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Author Talk: Stephen Snodgrass & Joshua Kezer 

Join authors Stephen Snodgrass and Joshua Kezer as they discuss their book “The Murder of Angela Mischelle Lawless: An Honest Sheriff and the Exoneration of an Innocent Man.” In 1992 Joshua Kezer was wrongly convicted of murdering a young woman in southeast Missouri. Stephen Snodgrass was on the team that…

Kirkwood History Walks with Author Kathy Schrenk

Downtown West : Join Kathy Schrenk, author of the new book, “Kirkwood: A Walk Through History,” to enjoy a tour through the Downtown West neighborhood of Kirkwood. The walk will start at Kirkwood Park and include a 190-year-old cemetery, an historic church, and classic residential architecture. You will also be…

Author/Book Signing: Walking South City: A Journey Through Historic St. Louis Neighborhoods by Jim Merkel

Based on a series of walks the author did on a 45-mile-long zig-zag path through South St. Louis in 2021. It provides different insights into the history, people and quirks of South St. Louis. 

Author/Book Signing Jason Gray: Mound City Chronicle

Mound City Chronicle is more than a series of images of St. Louis. It is testament to a path made through the city at this moment; a path meant to investigate my place and my impact here, and the history of those things (like the Mississippi River, cultural forces claim,…

The Gateway Arch: An Illustrated Timeline with Author John C. Guenther

The Kirkwood Public Library and the Kirkwood Historical Society welcome author, architect, and historian John C. Guenther on October 5, 2023, to discuss his new book, The Gateway Arch: An Illustrated Timeline. The book takes a chronological look at the historical foundations of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, beginning in…

Kirkwood History Walks with Author Kathy Schrenk

Meramec Highlands: Join Kathy Schrenk, author of the new book, “Kirkwood: A Walk Through History,” to enjoy a tour through the Meramec Highlands neighborhood of Kirkwood. The walk will start on West Ponca Trail, just east of the intersection with Big Bend Road.  There is limited street parking along Ponca…

Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery with Linda Murphy Marshall

Join the author for a conversation about her memoir, Ivy Lodge: A Memoir of Translation and Discovery, which received a starred review from KIRKUS. She will talk about growing up in the 1960s in Kirkwood, how the physical home in which children grow up can influence their childhood, and how…
Background image is of a hand writing a book. Overlayed on that to the left is a round picture of the author's face and a smaller image of the book cover. The author is in a white t-shirt on a blue background with dark complexion, glasses, and a goatee. He is looking to the right. The text to the right of the image reads, "New Memoir, Author event." in white print over a blue bubble. Below in a blue bubble with white print it reads "with special guest" and then "Bobby Bostic" below in white print. "Sept 7th at 06.00PM" with "At Kirkwood Public Library Co-Hosted by the Kirkwood Human Rights Commission" in white below. The Kirkwood Public Library 95th anniversary logo is in the bottom right hand corner. It is a red logo with a white image of the library and the numbers 95 over it.

Bobby Bostic Memoir Release

The Kirkwood Public Library & the Kirkwood Human Rights Commission will once again co-host a program featuring author Bobby Bostic. Bostic, who was sentenced to 241 years in prison in 1997 for non-homicide offenses which he committed in St. Louis when he was 16, was paroled in November 2022 with…
A dark starry night sky with trees in the background. In pink tet it reads "Announcing!!! One Author, One Kirkwood. Morgan Talty. October 12, 2023. Supported by the Edward Chase Garvey Memorial Foundation." The text is on the left side of the image. An image of the author in a circle is to the right of the text. The author is a native man in a gray long sleeve shirt. The book cover is just below his picture. It says Night of the Living Rez in orange, pink and purple text. With dark night sky and trees in the background.

One Author, One Kirkwood: Morgan Talty

This year’s annual One Author One Kirkwood author is Morgan Talty! Morgan Talty is a citizen of the Penobscot Indian Nation where he grew up. Named one of Narrative’s “30 Below 30,” Talty’s work has appeared in The Georgia Review, Shenandoah, TriQuarterly, Narrative Magazine, LitHub, and elsewhere. He lives in…
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