Readings

KJ Dell'Antonia & Rachel Mans McKenny

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The Butterfly Effect: A Novel By Rachel McKenny Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781643855295
Published: Alcove Press - December 8th, 2020

"A warm, winning debut from a talented new Midwestern voice." --J. Ryan Stradal, New York Times bestselling author of Kitchens of the Great Midwest


The Chicken Sisters By KJ Dell'Antonia Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593085141
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Published: G.P. Putnam's Sons - December 1st, 2020

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB PICK

"A charming, hilarious, feel-good story about the kind of bonds & rivalries only sisters can share. Also, a great present for your sister for the holidays!!"--Reese Witherspoon

Three generations. Two chicken shacks. One recipe for disaster.


2021 Edgar Awards: Best Fact Crime Nominee Reading

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Join us for a very special evening in conjunction with Mystery Writers of America as we celebrate the five nominees for the 2021 Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime!

Blood Runs Coal: The Yablonski Murders and the Battle for the United Mine Workers of America By Mark A. Bradley Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780393652536
Published: W. W. Norton & Company - October 13th, 2020

Finalist for the 2021 Edgar Allan Poe Award for Best Fact Crime

The shocking assassination that catalyzed groundbreaking reform in Big Coal.


The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia By Emma Copley Eisenberg Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780316449236
Published: Hachette Books - January 21st, 2020

*** A NEW YORK TIMES "100 Notable Books of 2020" ***

A stunning, complex narrative about the fractured legacy of a decades-old double murder in rural West Virginia—and the writer determined to put the pieces back together.


Death in Mud Lick: A Coal Country Fight against the Drug Companies That Delivered the Opioid Epidemic By Eric Eyre Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781982105327
Published: Scribner - April 6th, 2021

A New York Times Critics’ Top Ten Book of the Year * 2021 Edgar Award Winner Best Fact Crime * A Lit Hub Best Book of The Year

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning investigative reporter at the Charleston Gazette-Mail, a “powerful,” (The New York Times) urgent, and heartbreaking account of the corporate greed that pumped millions of pain pil


Yellow Bird: Oil, Murder, and a Woman's Search for Justice in Indian Country By Sierra Crane Murdoch Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780399589171
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Published: Random House Trade Paperbacks - February 16th, 2021

PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST • The gripping true story of a murder on an Indian reservation, and the unforgettable Arikara woman who becomes obsessed with solving it—an urgent work of literary journalism.


Veritas: A Harvard Professor, a Con Man and the Gospel of Jesus's Wife By Ariel Sabar Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780385542586
Published: Doubleday - August 11th, 2020

From the National Book Critics Circle Award-winning author comes the gripping true story of a sensational religious forgery and the scandal that shook Harvard.


Rachel Ignotofsky: WHAT'S INSIDE A FLOWER?

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Join award-winning illustrator Rachel Ignotofsky as she leads an interactive story/craft time and Q&A centered around her new book What's Inside a Flower?  Bring some pipe cleaners!

ABOUT THE BOOK

What's Inside A Flower?: And Other Questions About Science & Nature By Rachel Ignotofsky Cover Image
$17.99
ISBN: 9780593176474
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Published: Crown Books for Young Readers - February 2nd, 2021

From the creator of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science, comes a new nonfiction picture book series ready to grow young scientists by nurturing their curiosity about the natural world--starting with what's inside a flower.


Poetry with Jennifer L. Knox and Meg Johnson

Join two acclaimed Midwestern poets for a weird and wonderful night of poetry!  This is a virtual event: RSVP and attend here!

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Crushing It By Jennifer L. Knox Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781556595868
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Published: Copper Canyon Press - October 20th, 2020

The poems in Jennifer L. Knox's darkly imaginative collection, Crushing It, unearth epiphanies in an unbounded landscape of forms, voices and subjects--from history to true crime to epidemiology--while exploring our tenuous connections and disconnections.


Without: Body, Name, Country By Meg Johnson Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781925965421
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Published: Vine Leaves Press - September 15th, 2020

In Meg Johnson's third full length collection, Without: Body, Name, Country, strange experiences become familiar and familiar experiences become strange, as a human body, a sense of self, and an entire nation all teeter toward the verge of destruction.


Patricia Lockwood in conversation with Tommy Pico: NO ONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS

The Paper Plains Literary Festival and The Raven Book Store present

PATRICIA LOCKWOOD in conversation with TOMMY PICO

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No One Is Talking About This: A Novel By Patricia Lockwood Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780593189580
Published: Riverhead Books - February 16th, 2021

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 BOOKER PRIZE & A NEW YORK TIMES TOP 10 BOOK OF 2021
WINNER OF THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE
  
“A book that reads like a prose poem, at once sublime, profane, intimate, philosophical, witty and, eventually, deeply moving.”New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice


Priestdaddy: A Memoir By Patricia Lockwood Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780399573262
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Published: Riverhead Books - May 1st, 2018

ONE OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW'S 10 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR

NAMED ONE OF THE 50 BEST MEMOIRS OF THE PAST 50 YEARS BY THE NEW YORK TIMES

SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY:  


Motherland Fatherland Homelandsexuals (Penguin Poets) By Patricia Lockwood Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780143126522
Published: Penguin Books - May 27th, 2014

The acclaimed second collection of poetry by Patricia Lockwood, Booker Prize finalist author of the novel No One Is Talking About This and the memoir Priestdaddy

SELECTED AS A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: The New York Times * The Boston Globe * Powells * The Strand * Barnes & Noble * BuzzFeed * Flavorwire


Feed By Tommy Pico Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781947793576
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Published: Tin House Books - November 5th, 2019

A Finalist for the Kingsley Tufts Award for Poetry

New York Times Notable Book of the Year

From the Winner of the Whiting Award, an American Book Award, and finalist for a Lambda, Tommy Pico's Feed is the final book in the Teebs Cycle.


Junk By Tommy Pico Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781941040973
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Published: Tin House Books - May 8th, 2018

An NPR Best Book of the Year

From 2018 Whiting Award winner Tommy Pico, Junk is a book-length break-up poem that explores the experience of loss and erasure, both personal and cultural.


Nature Poem By Tommy Pico Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781941040638
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Published: Tin House Books - May 9th, 2017

A book-length poem about how an American Indian writer can’t bring himself to write about nature, but is forced to reckon with colonial-white stereotypes, manifest destiny, and his own identity as an young, queer, urban-dwelling poet.

A Best Book of the Year at BuzzFeed, Interview, and more.

 


Irl By Tommy Pico Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780991429868
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Published: Birds - September 1st, 2016

Poetry. Native American Studies. LGBT Studies. IRL is a sweaty, summertime poem composed like a long text message, rooted in the epic tradition of A.R. Ammons, ancient Kumeyaay Bird Songs, and Beyonc 's visual albums.


Storytime with Charlie Mylie

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Kansas City author and illustrator Charlie Mylie leads a storytime with his new book, ANYTHING WITH YOU! A fun event for the whole family, this storytime will feature a reading of the book, Q&A, and a live drawing.

Anything with You: A Picture Book By Charlie Mylie Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780374312527
Published: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) - November 24th, 2020

With charming, expressive characters, lush autumn landscapes, and spare text, the picture book Anything with You by author-illustrator Charlie Mylie is a sweet story about how journeys are more about who you’re with than where you’re going.


Award-Winning Crime Fiction: Susan Cox in conversation with Joanna Schaffhausen, moderated by Nev March

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Spend a thrilling evening with three winners of the Mystery Writers of America/Minotaur First Crime Novel Award!

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The Man in the Microwave Oven: A Mystery (Theo Bogart Mysteries #2) By Susan Cox Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250116208
Published: Minotaur Books - November 3rd, 2020

Following Susan Cox’s Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel award-winning debut, The Man in the Microwave Oven is her next delightfully quirky mystery featuring San Francisco transplant Theo Bogart.


Murder in Old Bombay: A Mystery (Captain Jim and Lady Diana Mysteries #1) By Nev March Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250269546
Published: Minotaur Books - November 10th, 2020

Nominated for an Edgar Award for Best First Novel!

In 19th century Bombay, Captain Jim Agnihotri channels his idol, Sherlock Holmes, in Nev March’s Minotaur Books/Mystery Writers of America First Crime Novel Award-winning debut.


No Mercy: A Mystery (Ellery Hathaway #2) By Joanna Schaffhausen Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250252821
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Published: Minotaur Books - January 21st, 2020

Police officer Ellery Hathaway and FBI profiler Reed Markham take on two difficult new cases in this stunning follow-up to The Vanishing Season.

"A gripping and powerful read. It is what we call an edge-of-your-seat, rollercoaster of a thriller. You will not be able to put it down before you finish it."—The Washington Book Review on The Vanishing Season


The Vanishing Season: A Mystery (Ellery Hathaway #1) By Joanna Schaffhausen Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250199553
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Published: Minotaur Books - January 8th, 2019

"A gripping and powerful read. It is what we call edge-of-your-seat, rollercoaster of a thriller. You will not be able to put it down before you finish it."—The Washington Book Review


The Man on the Washing Machine: A Mystery (Theo Bogart Mysteries #1) By Susan Cox Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781250768353
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Published: Minotaur Books - December 15th, 2015

When former party girl and society photographer Theophania Bogart flees to San Francisco to escape a high-profile family tragedy, a series of murders drags her unwillingly out of hiding. In no time at all she discovers she's been providing cover for a sophisticated smuggling operation, she starts to fall for an untrustworthy stranger, and she's knocked out, tied up and imprisoned.


BOOGORAMA: Boog Highberger in conversation with Pat Kehde

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Kansas representative Boog Highberger presents his first book, BOOGORAMA, in conversation with Raven Book Store co-founder Pat Kehde. 

ABOUT THE BOOK

The first book by Boog! BOOGORAMA is a collection of articles, speeches, screeds, and letters by Dennis "Boog" Highberger from 1983-2018.

$13.00
SKU: 9781734638103

The first book by Boog! BOOGORAMA is a collection of articles, speeches, screeds, and letters by Dennis "Boog" Highberger from 1983-2018.

"Welcome to Boog's World: a place of thoughtfulness, humor, the tenacious pursuit of justice and a deep love for the little patch of Kansas he calls home. 'The Lawrence I love,' he writes, 'is in the details, the nooks and crannies, the fine print.' This is also the place where we find Boog in all his brilliance, illuminating the nooks and crannies, igniting the fine print." -Simran Sethi

"Everything in here is delicious and carnal and wise -- reminds me I wasn't always on Zoom, face squished between glass plates like a lab sample...the dada mayor wrote frot he Time of the Plague, when we should eat his book with music" - Andrei Codrescu

Dennis "Boog" Highberger was born and raised in Garnett, Kansas and lives in Lawrence. He was the 1992 winner in the graduate division of the Helen F. Snyder Book Collecting Contest at the University of Kansas. He currently represents District 46 in the Kansas House of Representatives. 


New poetry: Alyse Bensel and Simone Savannah, hosted by Megan Kaminski

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Alyse Bensel and Simone Savannah, both University of Kansas creative writing Ph.D graduates, present their debut poetry collections. The evening will be hosted by Megan Kaminski, associate professor of creative writing at the University of Kansas. 

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Rare Wondrous Things: A Poetic Biography of Maria Sibylla Merian By Alyse Bensel Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781732743403
Published: Green Writers Press - July 21st, 2020

A poetic biography of Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), Rare Wondrous Things investigates the history of this German artist and naturalist who made groundbreaking discoveries in entomology.


Uses of My Body By Simone Savannah Cover Image
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ISBN: 9780999746189
Published: Barrow Street Press - October 15th, 2020

Poetry. In the spirit of Audre Lorde's essay collection Sister Outsider, the charged and direct language of USES OF MY BODY emphasizes black women's experience of erasure, sexual and racial violence, as well as pleasure and healing.


Gentlewomen By Megan Kaminski Cover Image
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ISBN: 9781934819913
Published: Noemi Press - October 15th, 2020

Poetry. How do we care for a broken world, especially when we ourselves are broken-hearted? How do we nurture others when we have scarce resources? How do we maintain our own sense of self under these pressures? The work of care falls disproportionately on women and often renders them lacking and unacknowledged in their labor.


LADYBIRD, COLLECTED: Ladybird Diner's Meg Heriford in conversation with Raven Book Store's Danny Caine

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SKU: LADYBIRDCOLLECTED

Meg Heriford of Lawrence's legendary Ladybird Diner has compiled her essays into a book, as we've all been begging her to do for ages, and now that book is here: Ladybird, Collected.

This item will be released in early October, 2020

100% of the proceeds from Raven sales of Ladybird, Collected will go to funding Ladybird Diner's community meal program. Each book purchase funds four meals. 

Ladybird, Collected: Collected essays on the evolution of a tiny diner in the middle of the country. These are stories of love and adaptation at the broad intersection of commerce and community, and of how a pandemic changed everything and also nothing about us. Ladybird, Collected is a book you might want to preorder if you are into:

  • Sense of place
  • Small business culture
  • Adaptation amid uncertainty
  • Confessed parental shortfalls
  • Metaphors
  • Pie
  • Work/home life balance
  • Nods to rocks
  • Community interdependence
  • Doing the next right thing
  • Food security as a measure of justice


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