Unbound Book Festival 2024 is here!
Check out our author conversations from this year and prior years. The Unbound Book Festival aims "to bring nationally and internationally recognized authors of world-class renown to Columbia, Missouri, to talk about their books, their work, and their lives."
Check out our author conversations from this year and prior years. The Unbound Book Festival aims "to bring nationally and internationally recognized authors of world-class renown to Columbia, Missouri, to talk about their books, their work, and their lives."
Jessica Pryde is a black reader, writer, and librarian in Tucson, Arizona, Her book Black Love Matters: Real Talk on Romance, Being Seen, and Happily Ever Afters is an intersectional essay anthology that celebrates and examines romance and romantic media through the lens of Black readers, writers, and cultural commentators.
MISSOURI NEWS
-
Victims of Robert Courtney are outraged and demanding new charges, said Mike Ketchmark, an attorney whose office was involved in more than 275 wrongful death lawsuits against Courtney.
-
More than $10 million, much of it from outside the state, has been raised to push proposals for abortion rights, sports wagering and to raise the minimum wage.
-
The Missouri Legislature approved a bill that allows counties to freeze property taxes for those 62 years old and older.
-
Whitey Herzog, the innovative and popular Hall of Fame manager who ran both of Missouri’s Major League Baseball teams and returned the Cardinals to World Series glory after a 15-year drought, has died.
-
Representatives from Illinois, Kansas and Missouri are part of the caucus behind a package of bills that would promote healthy outcomes for Black mothers, who die from pregnancy-related causes at far higher rates than women of other races.
-
Members of the Raymore City Council approved legislation that would pay developers $3.73 million to abandon their project at a proposed south Kansas City site.
NPR TOP STORIES
-
Guns are now the leading cause of death among American children. And many more children are injured in shootings, putting them at risk for life-altering disability, pain, and mental trauma.
-
The number of U.S. children dying from gunshot wounds has climbed in recent years. Keeping guns out of reach is one way to curb the trend — others argue to teach kids to handle guns responsibly.
-
A study showed states made more mistakes when executing Black prisoners by lethal injection than they did with prisoners of other races. Execution workers and race experts said they're not surprised.
MORE FROM KBIA
-
"We just want to get as many kids as possible out there doing what they love." -- Tricia Koedel, executive director, Day Dreams Foundation Joining Tricia is Amber Bussey, a parent whose two kids benefitted from what Day Dreams does best; however, what they do best takes money, and so on today's show we learn more about their upcoming fundraiser! April 16, 2024
-
The 2024 Unbound Book Festival is happening in Columbia, Missouri and will feature author Idra Novey on the "Found in Translation" panel. Novey’s latest novel, Take What You Need, explores the way art can address divides between family members... and between the nation.
-
-
Stacey Mei Yan Fong recently wrote her cookbook, "50 Pies, 50 States: An Immigrant's Love Letter to the United States Through Pie." She spoke with KBIA's Alex Cox about her unique Missouri pie creation and what inspires her to create.
-
Mid-Mo gamers take note: the third annual CoMo Retro Gaming Convention is back this Saturday, April 20 at Columbia's Stoney Creek Conference Center! Also, ever heard of a 'soul seat'? Yes? No? Either way, we've got its creator, Pack Matthews, on the show today to demonstrate all of its many benefits over traditional chairs. (3:30) April 15, 2024
-
The April At Sea Exhibit (4-5-2024 through 4-27-2024) features Maritime Prints & Paintings from 1803-Present
Sager | Reeves 2024 April Exhibit
Sager | Reeves 2024 April Exhibit
VIEWS OF THE NEWS
Missouri Health Talks