December 2023
November 2023
October 2023
James Kenyon received a Certificate of Excellence from the Cat Writers' Association for A Cat Named Fatima. - Video of Awards Ceremony.
September 2023
August 2023
July 2023
June 2023
May 2023
April 2023
March 2023
February 2023
January 2023
January - December 2022
December 2021
November 2021
Kansas Wetlands, an Educational Journey - ESU Bulletin (Nov. 29)
Kenyon talks 'golden' days of Kansas high schools - Emporia Gazette (Nov 22)
American Book Fest announces 2021 winners - Selected Poems, by JC Mehta, Urban Poetry Winner
MIPA Virtual Reading Series, Season 2, Episode 2 - Mike Graves starts at about 12:20, and Julie Stielstra starts at 18:56.
Pawnee Rock native writes book about her father - Hays Post (Nov 17)
Pawnee Rock native writes book about her father - Great Bend Post (Nov 17)
From "Gravedigger's Daughter" to author: Unruh's memoir hits on early years - Emporia Gazette (Nov 16)
Americus Rural High School included in book on closed Kansas high schools - Emporia Gazette (Nov 13)
Author who brought forgotten rural Kansas schools to life in new book coming to Ottawa - The Ottawa Herald (Nov 12)
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KWEC's Kern recognized as a leader in environmental education - Hays Post (Nov 5)
Knowing is a Branching Trail Book Launch, Alison Hicks
October 2021
September 2021
Positively Kansas - Episode 904 - Brian Daldorph on KPTS Channel 8 with Anna Spencer
Central Point native earns Fulbright Award - Mail Tribune (Sep 20)
Interlitq’s Californian Poets Interview Series: Bart Edelman, poet and editor, interviewed by David Garyan
August 2021
High Plains Book Award Finalist: The Big Quiet: One Woman's Horseback Ride Home, by Lisa D. Stewart - Billings Gazette (Aug 30)
July 2021
June 2021
FHSU's Kansas Wetlands Education Center to Host Ava the Avocet Book Launch Event - Tiger Weekly News (June 4)
May 2021
105 Meadowlark Reader/More Than Words - KPR Presents (May 9)
interview with Cheryl Unruh, Tracy Million Simmons, and Kevin Rabas
April 2021
Telling the story of Iowa's Closed High Schools - Denison Bulletin Review (April 30)
Midwest Book Awards Announce 2020 Finalists (April 27)
Happy Poetry Month - KPR Presents (April 18)
interview with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
Long-Distance, Cross-Country Horseback Journeys Verify 'There are Many Good People in the World' - by Frank J. Buchman, WIBW News (April 1)
March 2021
Long-Distance, Cross-Country Horseback Journeys Verify 'There are Many Good People in the World' - Frank J. Buchman Website (March 28)
More Than Words Book Launch - Kevin Rabas (March 22)
Birdy Poetry Prize - Eliot Neighborhood, Portland, OR (March 5)
Birdy Poetry Prize - The Emporia Gazette, Emporia, KS (March 6)
February 2021
New Book Spotlights Closed Area High Schools - Harlan Online, Harlan, IA (Feb. 23)
Book Launch - Kansas Poems, by Brian Daldorph
Meadowlark Press releases book of poetry inspired by Kansas - Emporia Gazette (Feb. 5)
Daldorph Interview with Huascar Medina - Kansas Is Lit (Feb. 1)
January 2021
New Book Highlights Stories, History of Closed North Iowa High Schools - Globe Gazette - Mason City, IA (Jan. 31)
KU Prof writes book of poetry honoring his new homeland - Hutchinson News (Jan. 28)
Huascar Medina interview with Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg - Kansas is Lit (Jan. 20)
Former School Buildings in Four Northwest Iowa Towns Featured in Book - KIWA Radio (Jan. 17)
Poets new poetry collection tells the stories of Kansas' people and cities - Topeka Capital-Journal (Jan. 16)
England-native pays tribute to Kansas in new poetry collection - Emporia Gazette (Jan. 9)
Book retells terror and evil of the past - Lincoln Courier (Jan. 9)
December 2020
Book Review: Opulence, Kansas - Windy City Reviews (Dec. 21)
November 2020
Mirriam-Goldberg explores Pandemic Time in New Poetry Collection - Emporia Gazette
Former Kansas Poet Laureate Finds the Right Words - Leavenworth Times
Book Launch - How Time Moves, by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg
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Harriet Lerner Interviews Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg - Lawrence Public Library
October 2020
Julie Stielstra Reading Opulence, Kansas - Hornet TV
Mike Graves Reading All Hallows' Shadows - Hornet TV
Two Book Readings in Late October - Emporia Gazette
Setting the Waves on Fire Book Launch, Arlice W. Davenport
2020 J. Donald Coffin Memorial Book Award - Kansas Authors Club
Presented to All Hallows' Shadows, by Michael D. Graves
September 2020
Tracy Million Simmons Interview with Ande Bozarth, Kansas AARP
Write What You Know: Book Recommendations - Alarie Tennelle
The Big Quiet, by Lisa Stewart
August 2020
Interview with Edna Bell-Pearson, author of Headwinds - Emporia Gazette
June 2020
Review of Opulence, Kansas, by Nancy Julien Kopp
March 2020 - Kaw Valley Senior Monthly
Mike Hartnett: Dealing with the Long Term Consequences of Crime, by Kevin Groenhagen
Now That's Rural: Graham Co's James Kenyon, Golden Rule Days - Hays Post
December 4, 2019
Interview with Carol Kapaun Ratchenski - Prairie Public News
November 15, 2019
City Hall Spokesperson Now a Published Poet - WIBW, Topeka
November 9, 2019
Even in Death, Killer Russell Smrekar Sparks New Questions about Old Cases - Peoria Journal Star, IL
November 9, 2019
Topeka West's Writers Workshop Offers Students a Place to Develop Writing Skills - Topeka Capital-Journal
October 22, 2019
Former City Spokeswoman is Following Her Passion for Writing Poetry - WIBW, Topeka
October 19, 2019
Topekan's Poetry Book Filled with Humorous, Heartbreaking Poems - Topeka Capital-Journal
August 30, 2019
Retired Veterinarian Pens Books - Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa
August 26, 2019
Former Globe Columnist Pens Seventh Book - Dodge City Daily Globe, Kansas
August 16, 2019
Review of Headwinds - Ellen Plumb's City Bookstore, Shelf Awareness
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Ruth Maus, Valentine (poems) expected: October 2019 |
August 15, 2019
Senior Auditor Obtains Book Deal - Washburn Review
August 1, 2019
Review: Driving Together, Glassworks
July 19, 2019
Bogue Native, Retired Veterinarian, to speak in McCracken - Hays Post, Kansas
June 20, 2019
Florence High featured in book - Marion County Record
Florence High featured in book - Peabody Gazette Bulletin
June 18, 2019
Tracy Million Simmons, Meadowlark Books, was on the "Get Published" panel at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library.
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Tracy Million Simmons, Meadowlark Books; Theresa Hupp; Jennifer Brown; and Jennifer Haskin make up the "Get Published" panel at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, June 18, 2019. |
May 31, 2019
Book on closed Kansas high schools includes Longford HS - Clay Center Dispatch
May 22, 2019
Richmond museum opens Saturday - The Ottawa Herald
May 17, 2019
Book covering closed Kansas schools hits shelves - The Emporia Gazette
April 23, 2019
Roy Beckemeyer was interviewed on Positively Kansas (episode 505), interview begins at 20:16.
April 3, 2019
Featured Author, Michael D. Graves, Written in Kansas, by Cheryl Unruh
March 19, 2019
Featured Author, Roy Beckemeyer, Written in Kansas, by Cheryl Unruh
March 5, 2019
Featured Author, Ronda Miller, Written in Kansas, by Cheryl Unruh
February 14, 2019
Featured Author, Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, Written in Kansas, by Cheryl Unruh
February 11, 2019
Kansas authors, publishers featured for Kansas Day- ESU Bulletin
February 1, 2019
Inaugural Birdy Poetry Prize awarded by Local Publisher - Emporia Gazette
Featured Artist at Ellen Plumb's City Bookstore - Emporia Gazette
Emporia First Friday
November 19, 2018
Mike Graves interview with Kay McIntyre - Kansas Public Radio
October 15, 2018
James Kenyon's Book Selected for Martin Kansas History Book Award
Martin Kansas History Book Award - Kansas Authors Club website
October 2018
Hometown Reading, St. Francis, Kansas
September 22, 2018
Rabas pens new book - Emporia Gazette
July 21, 2018 -- KOAM TV, Channel 7 Pittsburg
Book Launch
July 20, 2018 - Joplin Globe
Pittsburg Poet Sullivan to Read from Latest Book
June 16, 2018 - Emporia Gazette
Local Book Publisher Lives and Breathes the Written Word
June 11, 2018 -- Sunflower Sutras, a weekly NE Kansas (KRWU - Washburn Radio) interview with Ronda Miller
May 29, 2018 - Talk With Me Radio Program with Marcia Epstein
Ronda Miller Interview
May 29, 2018 - Emporia Gazette
ESU Graduate Returns for Book Launch, by Lydia Kautz
“I always love to come to a poetry reading because I get inspired to write and make art on my own,” Rabas said. “I think that happens to everybody that comes out to this sort of artistic event; by being a part of someone else’s art, you make your own art.”
May 19, 2018 - Emporia Gazette
Sheldon Poetry Book Release Event
March 9, 2018 - Emporia Gazette
Michael Graves at Ellen Plumb's
February 2, 2018 - Emporia First Friday
Featured Artist @ Ellen Plumb's City Bookstore
Kansas History, A Journal of the Central Plains
Volume 40, Number 4, Winter 2017-2018
Book Note: A Cow for College
December 9, 2017 - Topeka Capital Journal
Kansas authors, publishers convene in Topeka for networking event
December 6, 2017 - ESU Bulletin
Ellen Plumb's City Bookstore Author Meet & Greet Event to Take Place
December 5, 2017 - Emporia Gazette
Meadowlark Authors Meet and Greet, 4 Book Debut
December 1, 2017 - ESU Bulletin
ESU Student Publishes First Novel
December 1, 2017 - Emporia Gazette
Student Debuts Young Adult Novel
Meadowlark Author, Kevin Rabas, selected 2017-19 Kansas Poet Laureate
Kansas Humanities Council
September 22, 2017 - Emporia Gazette
September 11, 2017 - Emporia Gazette
August 24, 2017 - Emporia Gazette
April 14, 2017 - Emporia Gazette
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2016 It Looks Like a Million Book Design Award - Kansas Authors Club 1st Place - To Leave a Shadow, by Michael D. Graves Honorable Mention, MoonStain, by Ronda Miller |
September 15, 2016 - Emporia Gazette
September 11, 2016 - Kansas Public Radio
June 17, 2016 - Emporia Gazette

2016 Kansas Notable List - including To Leave a Shadow, by Michael D. Graves
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