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Kansas Book Festival
Kansas Book Festival Washburn University Topeka Kansas The Kansas Book Festival, featuring Kansas-connected authors from across the country, will host a number of authors...
Shane W. Evans
Shane W. Evans Shane Evans is the illustrator of many terrific picture books, including Nobody’s Gonna Turn Me Round by Doreen Rappaport, Coretta Scott King / John Step...
Patricia Spears Jones
Patricia Spears Jones Born and raised in Arkansas, Patricia Spears Jones aka Patricia Jones is [2024] the New York State Poet Laureate. She is a poet, playwright, educato...
Dancing the Afrofuture: Hula, Hip-Hop, and the Dunham Legacy
I had just recently attended the 2024 International Conference and Festival of Blacks in Dance in Memphis, Tennessee, and left the conference feeling energized. So, I was...
Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions
Look for Me in the Whirlwind: From the Panther 21 to 21st-Century Revolutions Matt Meyer and déqui kioni-sadiki Amid music festivals and moon landings, the tumultuous ye...