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Hi, everyone. This is Mildred Rugger from Canyon, Texas, for the 2026 Spring Read of HPPR Radio Readers Book Club. In re-reading John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, I was reminded why I read several of his books during high school. His books immerse me in the world he is recreating, and that world is usually unlike my own.

This week, Luke is talking about making one of his favorite, very easy-to-prepare dishes - venison stir-fry! If you don't happen to have any venison on hand, you can still prepare this recipe with most other lean meats you have around.

No matter what you're planning to grow, it's safe to say that a resilient garden is probably near the top of most peoples' list. Learning more about what plants are likely to grow well in your area, and getting your soil tested, will go a long way in identifying plants that can tolerate your local growing conditions, and what sort of remediation work might be needed to help create the ideal soil for your chosen plants. We'll talk more about how to make your garden resilient in this week's episode!

Hi, This is Janice Northerns, coming to you from Wichita, Kansas, for Poets on the Plains. Today, I’ll be sharing a poem by a writer whose work I’ve long admired, Steve Brisendine. Steve lives in Mission, Kansas, but he grew up in Liberal, where I spent a quarter of a century. We both worked for the local newspaper there, though not at the same time..

Greetings from the Oklahoma Panhandle! I’m Marjory Hall with a BookByte for HPPR’s Spring 2026 Read, a celebration of the centennial of Route 66. At first, the idea of commemorating the establishment of a road might seem odd. After all, there are roads nearly everywhere a person looks that have no significance beyond their obvious usefulness.

In this graphic memoir, artist and writer Shing Yin Khor sets out on a deeply personal journey along Route 66, interrogating what the “American Dream” means for those who have historically been excluded from it. Blending travelogue, history, and memoir, Khor explores roadside attractions, ghost towns, and personal memories while reckoning with identity, racism, and representation.

When “in touch with the world” was announced as the theme for the 2023 Spring Read for the HPPR Radio Readers Book Club, I was excited about the possibility of reading fiction that described life in Ukraine.

This is Mike Strong, in Hays, for HPPR. The book is “Words for War,” an anthology of Ukrainian poets edited by Oksana Maksymchuk and Max Rosochinsky.

Hello, Radio Readers! I’m Jane Holwerda from Dodge City, Kansas, for HPPR Radio Readers “In Touch with the World”. This week, we’re in Zimbabwe, a country sharing borders with South Africa, Botswana, Zambia and Mozambique. Our Zimbabwean novel is written by Tsitsi Dangaremba, a professor, writer, and political activist.

This is Haven Jock for the HPPR Radio Readers 2023 Spring Book Club discussing The Dreamer by Pam Muñoz Ryan and Peter Sis, which is based on the childhood of Pablo Neruda, the Nobel Prize winner for poetry in 1971, largely considered one of the most highly read poets in the world.