Meet Kansas Poet Matthew Porubsky

Posted by on March 13, 2012

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Matt Porubsky will join forces with Thomas Fox Averill, of Washburn University, for a night of fertile poetry Thursday, March 15 from 6-7pm in Marvin Auditorium 101C. Porubsky will read exclusively from his newest collection of poems Fire Mobile (the pregnancy sonnets) recently released from Woodley press. The book takes a close look at the [...]

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Ghosts of Kansas with Beth Cooper

Posted by on October 3, 2011

Beth Cooper talks about Ghosts of Kansas Oct. 12

Find out about the Ghosts of Kansas in Beth Cooper’s book and this talk about ghosts and paranormal events in Kansas.  Do you think your house is haunted?  Learn about ways to research and document your experiences.  The book tells the stories of Ghosts in Atchison, Holton, Kansas City, Lawrence, Leavenworth, Manhattan, Shawnee, and Topeka. [...]

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Get Your Geek On During National Library Week

Posted by on April 12, 2011

Graphic saying "what do you geek?"

Geek/Verb To love, to enjoy, to celebrate, to have an intense passion for. To express interest in. To possess a large amount of knowledge in. To promote During National Library Week, April 10-16, we’re launching the “Geek the Library” campaign, a community-based public awareness campaign designed to highlight the vital role of the public library [...]

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