May 25, 2022 | Kansas, Literary Landscapes, Nature, Poets, Volume 8
James Tate Cow Creek CrossingPittsburg, Kansas By Leslie VonHolten Each James Tate poem presents itself like a welcoming trailhead — happy, sunshiney even. It is not until you are deep in the woods of it all before you sense the lurking weirdness. For example, in “The...
Sep 17, 2021 | Kansas, Literary Landscapes, Nature, Poets, Volume 2, Writers of Color
Langston Hughes Woodland ParkLawrence, Kansas By John Edgar Tidwell In the weeks leading up to August 19, 1910, all the children in Lawrence, Kansas, were aglow with excitement and energy. To honor the birthday of Editor J. Leeford Brady, the Lawrence Daily Journal...
