MAY LITERARY CALENDAR
Lawrence * Manhattan * Topeka * Kansas City
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Tuesday 7:00 PM
Nancy Pickard, debut signing of The Scent of Rain and Lightning
I Love A Mystery Bookstore, 6114 Johnson Drive, Mission KS
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Wednesday 6:30 PM
Anna Quindlen, Pulitzer Prize winning columnist, author of five novels and six nonfiction books discusses her book
Every Last One
Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main, Kansas City MO
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Wednesday 7:30 PM
Mary Oliver, Pulitzer Prize winning poet and author of eighteen collections of poetry
Lied Center, 1600 Stewart Ave, Lawrence KS
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Thursday 6:30 PM
Reif Larsen, discussion of his debut novel, The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet
Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main, Kansas City MO
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Thursday 7:00 PM
Jean Grant, book release for The Burning Veil
The Raven Bookstore, 6 East 7 St., Lawrence KS
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Friday 7:00 PM
Linda Rodriguez and the Latino Writers Collective, Latino Writers Collective event featuring Linda
Rodriguez, author of Heart’s Migration
Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City MO
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Saturday 8:00 PM
Danny Cox, Sharon Eiker and Kevin Hiatt, Riverfront Reading Series event featuring poets and musicians
Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City MO
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Monday 7:00 PM
Tim Johnston, winner of the Katherine Ann Porter Prize for short fiction
The Raven Bookstore, 6 East 7 St., Lawrence KS
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Tuesday 6:30 PM
T.J. Stiles, discussion of The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, winner of the National Book Award
Kansas City Central Library, Helzberg Auditorium, 14 W. 10th Street, Kansas City MO
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Tuesday 7:00 PM
Earlene Fowler, discussion of State Fair
I Love A Mystery Bookstore, 6114 Johnson Drive, Mission KS
THE DUSTY BOOKSHELF
708 MASSACHUSETTS, 785.749.4643, LAWRENCE, KS 66044
700 N MANHATTAN AVE, 785.539.2839, MANHATTAN, KS 66502
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MAY LITERARY CALENDAR
Lawrence * Manhattan * Topeka * Kansas City
12
Wednesday 6:30 PM
Marilynne Robinson, live interview with New Letters on the Air host Angela Elam
Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, 4801 Main, Kansas City MO
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Friday 8:00 PM
Natasha El-Scari and Gabriela Lemmons, Riverfront Reading Series event
Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City MO
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Monday 7:00 PM
Senior Night: A Last Reading by Graduates from the KU MFA Program, Andy Anderegg, Dennis Etzel,
Jr., Josh Hart, Kari Jackson, Jameelah Lang, Natalie McAlisster
Teller’s Restaurant, 746 Massachusetts St., Lawrence KS
20
Thursday 6:30 PM
Yann Martel, author of The Life of Pi discusses his new novel, Beatrice & Virgil
Kansas City Public Library, Plaza Branch, Truman Forum, 4801 Main, Kansas City MO
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Thursday 6:30 PM
Bill Hickock and Ann Slegman, Riverfront Reading Series event
Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City MO
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Friday 7:30 PM
Crystal Field Scholarship Reading, open mic fundraising event, which funds a UMKC creative writing scholarship.
Original work on the theme of "129."
Writers Place, 3607 Pennsylvania, Kansas City MO
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Saturday 1:00 PM
Ardie Davis, Paul Kirk and Carolyn Wells, discussion and signing for The Kansas City Barbeque Society
Cookbook: 25th Anniversary Edition
I Love A Mystery Bookstore, 6114 Johnson Drive, Mission KS
THE DUSTY BOOKSHELF
708 MASSACHUSETTS, 785.749.4643, LAWRENCE, KS 66044
700 N MANHATTAN AVE, 785.539.2839, MANHATTAN, KS 66502
www.thedustybookshelf.com