Books

Lawman Wyatt Earp is immortalized in books and movies, but he first wore a badge in the Missouri town of Lamar. When he left town a couple of years later, there was a warrant out for his arrest. Why did Wyatt want to forget his life in Lamar?

Jessica Nordell, author of The End of Bias: A Beginning: The Science and Practice of Overcoming Unconscious Bias, will discuss what she’s learned in her 15 years of in-depth study focusing on the efforts being undertaken thus far to combat bias and discrimination in our society.

Book lovers may enjoy the new book, Now Do You Know Where You Are, by St. Louis poet Dana Levin. Her new collection conjures the end times and gives readers some welcome company.

Hermann Photographer William Fields captures autumn beauty in the Missouri countryside.

Vivian Gibson’s memoir depicts a pivotal moment in the history of St. Louis and the country.

A Kansas City photographer’s new book lends new life to abandoned locales.

Birthday of writer, Laura Ingalls Wilder. Wilder was born in Wisconsin but lived much of her life in Mansfield, MO.

Novelist, playwright, and short story writer Langston Hughes was born in Joplin.

Missouri’s literary legacy looms large, but here are works that have changed the way people think about the Show-Me State.