Literary Landscapes

In this episode, Abby Bayani-Heitzman recalls her discovery of Bienvenidos Santos, and compares their respective experiences at Wichita State University. Click here to read the full essay.

In this episode, Autumn Finley recounts a picnic on the Verdegris River, and contemplates the way that Independence, Kansas, shows up in the plays of William Inge. Click here to read the full essay.

In this episode, Taylor Krueger talks about how the soil of the Kansas prairie appears in Sarah Smarsh's representation of the complex, contradictory stories we tell about ourselves. Click here to read the full essay.

In this episode, Pete Dulin makes a visit to the failed Vegetarian Settlement Company, and ruminates over his own mother's immigration from Thailand to Kansas City. Click here to read the full essay.

In this episode, Molly Hatesohl remembers her time at Topeka High School, and the shadow Ben Lerner casts over Topeka history. Click here to read the full essay

In this episode, Diana Staresinic-Deane finds traces of the California road outside Jotham Meeker's Ottawa mission in Franklin County. Click here to read the full essay

In this episode, Garden City native Rosemary Hope explains how Truman Capote and Harper Lee ended up joining her family for Christmas dinner. Click here to read the full essay.

In this episode, Kansas Poet Laureate Tracy Brimhall talks poetry on the ranch with Kansas "Poet Lariat", Ron Wilson.Click here to read the entire essay at the New Territory

In this episode, Macy Davis links her memories of Rock Springs Ranch, the 4H camp in Kansas, with its appearance in Niki Smith’s graphic novel, The Golden Hour.

In this episode, Joan Weaver visits the Sod House Museum in Kinsley, and compares the Maxey’s family homestead to her own arrival in Kansas.