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Marvin Bell’s latest collection of Dead Man poems is his best book yet

By Arlice Davenport, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 20 at 6:42 a.m.

“Vertigo: The Living Dead Man Poems” by Marvin Bell (Copper Canyon Press, 152 pages, $16)

New books to feed your brain

By Lisa McLendon, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 19 at 10:45 p.m.

“Help! For Writers: 210 Solutions to the Problems Every Writer Faces” by Roy Peter Clark (Little, Brown and Company, 304 pages, $22.99)

New books: Eisenhower, prairie fires, Kansas for kids

By LISA McLENDON, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 13 at 9:56 a.m.

Our 34th president is experiencing a resurgence in popularity – well deserved – as evidenced by the number of recent books about him. “Eisenhower: The White House Years” by Jim Newton (Doubleday, 357 pages, $29.95) adds a thorough, well-researched chronicle of the eight years Ike spent in office.

Passionate study of Dante and ‘Divine Comedy’ is a winning labor of love

By Arlice Davenport, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 7 at 11:44 p.m.

“Dante in Love” by A. N. Wilson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 386 pages, $35)

Trailblazing history: Book details Oregon and California trails

BY GAYLORD DOLD | Nov. 6 at 8:44 p.m.

“So Rugged and Mountainous” is the first of a planned series on the history of the Oregon and California trails.

Taking up arms against slavery

By Lisa McLendon, The Wichita Eagle | Nov. 15 at 4:39 p.m.

“Midnight Rising: John Brown and the Raid that Sparked the Civil War” by Tony Horwitz (Henry Holt, 292 pages, $29)

Tone of 'Unendurable English' is a bit too harsh

By DINESH RAMDE, Associated Press | Nov. 5 at 10:29 p.m.

"Robert Hartwell Fiske's Dictionary of Unendurable English" by Robert Hartwell Fiske (Scribner, 480 pages, $17 paper)

A final trip to Oz

By Lisa McLendon, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 30 at 7:59 a.m.

Until a couple of months ago, I hadn’t read “Wicked.” I haven’t seen the musical, either, which apparently differs quite a bit from the book. When I picked up “Wicked,” I’m not sure what I was expecting, but it wasn’t what I got — and that was a delightful surprise.

‘Wicked’ author to visit Wichita to promote ‘Out of Oz’

By Alice Mannette, Eagle correspondent | Oct. 30 at 7:59 a.m.

After writing four books about Dorothy, the Land of Oz and the Wicked Witch, author Gregory Maguire – whose book spawned the Tony Award-winning Broadway hit “Wicked” – will land in Dorothy’s home state.

Ten men who shaped the West

By Gaylord Dold | Oct. 30 at 7:47 a.m.

“Lions of the West: Heroes and Villains of the Westward Expansion” by Robert Morgan (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 497 pages, $29.95)

Poets visit Wichita to launch new anthology

By LISA McLENDON, The Wichita Eagle | Oct. 30 at 1:42 p.m.

The poem “Celebrate This Kansas” opens the anthology “Begin Again: 150 Kansas Poems” (Woodley Press, 196 pages, $15), a selection of poems celebrating the 150th anniversary of Kansas: Celebrate this sky, this land beyond the measured time that tilts the seasonal light. Those first lines are written by Kansas poet laureate Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg, who also edits the volume. The book is a result of Mirriam-Goldberg’s 150 Kansas Poems project, a web-based collection of Kansas poems that can be found at http://150kansaspoems.wordpress.com.