Kansas essays, stories, articles Where we live, how we live. Tracy Million Simmons & Cheryl Unruh publisher & editor of 105 Meadowlark Reader Greetings, gentle (or wild) reader: Picture, if you will, a journal devoted completely, heart and soul, to true Kansas stories. Good job on the picturing, my friends, because there is such a journal. By collecting stories from across the state, 105 Meadowlark Reader documents our lives and our times in Kansas. How does it happen? Twice a year we invite Kansans and former Kansans to send us their best, true stories, essays, and articles on a specific theme, such as Luck. If you pick up a copy of 105 Meadowlark Reader, you just might find an essay entitled: Disasters At the Rodeo Intersecting With the Mob The Bat that Flew Into Hell The Great Schwan’s Ice Cream Escape Some pieces are funny. Some pieces are heartwarming. Some are heartbreaking. You’ll read pieces that will stick with you long after you close the book. Issue #10, Work. Cover art by Barbara Waterman-Peters We publish twice a year (May and November). Each issue packs in about 30 essays and true stories. You can subscribe for one year (two issues). Or if you'd like to take a peek at a single copy of 105 Meadowlark Reader, we are offering back issues (#1-8) at only $10 each. Choose the theme(s) that you'd like to explore.  Or - order the whole kit and caboodle! For $160, you will receive the ten issues already published, and you will be subscribed to our two upcoming 2026 issues. We'll ship the first ten issues when you order. In May we'll ship issue #11, and in November, issue #12 will head your way. You’ll pay only once for twelve issues. This has been such a joyful project for us—and for our writers and readers. We’d love to have you join us. Tracy & Cheryl  shop now Above: The hardest part—selecting which 105 submissions to publish. Tracy pictured, photo by Cheryl. Below: Our growing stack of 105 issues. Ten so far!

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