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

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

New books to feed your brain

“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

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

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

Trailblazing history: Book details Oregon and California trails

“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

“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

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

A final trip to Oz

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’

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

“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

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.

“The Great Leader” is trademark Jim Harrison

“The Great Leader: A Faux Mystery” by Jim Harrison (Grove Press, 329 pages, $24)

Why Little Vampire can’t sleep

Anyone can have trouble falling to sleep. Just ask “The Sleepless Little Vampire” written and illustrated by Richard Egielski (Scholastic Books, ages 3-7, $16.99).

Two new mystery titles sparkle

"City of Secrets" by Kelli Stanley (Minotaur, 304 pages, $24.99)

Best sellers from Publishers Weekly (Oct. 16)

Best sellers from Publishers Weekly

A memoir of food and family

"Maman's Homesick Pie: A Persian Heart in an American Kitchen" by Donia Bijan (Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 250 pages, $19.95)

Women of Masada persevere

"The Dovekeepers" by Alice Hoffman (Scribner, 504 pages, $27)

A dog's life

"Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend" by Susan Orlean (Simon & Schuster, 288 pages, $26.99)

Wichita art museum exhibit illustrates city's Big Read

Fourteen works of art that usually would not be displayed together are on view this month at the Wichita Art Museum to illustrate “The Things They Carried” for this year’s Big Read event.

A satirical take on who Rapture has left behind

"The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta (St. Martin's Press, 368 pages, $25.99)

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