© 2024 Kansas City Public Radio
NPR in Kansas City
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Up To Date

Seg. 1: Meet Kansas And Missouri's Student Lobbyists. Seg. 2: Understanding The Craft Of Writing.

Luke X. Martin
/
KCUR 89.3
University of Kansas senior Eric Martinez, left, and Brandon Henderson, a first-year student at University of Missouri-Kansas City, represent their campus interests in the state legislatures in Topeka and Jefferson City, respectively.

Segment 1: How do university students ensure their priorities have a voice in state government?

Students in Kansas and Missouri have concerns that go beyond their next exams and life after graduation. They point to soaring tuition rates, concealed weapons on campus, sexual harassment and assault, and state support for higher education. To communicate their concerns, student lobbyists work the hallways in both state Capitols. Today, we met the students who do this important work.

Segment 2, starting at 22:46: 'The Hidden Machinery' of writing fiction.

It’s one thing to appreciate good writing. It’s another thing altogether to slap words on a page and hope their combination yields something anywhere close to a work that resembles art. Our guest ought to know. She's the recipient of a Guggenheim fellowship, is the author of eight novels, and teaches the craft of writing at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Margot Livesey will discuss fiction writing and her book "The Hidden Machinery: Essays on Writing" at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, April 10, at Kansas City Public Library's Central Library, 14 W. 10th St., Kansas City, Missouri 64105. For more information, go to KCLibrary.org.

When I host Up To Date each morning at 9, my aim is to engage the community in conversations about the Kansas City area’s challenges, hopes and opportunities. I try to ask the questions that listeners want answered about the day’s most pressing issues and provide a place for residents to engage directly with newsmakers. Reach me at steve@kcur.org or on Twitter @stevekraske.
As culture editor, I oversee KCUR’s coverage of race, culture, the arts, food and sports. I work with reporters to make sure our stories reflect the fullest view of the place we call home, so listeners and readers feel primed to explore the places, projects and people who make up a vibrant Kansas City. Email me at luke@kcur.org.