"Was That Thunder? More Than a Boston Marathon Bombing Story"
​ by Greg Kalkwarf

​If you desire a challenge or appreciate stories including family life, building relationships, developing fortitude, displaying sportsmanship, and ordinary people completing extraordinary feats, read "Was That Thunder? More Than a Boston Marathon Bombing Story" by Greg Kalkwarf. With experiences in Nebraska, Colorado, and Kansas, Greg’s “journey through adversity,” is beyond typical marathon training.
 
Kalkwarf’s professional connections and knowledge of baseball and distance running guided him as he faced a snowstorm during the Peak 2008 marathon. Elevation, rugged terrain, technical footing, and icy conditions challenged the athletes; nonetheless, teamwork helped them conquer the mountain. With a memory for dates and a keen sense of humor, Kalkwarf’s quest to support those truly facing adversity, he endorsed the Make-A-Wish Foundation, Underwearness, the Alzheimer's Association, and other organizations.
 
Digesting various books, assorted publications, and inspirational biographies from the local library provided Greg with mental training. With an “I run so I can eat” attitude, Kalkwarf trained by running up and down Colorado mountains, parking garages, office stairs, and myriad courses in addition to Kansas and Nebraska rolling hills and plains despite inclement weather.
 
Encountering a raging forest fire near his Colorado home, the sudden death of a family member, diagnosis of a fatal disease of another family member, a car collision, and a terrorist attack, Greg chose happiness over fear. With the unwavering encouragement of his wife Kirsta before, during, and after her two pregnancies, Greg was inspired and determined.
 
Was it divine intervention that Greg “finished the Boston Marathon with a personal record of 3:56:03,” then minutes later, a loud boom cracked the sky? By finishing earlier than anticipated, Greg, his wife, and young children were spared. As a result of this tragedy, three died, a dozen lost limbs, hundreds were injured, and numerous PTSD victims, runners, and volunteers were emotionally scarred. Enduring the 2013 marathon was more severe than insanity drills, injuries, agony, and the effort balancing work, family, and training exercises.
 
“Face your fears” and read "Was That Thunder? More Than a Boston Marathon Bombing Story" with 26.2 chapters focused on an incredible journey to move others forward.
 
At the time of this publication, Greg completed ten marathons in Colorado, Florida, Massachusetts, and Nebraska. If he is not spending time with his family, running, hiking, or watching baseball, you can connect with Greg at www.gregkalkwarf.com.
 
Respectfully submitted,
Carmaine Ternes
Librarian, Author, Editor, Presenter
April 2025

Carmaine Ternes is a member of Kansas Authors Club. You can follow her reviews on Goodreads.

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In Traci Brimhall’s latest poetry collection, LOVE PRODIGAL (Copper Canyon Press, 2024), she tackles topics such as the end of a marriage, the loss of her mother, the pandemic, and learning to live with chronic pain and illness. This list might lead you to think the book’s primary connective tissue is sadness and regret, but on the contrary (and as the title suggests), the poems are woven into a cohesive collection by love: love that is exuberant and celebratory, even as it acknowledges the messy business of heartbreak and death and pain. There are also pieces in the book about a new relationship, and these are—yes—love poems.

As she writes about darker topics, Brimhall leans into the pain for what it can teach her about herself. The lesson over and over is that she is worthy, she is strong, she is capable of self-love. In “Cold, Crazy, Broken,” she explores her mistreatment in a previous relationship: “I’m sorry I held his breath between / my horns until he explained me to myself, said cold / said crazy said broken …” By the end of the poem, she has reframed these insults with her own powerful meanings: “I became the story / of me—cold as mint, crazy as holding my shadow’s hand / broken as the night when the new moon rises through it.”

In “Why I Stayed,” the title implies remaining in a relationship, but the relationship it references is the speaker’s relationship with life. She writes “all summer I wanted // to die … Instead, I took 99 / of the peacock’s eyes, half the checking account, and left.” The explanation for staying comes in these closing lines: “I found // a thousand small pleasures that made me want to live, and / they were bridges, birdsong, strawberries, sunlight, and lambs.”

LOVE PRODIGAL is infused with these “small pleasures” that make it a delight to read. One of Brimhall’s many strengths as a writer is her ability to startle and stun with fresh, inventive language. I underlined so many gorgeous phrases and lines like these:

• “my heart // in its bone kennel” (“If You Want to Fall in Love Again”)
• “love is a syllabus of domestic chores with rolling due dates and extra-credit candlelight” (“Arts & Sciences”)
• “our bedroom window’s archive of light” (“Love Languages”)

I could list more examples, but they are best enjoyed within the context of the poems.

Brimhall’s work can be witty and playful with nods to pop culture (“I Would Do Anything for Love, but I Won’t” and “Long-Distance Relationship as Alt Text” ) as well as poems inspired by other poets, like “Someday I’ll Love Traci Brimhall” (after Ocean Vuong’s “Someday I’ll Love Ocean Vuong”).

“Someday I’ll Love Traci Brimhall” encapsulates many of the themes in the book as she writes of accepting herself, her pain, and her family, including her mother. Her linguistic chops are also on full display: “I’ll boast ornament & scandal”; “I’ll crisis & satisfy”; “[I’ll] Unbutton / myself, let the shames scuttle out”; “I’ll bumble like a bee…”.

The hardest person to love is often oneself, and though the conceit of this poem describes her love for Traci Brimhall as “nearly” here, in truth, the book is studded with a clear acceptance and celebration of the poet’s self. Perhaps that is the secret to the joy spilling out of these pages.
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I have loved Traci Brimhall (and her words) for about six years now, since I first read her poetry. Of her earlier books, COME THE SLUMBERLESS TO THE LAND OF NOD was my favorite, and as I awaited the publication of LOVE PRODIGAL, I wondered if this new book could measure up. I am happy to report that it does. If you, too, would like to love Traci Brimhall, it’s as easy as reading her poetry. #readlocalks

Member Janice Northerns shared this review of member Traci Brimhall's book, Love Prodigal.
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Member Janice Northerns shares a review of member Michael Poage's Heart: Collected Poems 1975-2024.

HEART contains 14 books and spans almost 50 years, and it was wonderful to hear Mike read from it at Watermark Books recently! Here's my review of the book:

HEART: COLLECTED POEMS 1975-2024 by Michael Poage offers a rare opportunity to trace a poet’s evolution over time. Much of his work is spare and philosophical but still capable of profound impact, as in this early poem from BORN, his 1975 collection:

The First Person with Skin
The fog
she thought would cover
her bones
was only a tongue,
a door.

In these few short lines, Poage contrasts the expectation of protection with the discovery of vulnerability and openness. I enjoyed finding another poem much later in the book (from 2001’s GOD WON’T OVERLOOK US) that reminded me of “The First Person with Skin”:

Slipping Into Something Comfortable
She took off her clothes.
It was that simple.

In this later poem, the subject is at ease in her own skin. These pieces may seem only tangentially related, but one of the delights of reading Poage’s collected works is finding poems published many years apart that speak to one another—each enriched by the conversation. These pieces also illustrate the author’s knack for making his titles do much of the work; the titles are the key to understanding these two poems.

Poage’s poetry is lyrical but features plenty of concrete detail and vivid description, with poems set in varied locations, including Kansas, Bosnia (where he spends time teaching each year) and Gaza.

Two of my favorite pieces evoked radically different emotions. A poem late in the book, “a swarm of bees”, which is dedicated to George Floyd, chilled me to the bone. The poem is literally about a video of a swarm of bees, but the figurative meaning as we interpret it in the context of George’s Floyd’s tragic case resonates deeply. The bees are “moving barely enough / to notice.” But the speaker notices “the sound. a / grinding, slow business / cooking above your head.” From there the poem builds to a powerful and haunting conclusion.

Another favorite, “Loose Change” stirred happier feelings. The poem describes a coffee date in a book store between a woman and the poem’s speaker. The language is erotically charged throughout, from these early lines—“you came up behind me. / I felt the light touch / of your breasts through / your blouse and my shirt / against my back” to the closure: “you slipped your hands / into my front pants pockets. / You were not searching / for nickels or dimes.”

As might be expected in a collection that spans fifty years and includes fourteen books, these poems cover a wide range of subjects. There is much more to discover than I have mentioned here. Don’t be intimidated by the length of the book (900+ pages). You can start at the beginning and read the book chronologically, or you can dip in at any point and emerge with core samples from different eras of Michael Poage’s poetry. Both methods yield rich rewards.
#readlocalks

If you, like me, find yourself growing grumpier by the year, check out this memoir by my friend Tammy Hader!
WALKING OLD ROADS: A MEMOIR OF KINDNESS REDISCOVERED by Tammy Hader.

Tammy Hader structures this memoir around revisiting childhood memories in an attempt to find the cure for the cynicism that plagues many of us as we grow older. She describes growing up in the small town of Belle Plain, Kansas, and expresses longing for the past when neighbors and strangers seemed friendlier and more open to helping one another.

The book features a dual plot line as each short chapter focuses on a visit to her aging mother. Together, mother and daughter sort through old photographs and these often spark the memories that form the bulk of the book. In writing about the weekly visits to her mother, Hader also reflects on role reversal as she poignantly contrasts memories of her parents caring for her with the details of her new role: taking her mom to medical appointments, helping her with daily tasks, and offering comfort and reassurance.

The author recalls her childhood with details such as these, as she thinks about the five-and-dime store she and a friend visited often: “The store’s curious odor blended necessities and indulgences into a thick promise of discovery. …. Bubble gum and Milk Duds in hand, the creaky wood floor kept track of us until the door chime announced our departure.”
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She also vividly describes her parents as newlyweds, captured in a short home movie that she finds at her Mom’s house: “Smartly attired in his Army uniform, Dad reached up to straighten his military-issue dress hat. There was no audio of Dad joking with his bride or Mom’s laughter, but I heard them anyway. Mom grabbed Dad’s hand ….. They climbed into their blue two-tone 1955 Pontiac and drove off in the direction of a new beginning.”
Readers will enjoy these glimpses of life in small-town Kansas, as well as Hader’s chronicle of her quest to rediscover the kindness she grew up with. Insights and reflections throughout the book are infused with dry humor, adding another layer to the memoir. The author’s examination of her changing relationship with her mother is just as interesting as her childhood recollections, and anyone who is in a similar stage of life will appreciate that aspect of WALKING OLD ROADS as well.
#readlocalks

Member Carmaine Ternes shared this review of More than an Attractive Face, by member Sandee Taylor.

More than an Attractive Face
by Sandra Lou Taylor

A refined Albany, NY, young lady refused an arranged marriage years after the death of her parents and sister in a tragic drowning accident. Elizabeth Spaulding’s grandfather controlled her finances and possibly her future. Although her uncle and aunt became her guardians, there was little affection for Elizabeth. Her beauty, privileged life, and the family’s status provided and protected her to a degree.

To prevent a betrothal, Elizabeth accepted an invitation from family employee, Alister Murphy, to travel west. A sale of furniture was arranged; staff was let go; her pug Dolly, books, and a few possessions, and memories were Elizabeth’s comfort despite the primitive wagon’s bench seat. Mr. Murphy and his daughter Joan lead the team of two Morgans west to Indianapolis, a frontier town in 1837. The extended and arduous journey provided Elizabeth quiet contemplation and scenic views over the rugged terrain. This bouncing and crude conveyance presented an escape from a courtship Elizabeth avoided.

Alistair Murphy gained employment immediately upon arriving in Indianapolis. Joan planned to meet her fiancé Sam; they were happily wed and celebrated with captivating rhythms from the local musicians playing spoons and other instruments. A simple life was typically good for hopeful hard workers.

Moorestown, IN, is the small country town where Mr. Simon Talbot searched for a school teacher. Since Elizabeth was trained in music and possessed other academic talents, she accepted the opportunity to educate children. Her sincerity and willingness to nurture others demonstrated a caring strength that guided her through tremendous obstacles and emotional turmoil. As a newcomer, Elizabeth was determined to focus on her intelligence rather than her appearance, which gained her respect.

Mildred Hadley, the matriarch of the family, organized meal preparation, scheduled gardening and housekeeping while raising a family of five resourceful and responsible children. Henry Hadley was a farmer, rancher, and banker. The Hadleys owned the mercantile, and their eldest son Daniel operated as the store manager. Elizabeth roomed with their daughter Melissa in a loft above the store, where they assisted, and they both taught in the two room schoolhouse.

Faith and her mother’s treasured cameo broach pinned near her throat consoled and gave Elizabeth strength during the critical conversations with the Talbots, who controlled the community. Working at the store for room and board, preparing lessons, teaching, and learning about this western frontier opened Elizabeth’s eyes. Observing children’s behaviors and their parents’ interactions at church and community functions proved insightful.

Elizabeth remained resilient, balanced, and true to her convictions. She was determined to not fall to flattery or requests from widowers or men with different expectations or desires. Focusing on her students, Elizabeth delighted them with her patience, persistence, and playfulness. She encouraged creativity while giving purpose to their needs and talents. A music program she orchestrated even impressed the demanding Talbots. 

Similes, metaphors, personification, imagery, and humor engage the reader. Elements of foreshadowing and details of historical accuracy keep readers turning the page. If you are curious how a pet can influence a classroom, a community member can dominate, and a young lady of privilege connect, read More than an Attractive Face.

Respectfully submitted,
Carmaine Ternes
Librarian, Author, Editor, Presenter
April 2025

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Member Skyler Lovelace reviews poetry volumes by Tyler Robert Sheldon, Olive L. Sullivan, and Laura Lee Washburn from the back catalog of Meadowlark Press at The Shout.

"Meadowlark Press' roster of memoir, poetry, short stories, and novels has expanded the Midwest’s literary scene, emphasizing books and writers who possess a distinctly Kansas vibe. It’s the best place to find poets who follow in the footsteps of well-known, Kansas-connected writers like William Stafford, Steven Hind, and Kevin Young — all poets whose work connects nature and landscape while addressing personal identity. ​"

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This novel challenges any reader who picks it up, and I invite you to do so. Using an unlikely narrative device, authors Warren Ashworth and Susan Kander tell the century-long story of a house through a dialog between the house itself and a portrait hanging on the wall in the dining room. It took me a couple of chapters (they’re short) to get comfortable with this storytelling ploy, but once I was, I raced through the novel.

The house, called Ambleside, actually exists in Newton, Kansas. The portrait subject, Mrs. S. Peale, is fictitious, though the artist who painted her was not. Through a healthy dose of willing suspension of disbelief, we listen to a conversation begun between the house and the woman in the portrait. The house can see the world outside (through its windows) but has only limited awareness of its insides. Mrs. Peale, mistakenly called Mrs. Speale by the generations of family who live there, can only see what is before her, which is almost exclusively the dining room. Yet all of the 20th Century (and parts of the centuries before and after) pass through the house as world events affect the residents and visitors, and the world arrives in many ways in tiny Newton, which grows as well during the novel.

At the beginning of their dialog, Ambleside is almost childlike and asks Mrs. Peale to explain what is happening in the small part of the world outside it can see and about the people who live within it. Mrs. Peale is a bit of a scold, but she brings her understanding of the conversations she overhears and what she had experienced of the world before her death to answer Ambleside’s questions. (Just go with it.) In a way, it is very much a conversation for our age of instantaneous communication with people we will never meet. Yet as the novel progresses, both characters show growth. Both change through their interactions and in their understanding. They are true, round characters in a story.
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Like many long friendships, there comes a parting. But there is a happy gift for the reader in the last two pages.

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​Great sentences from the book Words is a Powerful Thing: Twenty Years of Teaching Creative Writing
at Douglas County Jail, by Brian Daldorph.
 
 
Brian Daldorph is a Senior Lecturer in English at KU. His book, published in 2021 by the University Press of Kansas, won a Notable Kansas Book Award. This is a compelling book, offering glimmers of solace to inmates through writing, but acknowledging the harsh realities of incarceration.
 
Daldorph taught a 2-hour writing class each week. He never knew who would show up. He didn’t know what crimes the inmates had committed. But he did know the jail held people who were charged with murder, aggravated assault, possession of opiates, and DUIs. Many have multiple charges, and many have been diagnosed with mental health problems.
 
He writes, “I look at hard-used faces, tattered and battered as one inmate wrote, even the young guys. A lot of tattoos, most of them homemade, and the sort of jaded look we most often see here – substance abuse is exhausting, as is being locked up.”
 
Inmates wrote poetry such as, “My name is methamphetamine but you can call me speed/I last much longer than cocaine and I’m so much better than weed.” “I breach this cell with every thought I think – imagination knows no cinder blocks.” “I watch as time slowly chews away on men’s sanity/where confusion reigns supreme.’
 
Daldorph wrote that after two decades of those classes, he wishes he could go back, start over, and hold each one of those classes again. He said that he enjoyed those classes more than any other of his teaching experiences.
 
A colleague of his echoed these sentiments. She said, “In writing, inmates begin to face up to
their troubles rather than succumbing to them, and show a resistance to their bleak existence and dehumanization, the mind-numbing routine, and feelings of worthlessness and loneliness.”
 
Another colleague wrote, “Out of this emotional intensity comes writing of an urgency I rarely see in the calmer waters of a university classroom.”
 
Inmates wrote, “Enough powered medication flows through me/2 feed a sick house of the ill.”
“I can still feel the prick, oh man, what a rush/like an ice-cold rushing river up my arm.” “I hit the streets and I was off and running/I tried to fight it but how could I/When I just kept wanting.”
 
A long-time staff member wrote, “I’m not sure that writing programs keep offenders from making bad choices when they return to the community. But learning to write opens an important door for many people who feel voiceless in the criminal justice system. And writing can contribute to self-awareness and insights about others. That is no small step in the direction along the path to a better life.”
 
 

Member Mike Durall, from Salina, shares this installment of "Great Sentences" with Kansas Authors Club members. 
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Mike Durall grew up in Hays. He has written 12 books, three of which are about Kansas people, history, and culture. He currently writes columns for the Salina 311, Abilene 311, and McPherson 311 newspapers. The Kansas Reflector newspaper has published three of his essays. His podcast is titled Four Minute Stories from the Kansas Plains, available wherever you get podcasts. He spends a lot of time poking around museum archives in central Kansas.

Between Meadowlark Press and my work with Kansas Authors Club, I read a lot of work by Kansans and spend surprisingly little time reviewing books. There are only so many hats one can wear. I wanted to take a moment to mention They Met at Wounded Knee by Gretchen Eick. This was the Coffin Memorial Book Award winner in 2021 by KAC. It is an amazing book. It certainly fills in the oh-too-many gaps from history classes. It's a book that informs and enrages. A healthy dose of rage is needed, I think, to make us better pay attention and make the much-needed connections between past and present. As well, it is an incredible dual biography, bringing a perspective on native and Euro Americans that I had not experienced before. Eick's ability to explain the setting and time (historically, culturally) while illustrating the details of the Eastman's lives is commendable. Her writing helped me fit so many pieces together. I recommend this book.

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A review of Ghost Town Treasure Hunt
by Julie Ann Baker-Brin
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I'm a kid at heart and found this an extremely fun and quick read. Geo-caching reminds me of a high-tech version of scavenger hunting that I loved when I was younger, and this also reminded me of the Nancy Drew mysteries I enjoyed. I may need to revisit both while I eagerly await the sequels! The adventures these kids take combine the best of both worlds: being out in nature and exploring the neighborhood, plus using technology in a way that builds friendships and community. And though the read is lighthearted and heartwarming overall, it does not shy away from bringing up issues like loneliness, risk-taking, family, learning, big life changes, and other items of concern to all ages. I’ve recently met Abbi via the Kansas Authors Club and she is a gem; looking forward to what she publishes next! #ReadLocalKS

Everything is Ghosts, by Tyler Robert Sheldon
Finishing Line Press

"I loved this poetic trip back through the author's college days. It is filled with glimpses of an Emporia I know and love, through the eyes of another, with his own specific appreciations and history here. The poems left me reflecting on my own college days, a time of encountering strangers who immediately became friends, being open to the future while rubbing elbows with the past."
--Tracy Million Simmons

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​Should you read Future Fugitives written by Mark Landon Jarvis? Absolutely.  Just because it is a young adult, near-future, sci-fi, teleportation novel should not deter you. I normally read historical romance, and I found the book engaging. Once I had the novel’s world figured out, the characters grabbed me on an emotional level. Each of the main characters portrayed some aspect of my personality in a way that made me wonder what I would do if I found myself in similar circumstances. The clever use of Tic-Tacs added an original twist to the plot. I laughed, gasped, and wiped away an occasional tear as I internalized the plot. Future Fugitives is a worthy read.
​#readlocalks

Submitted by member Sandee Taylor

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Book Review by member Julie Stielstra

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The Rhino Keeper is a uniquely entertaining historical story which begins in 1740. It focuses on an orphaned rhinoceros named Clara. Douwemout van der Meer finds himself mesmerized by a juvenile rhino and unexpectedly her owner. He employs Zubin, a boy, to help with her care. We follow their travels, trials, and joys from Calcutta, India, over sea and land. They travel around the Cape of Good Hope and settle for a while in the Netherlands. To provide for Clara’s care, Douwemout and Zubin take her on a tour of Europe, where they have encounters with royalty and common folk. Humorous events, endearing encounters, and danger await them as they travel.
 
This is a dual timeline novel. Andrea, reeling after her breakup with the man she hoped to marry, flies to The Netherlands, where she fills a position at Leiden University to preserve the history of a graveyard which must be relocated because of erosion. Almost from the time she arrives, chance happenings dictate Andrea will learn about Clara’s existence. She becomes embroiled in the fight to preserve the memory of the influence Clara had on Europe in the late 1700s.
 
This is a must read for historical fiction fans.
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​Remembering Martha, a memoir by Jerilynn Jones Henrikson, provides the reader with a realistic glimpse of life on the Kansas prairie in the early 1900s. Henrikson writes about her Grandmother Martha who helped her father and siblings manage the household after her mother dies in childbirth. At a young age, Martha learns to cook, clean, and tend the garden. Her father is strict and austere but not without love for his family. He demands much from his children to survive the difficulties and dangers of pioneer life. The community helped Martha by offering her ways to earn additional money for her treasures of ribbons or fabric. The author includes believable dialogue and humorous stories several of which made me laugh out loud. I recommend this slim volume to anyone who is curious about this era of early American life. This book won the 2024 Martin Kansas History Book Award presented by the Kansas Authors Club for the best book about Kansas history published in that year. #KSAuthors #ReadLocalKS

Member Gretchen Eick (Wichita) shares a current Kansas read by Paul Lamb (Overland Park). 

--Gretchen Cassel Eick, author of Finding Duncan,
The Set Up: 1984, They Met at Wounded Knee,
Dissent in Wichita, Where is Ana Amara?,
Maybe Crossings, & Dark Crossings 
 

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Member Deborah Linn (El Dorado) shares her thoughts on The Last Rancher, a contemporary western novel by member Robert Rebin (Indianapolis, IN). 

--Deborah Linn, author of Just Daisy: A Gatsby Retelling
(as published on Goodreads)

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