The Writers Place

Kansas City is home to novelists and poets, bookstores and publishers, libraries and writer's groups, creating a rich literary landscape. And with the American Association of Writers and Writing Programs — the country's largest literary convention — in town this week, it's a perfect time to see what the region has to offer.

The Writers Place is pulling up stakes from the Valentine neighborhood. Since 1992, a castle-like house at 3607 Pennsylvania has served as a "literary…

Mia Leonin says she felt raw while writing “Fable of the Pack-Saddle Child,” and she suspects readers will feel the same.“Even though that’s…

When seven Kansas City poets read new work this weekend, it'll be inspired by colorful, layered collages — a pieced-together medium that holds deep…

People need space to talk about war these days, says Anne Gatschet.“We live in a world that’s got a lot of war. I think all of us are dealing with how to…

An explorer's sketchbook is more than a window into an unknown frontier — it's an intimate look into their everyday life. We visit with the author of a…

Juan Felipe Herrera's official duty is to be the "lightning rod for the poetic impulse of Americans."That's how the Library of Congress begins its job…

The path to wholeness for those whose lives have been touched by addiction is always different. But for at least one group of Kansas Citians, that road…

Approximately 225,000 adults in the Kansas City area function at the lowest literacy level. On this Thursday's Central Standard, a look at how illiteracy…

Turner High School teachers Marlee Stempleman and Jessica Kendall have fashioned a poetry project called the Troubadours Poetry Club where students…