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High Plains Outdoors: Wild Hogs In East Texas

Luke and his friends this week on a wild hog hunt in East Texas.

Little Spouse On The Prairie: Fear And Loathing On The High Plains

I come from a long line of jokesters. I may be the only person in my direct line who did not inherit the desire to prank the people I love...

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran (October 26, 1919, Tehran – July 27, 1980, Cairo), styled His Imperial Majesty, and holding the imperial titles of Shahanshah (King of Kings), and Aryamehr (Light of the Aryans), was the monarch of Iran from September 16, 1941 until the Iranian Revolution on February 11, 1979. He was the second monarch of the Pahlavi dynasty and the last Shah of the Iranian monarchy. Shown here with his wife Farah.

What “Our” Media Didn’t Tell Us

This is Mike Strong, in Hays, for HPPR. The books are “Persepolis” and “Persepolis 2” by Marjane Satrapi.Marjane Satrapi’s graphic novels provide information we in the US did not get at the time. From a journalist’s perspective, I now know how much information was never provided to us by our news media. The coverage sounded too much like State Department press releases. The Iranian revolution of 1978-79 really started in 1953.

While there may be similarities between Oklahoma in the Dust Bowl and the Mojave Desert, a young mother living there during WWII may not have found the separation from her husband comforting at all.

The Influences of the Times

Hi, I'm Alan Erwin from Amarillo and I've been reading Belonging, a graphic novel by Nora Krug.Nora asks us, in the words of the immortal Bo Diddly, “who do you love?”Who are these people and places that share and shape our lives? How well do we know the people we know?

Coming of Age During the Iranian Revolution and Iran-Iraq War

Hello, Radio Readers; this is Kim Perez, and I am coming to you from the history department at Fort Hays State University for HPPR Book Bytes. The books I will be discussing, the two-book series Persepolis and Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi, are the first in our Spring 2022 reader’s theme: Graphic Novels: Worth a Thousand Words.

Published in 1929, Gods' Man is a wordless novel by American artist Lynd Ward. In woodblock prints without words, it tells the Faustian story of an artist who signs away his soul for a magic paintbrush. Gods' Man was the very first American wordless novel, and is considered a precursor of the graphic novel.

The Artwork Tells A Story

Hi I’m Valerie a radio reader from Topeka and I just finished the first book of our series this fall Graphic Novels: Worth a Thousand Words. The book was Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. I’ll be the first to admit that I do not read a lot of graphic novels nor am I a big fan of the genre for my personal reading pleasure. My main reason for not reading them more often is that the font of the dialogue is usually too small for me.

Little Spouse On The Prairie: Things Gone Missing

I believe every family has its mysteries. Every clan has the old, unanswered questions like, “Whatever happened to Granddad’s ’57 Chevy?” and “Who ended up with Grandma’s peacock brooch?” and “What is the secret ingredient in Aunt Carol’s rhubarb pie?”...

From across the world, our Radio Reader BookByte contributor prayed for the 52 Iran hostages when she was a girl the same age as Marjane Satrapi

Same Time, Different Place

This is Leslie VonHolten calling in from the High Plains of Kansas with another HPPR Radio Readers Book Byte.Since its publication in 2003, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi has become one of the most highly regarded graphic novels and memoirs. Her stripped-bare but expressive illustrations drive the narrative just as much as her words.

Before the revolution, our main character was a quick-witted, sharp-tongued young lady who enjoyed western fashion and punk rock. After the revolution, like other women in Iran, she was expected to wear the veil, dress conservatively, and reject all western influence.

I was a Westerner in Iran, an Iranian in the West

Hello, Radio Readers; this is Kim Perez, and I am coming to you from the history department at Fort Hays State University. The books I will be discussing, the two-book series Persepolis and Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi, are the first in our Spring 2022 reader’s theme: Graphic Novels: Worth a Thousand Words. If you love a compelling story and appreciate the power of the graphic novel to convey the nuances of a story, then these books are for you.

I Trust Your Education

Hello, Radio Readers; this is Kim Perez, and I am coming to you from the history department at Fort Hays State University. The books I will be discussing, the two-book series Persepolis and Persepolis 2 by Marjane Satrapi, are the first in our Spring 2022 reader’s theme: Graphic Novels: Worth a Thousand Words.

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