Suzanne Perez

1 week ago | kcur.org | Suzanne Perez

WICHITA, Kansas — Every day at 1 p.m., Cheryl Caton’s kindergartners at Kelly Elementary School stop what they’re doing for some very important business:Play time. Some kids head straight for a child-sized kitchen, where they prepare pretend meals while snuggling baby dolls. Others sit at a table and roll out scented dough. Some set up a birthday party for one classmate with pretend cake and donuts. “Purposeful play is the most joyous time of day,” said Nicki Vossman, principal at Kelly Elementary.

1 week ago | kmuw.org | Suzanne Perez

Reading a Katie Kitamura novel is like entering a house of mirrors: You’re not sure what’s real, what’s a reflection, and what might be glinting off the next surface. She blurs lines again with great effect in “Audition,” a tense and inscrutable story that explores the nature of performance and identity. In the opening scene, a middle-aged actress is meeting a much younger man for lunch at a restaurant in Manhattan’s financial district.

2 weeks ago | kcur.org | Suzanne Perez

WICHITA, Kansas — Structural repairs to two of Wichita’s oldest high schools have cost nearly $60 million over the past three years — an expense leaders say prevents them from upgrading and repairing other district buildings. “This is the reality of our situation,” said Superintendent Kelly Bielefeld.

2 weeks ago | kmuw.org | Suzanne Perez

Lynn Steger Strong’s fourth novel opens much like her previous one, with maladjusted siblings gathering during a family crisis. This one, The Float Test, brings the Kenner family together in a wealthy area of southern Florida after the unexpected death of their mother. The third-oldest sibling, Jude, is our omniscient narrator — a fact that gives this novel an innovative approach, but one that ends up being confusing and a little weird.

2 weeks ago | kake.com | Suzanne Perez

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