HPPR Radio Readers Book Club

I'm Hannes Zacharias, former resident of Dodge City, speaking for High Plains public radio, radio readers book club. The book is Running Out by Lucas Bessire, published in 2021.

I’m Jarrett Kaufman for HPPR.The book in review is Lucas Bessire’s, Running Out: In Search of Water on the High Plains. The book was published in 2021 and garnered numerous honors, including the George Perkins Marsh Prize and the Bonney MacDonald Outstanding Western Book Award.

This is Mike Strong, in Hays, for HPPR. The book is “Running Out” by Lucas Bessire.I’ve been working for months tearing apart the New York Times’ 1619 Project, started in 2019, not to be confused with, or ever mentioned by the New York Times, Calvin Pearson’s Project 1619, Incorporated, started in 1994.

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.

I'm Hannes Zacharias from Lenexa KS, speaking for High Plains Public Radio’s Radio Readers Book Club.The book is Running Out by Lucas Bessire. Published in 2021, this book emanates from Lucas’ childhood home, the Little Rock House, located on the banks of the now gone Cimarron River.

Water is almost top of mind in western Kansas. But that may be even more true now in both ends of the state. Commentator Rex Buchanan reflects on the recent uptick in interest in water issues, and some of the current thinking that’s driving that interest.

Hello. My name is Cheryl Berzanskis and I’m from Amarillo.First let me tell you how I got to this Spring Radio Readers BookByte selection and why I think it is important. I am a member of a statewide group called Texas Master Naturalists, a function of Texas Parks and Wildlife.

This is Mike Strong, in Hays, for HPPR. The book is “Running Out” by Lucas Bessire.Paraguay is a landlocked country in the middle of South America. Kansas is a landlocked state in the middle of the United States.

The HPPR Radio Readers Book Club is sad to learn of the passing of Mike Strong of Hays and Kansas City. For more than five years, Mike has been a steady source of Radio Readers BookBytes. We continue to air his thoughts as a tribute to our friend and as a thank you to Mike for sharing his insight, eloquence and broad talent. Radio Readers across the High Plains will long remember you, Mike. Rest well.

I'm Hannes Zacharias, former resident of Dodge City, speaking for High Plains public radio, radio readers book club. The book is Running Out by Lucas Bessire, published in 2021.