Anne Kniggendorf is a freelance journalist based in Kansas City. She’s the author of “Secret Kansas City” (Reedy Press) and frequently contributes to KCUR 89.3 and several other area publications.
This year marks the 50th anniversary of Kansas City’s BkMk Press, one of Kansas City’s few book publishers and second oldest only to Andrews McMeel. Over the course of that long history, BkMk has acted as a platform for Midwestern voices, won many awards, and built a solid reputation for its publication of poetry, fiction and nonfiction.