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On warm nights when my bedroom window was open, I could hear the endless stream of vehicles on Route 66. We lived in a small house at the east edge of Baxter Springs and across the street from my window was a pasture and on nights when there wasn’t any wind the sound of escape — the rushing of tires, the shifting of gears, the bellowing exhaust of trucks hauling goods to Oklahoma or Missouri — swept across the field with the night breeze.

Hello, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’m thrilled to share with you a poem by Andrew Hemmert, titled, “After Moving.”

What began as a grouping of canvas tents along the Canadian River in Hemphill County, Texas became the hub of rail traffic in the northern panhandle for more than fifty years.

Hi, I'm Sally Shattuck from Ashland, Kansas, and I've been reading Never Met a Man I Didn't Like, The Life and Writings of Will Rogers by Joseph H. Carter. As I've read the book, I keep coming back to comparisons between Will Rogers and today's political humorists, such as Stephen Colbert, Bill Maher, and John Stewart. And I've tried to understand the differences between Rogers and today's comedians.

Compost tea isn’t a beverage, but it’s a great way to use the nutrients from your composting to make an easily spreadable liquid you can apply almost anywhere. This week, we’ll talk about how and why you may want to consider making a batch, and seeing what it can do for your garden!

Hello, this is Clifton Butt. I’m an English teacher in Amarillo, Texas, and I’m here to briefly discuss the book Never Met a Man I Didn’t Like: The Life and Writings of Will Rogers. There is a famous saying that you should never meet your heroes.

Hi, I’m Juan J. Morales, an assistant professor of English at Colorado College and a poet in Pueblo, Colorado, here for Poets on the Plains. Today I’m excited to share with you a poem by Lisa Zimmerman, titled, “Perhaps the Truth Depends.”

Hello listeners, this is Lauren Pronger from Amarillo, TX for the HPPR Spring Radio Readers Book Club talking about The Life and Writings of Will Rogers by Joseph H Carter.

What is now recorded as the last lynching in Kansas was, in April 1932, referred to by newspapers across the country as ‘justice’ for the brutal murder of a child. Richard Read, a Thomas County man, abducted eight year old Dorothy Hunter near the schoolhouse in Selden, where she had returned to pick up her lunch pail.

Percy "PJ" James Pronger, III, March 9, 1954 — April 25, 2024. The HPPR Radio Readers Book Club is sad to hear of the passing of valued contributor P. J. Pronger of Amarillo. PJ's Radio Readers Book Bytes covered a biography of Edward R. Murrow, a person he admired as we admired P.J.’s participation in our book club. We will miss P.J’s voice and insights.