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The state of Kansas has chosen a new poet laureate. Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg has just begun her two-year term in the position. By Laura Lorson, Kansas…

Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg started a new post on July 1, 2009, as the Poet Laureate of the State of Kansas. Here, Mirriam-Goldberg reads her poem "Your Heart…

It's not often a state poet laureate turns her pen to write a non-fiction tale, but Kansas Poet Laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg has done just that.In the…

Storms in the Midwest can be dangerous, but there’s often beauty to be found in a streak of lightning or a billowing supercell."Chasing Weather," an…

It’s been a challenging term for outgoing Kansas poet laureate CarynMirriam-Goldberg, who lost her home in 2011, metaphorically speaking. That was when…

John Willison started writing poetry a couple of years ago, after his cancer metastasized. His wife, Pauline, encouraged him to join a writing group at…

Photography Exhibit Portrays 100 Years of Missouri ImmigrantsA new exhibition entitled “The Missouri Immigrant Experience: Faces and Places” portrays…

Wyatt Townley, a fourth-generation Kansan, has been named the new Poet Laureate of Kansas for 2013-2015. A resident of Leawood, Kan., Townley is the…

Royals Announcer Warms Up For 2013 SeasonBaseball season has begun! In recent years, baseball games have become highly-produced multi-media events. But…

Saving Grandview: International House of PrayerFor most of the past couple of decades, residents of Grandview have been praying for a miracle. The…