Flyover People News- ‘Dragging Wyatt Earp’ May 14, 2013Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ‘DRAGGING WYATT EARP’ “Returning home is like that. The future gets left behind, a piano dumped on a stark prairie. Suddenly you’re left with nothing but your life and the past. You have returned. Full circle. Everything else is just a blur.” Those are the […]
- Mothers and Dresses May 7, 2013Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: MOTHERS AND DRESSES The other day when I was shopping online, I accidentally ended up on a page full of dresses. Alongside the dresses were ads showing mothers and daughters celebrating Mother’s Day together. Now I wouldn’t buy my mom a dress; she prefers […]
- Little House on the Prairie April 30, 2013Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE Every afternoon, Mary Louise Wilhite read to her second grade students at Pawnee Rock Grade School. Following our after-lunch recess, my classmates and I came in from the playground, windblown and energetic. But we settled down quickly when we sat […]
- Road Trip to Sedan April 23, 2013Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ROAD TRIP TO SEDAN Spring seemed to be stalled out somewhere, so Dave and I drove south one Saturday to see if we could locate the lost season and drag it north. It was early April and even near the Oklahoma line, we didn’t […]
- Shadow on the Hill April 16, 2013Today’s Flyover People column as seen in The Emporia Gazette: ‘SHADOW ON THE HILL’ On a sunny Saturday in May, 1925, Decoration Day, Florence Knoblock was found brutally murdered on the kitchen floor of her farmhouse near Burlington. Florence was married to John Knoblock and was the mother of a 4 year-old boy named Roger. […]
- ‘Dragging Wyatt Earp’ May 14, 2013
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Sept. 1, 5-7 p.m. Book Launch – Town Crier Bookstore, 716 Commercial, Emporia. Sept. 15, 3-6 p.m., Book signing – SouthWind Gallery, 3074 SW 29th, Topeka Books ($15 each) are available at : Town Crier Bookstore, 716 Commercial, Emporia SouthWind … Continue reading
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Sold at: Town Crier, 716 Commercial, Emporia… SouthWiind Gallery, 3074 SW 29th, Topeka … The Raven Book Store, 6 E. 7th, Lawrence … Memorial Union Bookstore, ESU, Emporia… Pages Books… 605 N. Main, Newton. If you’re interested in ordering Flyover … Continue reading
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Advance Review from Marci Penner
Marci Penner, director of the Kansas Sampler Foundation wrote this about the upcoming Flyover People book of columns: Cheryl’s gift is to see, feel, and understand people, places, and parts of Kansas that most of us miss and then be … Continue reading
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Advance Review by Kevin Rabas
Kevin Rabas is co-director of Emporia State University’s creative writing program. He is the author of two books: Bird’s Horn and Other Poems, and Lisa’s Flying Electric Piano. The latter is a 2010 Kansas Notable Book. Cheryl Unruh’s essays, culled … Continue reading
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Advance Review from Dave Kendall
Dave Kendall in the KTWU studio. Dave Kendall, host and executive producer of Sunflower Journeys said this to say about Flyover People, the book: Cheryl Unruh has developed a keen sensitivity to the little things about life among the “flyover … Continue reading
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