Celebrating Emerging Artists

Lindsey Doolittle, Kristen Devlin, Ryan Sikes, Brad Friedman
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Stories of the 1900 Convention Hall Fire

LaDene Morton
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Unique Eats and Eateries of Kansas City

Matt Stewart
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Merchants of the Santa Fe Trail

Joy Poole
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Picture Perfect: Illustrating the Caldecott Medal Selection

Bradley Debrick, Naphtali Faris, April Roy, Crystal Faris
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Driving While Black

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Gretchen Sorin
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Why Are all the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria?

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Beverly Daniel Tatum
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Amy and Misha Kligman: In Conversation

Amy and Misha Kligman in Conversation
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We’ve Built Cities We Can’t Afford

We've Built Cities We Can't Afford
Dennis Strait
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Iwo Jima: 'Uncommon Valor Was a Common Virtue'

Iwo Jima: Uncommon Valor was a Common Virtue
John Curatola
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Things We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl

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Jeannie Vanasco
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Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy

Smacked: A Story of White-Collar Ambition, Addiction, and Tragedy
Eilene Zimmerman
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When My Time Comes

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Diane Rehm
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What's Your Pronoun? Beyond He & She

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Dennis Baron, C.J. Janovy
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The Dizzy and Daffy Dean Barnstorming Tour: Race, Media, and America's National Pastime

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Phil Dixon
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Early: An Intimate History of Premature Birth and What It Teaches Us About Being Human

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Sarah DiGregorio, John Lantos
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Ballpark: Baseball in the American City

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Paul Goldberger, Whitney Terrell
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Great Escapes and Rescues of World War II

Great Escapes and Rescues of World War II
David W. Mills, Kayla L. Westra
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Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next

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Timothy Faust
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Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America
Marcia Chatelain
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Mansion on a Hill: The Story of The Willows Maternity Sanitarium and the Adoption Hub of America

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KelLee Parr
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The Defense of St. Vith: Crossroads in the Battle of the Bulge

The defense of St. Vith
Mark Gerges
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A Guest of the Reich

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Peter Finn
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And the Spirit Moved Them

And the Spirit Moved Them
Helen LaKelly Hunt
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