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KJJP-FM 105.7 is currently operating at very reduced power and signal range using a back-up transmitter. This is because of complicated problems with its very old primary transmitter. Local engineers are currently working on that transmitter and consulting with the manufacturer to diagnose and fix the problems. We apologize for this disruption and service as we work as quickly as possible to restore KJPFM to full power. In the mean time you can always stream either the HPPR mix service or HPPR connect service using the player above or the HPPR app.
Raylene Hinz-Penner

Raylene Hinz-Penner

HPPR Radio Readers Book Club Contributor

Raylene Hinz-Penner is retired from teaching English and writing at Washburn University and Bethel College. She has written both poetry and essays about place, specifically exploring time, geography, migrations and the land. She attended Bethel College and holds advanced degrees from the University of Kansas and Wichita State University. East of Liberal is her second book. Raylene and her husband Doug Penner spent their married lives in higher education in teaching and administration. They recently retired to North Newton, Kansas.

  • "Charlie's Ruts": Santa Fe Trail ruts, visible at historical-marker pulloff on U.S. Highway 50/400 between Lakin and Deerfield in Kearny County, Kansas. The ruts have formed swales; the camera is facing northeast, up one swale. The vegetation in the bottom of the swale is taller and appears darker than the short grass on the high areas between the swales.
    HPPR Features
    Landmarks of a Childhood
    Raylene Hinz-Penner
    I’m Raylene Hinz-Penner from North Newton, KS, retired professor of English and author of East of Liberal: Notes on the Land, published last year. I’m planning to be in Liberal at the Coronado Museum talking about that book on Sunday afternoon, February 25. I’d love to see you there.
  • Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
    HPPR Features
    A Romp through Donkeyland
    Raylene Hinz-Penner
    Raylene Hinz-Penner here, retired English professor now living in North Newton, KS and talking about Running with Sherman: The Donkey with the Heart of a Hero by Christopher McDougall, former foreign correspondent, writer of the bestseller, Born to Run, collector of great human stories.
  • EAST OF LIBERAL: NOTES ON THE LAND
    HPPR Features
    East of Liberal – A Memoir
    Raylene Hinz-Penner
    I’m Raylene Hinz-Penner to talk about a memoir I published last December 2022, titled EAST OF LIBERAL: NOTES ON THE LAND, the story of the sandy land I grew up on three miles east of Liberal.