Riverfront Readings Saturday, August 16th

Please join us for our August 16th reading featuring Tim Bascom and Danny Alexander.

Tim Bascom is the author of two prize-winning memoirs about years spent in East Africa as a youth. His essays have been selected for the anthologies Best Creative Nonfiction and Best American Travel Writing. His short fiction has appeared in journals such as Zone 3, Front Range Review, and Briar Cliff Review. Bascom directs the Kansas Book Festival.

Danny Alexander is a longtime Kansas City music writer and former associate editor of Dave Marsh’s Rock & Rap Confidential. He’s the author of the book Real Love, No Drama: The Music of Mary J. Blige, and he co-edited a collection of Dave Marsh’s work, Kick Out the Jams: Jibes, Barbs, Tributes, and Rallying Cries from 35 Years of Music Writing.