that a helping young man had come to my aid.

I thanked him sincerely and said, “I think I can make it now.” He said, “Are you sure?” He returned to his waiting buddy and they cycled off on their way.

My daughter, Jan Gauntt, made a plea on Facebook for possible info on who this good Samaritan might be. Kathy Rice got a little closer with enquiries with her neighborhood group and got some results. The young boy’s name is Aiden Roberts, 12 years old. His father’s name is Dustin. I was informed that they had been vacationing since the incident and would be contacting me later, but no word yet.

I want to thank Aiden’s folks and him for having such an observing, kind son--stuff a real man is made of in part. This is a promising attribute of our Lord’s command to love one another. I would relish knowing Aiden and his parents better.

Now you’ve heard the rest of the story.

Delbert Bryant
“On my way home”

Delbert on WIBW - 2022

Two Members Make High Plains Book Awards Finalist Lists

6/17/2023

Ruth Maus and Julie A. Sellers, both members of District 1, have books recognized as finalists in the High Plains Book Awards this year.

Category: Poetry
Puzzled: Poems
by Ruth Maus
Meadowlark Press, 2022

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Category: YA
Ann of Sunflower Lane
by Julie A. Sellers
Meadowlark Press, 2022

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Press release
Finalists for the 2023 High Plains Book Awards were recently released, with winners to be announced at an awards event Oct. 7, in Billings.

All nominated works — 263 of them this year — were read and evaluated by community readers. Winners in each category will be determined by a judging panel of published writers with connections to the High Plains region.

This year, 12 of the finalists hailed from Canada, and eight were from Montana, including Big Sky Award finalist Charles Finn, a poet whose book “On a Benediction of Wind, Poems and Photographs from the American West,” with photographer Barbara Michelman, was also winner of the 2022 Montana Book Award.

Nominated books must have been published for the first time in 2022. Each winner will receive a $500 award. The finalists in 13 categories are listed at the link below.

2023 Finalists - High Plains Book Awards

Member Clyde W. Toland, Finalist for Will Rogers Medallion Award

6/17/2023

Member Clyde Toland, from District 3, is one of three finalists for the Will Rogers Medallion Award in the category of Western Biographies/Memoirs. This is for American Hero, Kansas Heritage, the first volume of my Becoming Frederick Funston Trilogy. The winner will be announced in October.

American Hero, Kansas Heritage:
Frederick Funston's Early Years
by Clyde W. Toland (Flint Hills Publishing)

2023 WRMA Finalists

Welcome New Members Laura Lee Washburn & Roland E. Sodowsky

6/16/2023

Today, we welcome new KAC and District 3 members from Pittsburg, Laura Lee Washburn and Roland E. Sodowsky.

Editor-in-Chief of The Coop, Laura Lee Washburn is the Director of Creative Writing at Pittsburg State University in Kansas, and the author of This Good Warm Place: 10th Anniversary Expanded Edition (March Street) and Watching the Contortionists (Palanquin Chapbook Prize). Her poetry has appeared in such journals as TheNewVerse.News, Carolina Quarterly, Ninth Letter, The Sun, and Valparaiso Review. Harbor Review’s chapbook prize is named in her honor. Her most recent book of poems, The Book of Stolen Images, can be purchased from Meadowlark Books.

Roland Sodowsky grew up on a small ranch in western Oklahoma. He has three degrees from Oklahoma State University and studied Old High German as a Fulbright Scholar in Germany. He has taught linguistics, literature, and creative writing at OSU, the University of Calabar in Nigeria, the University of Texas, Sul Ross State University, and Missouri State University. He has published poetry, short stories, or novellas in Atlantic Monthly, American Literary Review, Glimmer Train, Midwest Quarterly, and many other literary magazines. His collection of short stories, Things We Lose (U. Missouri Pr), won the Associated Writing Programs’ Award for Short Fiction. He received the National Cowboy Hall of Fame Short Fiction Award for Interim in the Desert (TCU Pr), the Coordinating Council of Literary Magazines-General Electric Award for fiction, and has been a recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts award. Now retired from Missouri State, he and his wife, the poet Laura Lee Washburn, live in Pittsburg, Kansas when he, his brother, and his son are not engaged in a continuing battle with the mesquites and cedars on their family homestead.

2023 Writing Retreat Invitation

6/16/2023

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KANSAS AUTHORS CLUB
—A WRITING RETREAT--

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Reminder: Saturday, June 17 Program with Denise Low

6/16/2023

June 17, 2023, 1:30 pm
State Program
Presenter: Denise Low

Embellishing Prose and Poetry with Memoir
This presentation will take place via Zoom.

Program Description:
Louise Gluck wrote: “We look at the world once, in childhood. The rest is memory.” We will learn ways to transform memory into memoir using focus, invention, and deeper explorations. In the workshop, plan to write, edit, share, and discuss (or not—auditors are welcome). Bring a short poem or prose paragraph about any subject for experimentation.

Denise Low, the 2nd Kansas Poet Laureate, is a founding member of Indigenous Nations Poets. Her memoir Turtle’s Beating Heart: A Lenape Family Story of Survival will be released in a new edition, 2023, and her Jigsaw Puzzling: Essays (Meadowlark, 2022) is part Covid memoir and part lyrical essays—with some poems braided in. She has awards from the Kansas Center for the Book (4), Red Mountain Press, National Endowment for the Humanities, and others. Low teaches for Baker University and now resides in Sonoma County, California.

Click on the cover image below to learn more about books by Denise Low..

All members who have opted to receive "monthly news" should have received a link to attend this program. Links were also distributed via District presidents.

If you did not receive a link, please fill out the form below.

Member Receives Eric Hoffer Book Award, First Runner-Up in Legacy Fiction

6/12/2023

Opulenece, Kansas, by Julie Stielstra (district 6), was selected as First Runner-Up in the Legacy Fiction category, which is fiction of any type published more than two years ago - because "unlike many in the industry, [they] think good books last more than a single season."

Writers in Community: Mike and Monica Graves

6/10/2023

Mike and Monica Graves visited the residents at Sunflower Care Homes in Emporia. Monica sang with the residents and Mike read from his upcoming book, Human Shadow, as well as an essay in 105 Meadowlark Reader.
The residents received hats from Mike as part of the activity.

Writers in the Community is a Kansas Authors Club program that highlights member educational and outreach efforts in our communities.

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Writers in Community: Gretchen Eick

6/10/2023

Gretchen Eick was one of the writers featured at the Wichita Library's writers reading their work event June 3. She read her 6 minute play, "Siblings," which placed second in last year's playwriting contest, a play for congregations or clubs or groups to use to start discussion of the problem of alienation between family or friends due to differences.

Writers in the Community is a Kansas Authors Club program that highlights member educational and outreach efforts in our communities.

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Fall Writing Retreat with Quiet Storm

6/9/2023

Member, Danielle Ramirez, shares this writing retreat opportunity.

Email Danielle at [email protected] to learn more.

New Book by Karis Ens

6/8/2023

NOW AVAILABLE!
A Girl and Her Cat, 2nd edition,
written and illustrated by Karis Ens (District 6)

Praise for A Girl and Her Cat:

“A Girl and Her Cat is a delightful children’s book that shows the love between a little girl and her kitten, then adult cat, named Pepper. Author and illustrator Karis Ens’ personal story of her beloved feline is enhanced by simplified line drawings that reinforce the narrative. This book separates itself from the stereotypical children’s book with dominating illustrations that limit space for the written word. As a result, Ens allows readers of all ages to enjoy the development of an extensive literary story about the loving relationship between a little girl and her four-legged companion. I highly recommend A Girl and Her Cat to all people who have ever had a pet who was a best friend.”
– Jim Potter, author of Deputy Jennings Meets the Amish

“This is an adorable children's book about a child and her best friend, her cat. The author purrfectly describes the girl's feline friend and their relationship. If you are an animal lover, Karis' story will make you feel as though you are with that special furry friend again. Even if you are not an animal lover, you will feel as though you are in the story, or perhaps, in your story, remembering a special childhood friendship and its joys and woes.”
– Melody Cole, author of Sentiments of a Survivor

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June Program News: Denise Low

6/7/2023

NOTE: Due to unforeseen circumstances, this program will take place via zoom on June 10 at 1:30pm AND as regularly scheduled on June 17 at 1:30pm. Only the June 17 program will have the post-program break-out rooms and district gatherings.

Any member is welcome to attend on either date. Members will receive the link via the monthly newsletter or may request it from your district president. It is also available through the members-only pages of this website (sign-in required).

Denise Low, the 2nd Kansas Poet Laureate, is a founding member of Indigenous Nations Poets. Her memoir Turtle’s Beating Heart: A Lenape Family Story of Survival will be released in a new edition, 2023, and her Jigsaw Puzzling: Essays (Meadowlark, 2022) is part Covid memoir and part lyrical essays—with some poems braided in. She has awards from the Kansas Center for the Book (4), Red Mountain Press, National Endowment for the Humanities, and others. Low teaches for Baker University and now resides in Sonoma County, California.

Denise is a member of Kansas Authors Club, District 2.

Click the cover image below to learn more about recent books by Denise Low.

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July 1 Book Release Event in Toronto, KS

6/7/2023

"Do Lizards Have Lips? And Other Tall Tales From Toronto Kansas" by Iris Craver - District 2

Book release and reading event on July 1st at noon at Lizard Lips in Toronto, Kansas, during Toronto Days Independence Celebration! Come enjoy all the festivities and check out this new book from a Kansas Authors Club member.

Live music by the Howard Mahan band!

Great Deli food at Lizard Lips!

153 US-54, Toronto, KS 66777

Hope to see you there!

Buy the Book at Ice Cube Press

Announcing Lawrence Transit Poet Laureate Program and Summer Ride and Write Workshop

Welcome New Member Ciri George

Publication News from Member Duane L. Herrmann

Save the Date: Saturday, July 15

20 Memoirs by Kansas Authors

A LIST OF BOOKS BY KANSAS AUTHORS CLUB MEMBERS, PAST AND PRESENT

In Memory: Delbert Bryant

Two Members Make High Plains Book Awards Finalist Lists

Member Clyde W. Toland, Finalist for Will Rogers Medallion Award

Welcome New Members Laura Lee Washburn & Roland E. Sodowsky

2023 Writing Retreat Invitation

Reminder: Saturday, June 17 Program with Denise Low

Member Receives Eric Hoffer Book Award, First Runner-Up in Legacy Fiction

Writers in Community: Mike and Monica Graves

Writers in Community: Gretchen Eick

Fall Writing Retreat with Quiet Storm

New Book by Karis Ens

June Program News: Denise Low

July 1 Book Release Event in Toronto, KS

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