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Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award Winners

The Thorpe Menn Literary Excellence Award was established in 1979 by AAUW-KC to honor Thorpe Menn (1912-1979), long-time book editor of the Kansas City Star, who supported all aspects of Kansas City’s cultural life, especially authors and artists.

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  1. 2019 Thorpe Menn Award w inner
    Book, 2018Burlington, VT : Fomite, [2018] — 814.6 S69L
  2. 2. Whitewash

    the Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science

    Gillam, Carey
    2018 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2017Washington, DC : Island Press, [2017] — 363.7387 G47W
  3. 3. Angels With Angles

    the Rogue Nuns Behind Operation Breakthrough

    Leifer, Loring
    2017 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2016Kansas City, MO : WordsWorth Books, 2016. — 362.712 L52A
  4. 2016 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2015Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2015. — 797.122 D63Z 2015
  5. 2015 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2014New York : Margaret K. McElderry Books, [2014] — YA FICTION STUBER
  6. 2014 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2013Irvine, CA : Seoul Selections, [2013] — FICTION DEVINE
  7. 7. The Half-life of Facts

    Why Everything We Know Has An Expiration Date

    Arbesman, Samuel
    2013 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2012New York : Current, 2012. — 501 A66H 2012
  8. 8. Destiny of the Republic

    a Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

    Millard, Candice
    2012 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2011New York : Doubleday, c2011. — 973.84 M64D 2011
  9. 2010 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2009Los Angeles : Tia Chucha Press ; Chicago, IL : Distributed by Northwestern University Press, c2009. — 811 R694H
  10. 12. Five Island Diaries

    Stories of Love, Lost and Found

    McCarty, Martha
    2008 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2007Kansas City, MO : Spartan Press, 2007. — 818 M12Z
  11. 13. My Other Body

    a Memoir of Love, Fat, Life, and Death

    Pai, Ann, 1967-
    2007 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2006Overland Park, Kan. : Sunspot Press, 2006. — 616.852 P14Z
  12. 2006 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2005[S.l. : s.n.], c2005. — M FICTION GOLDMAN
  13. 15. After the White House

    Former Presidents as Private Citizens

    Skidmore, Max J., 1933-
    2005 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2004New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004. — 973.099 S62A
  14. 2004 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2003Kansas City : Helicon Nine Editions, c2003. — 814 S85O
  15. 2003 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2002New York : Atheneum Books for Young Readers, c2002. — J FICTION TOWNLEY
  16. 2001 Thorpe Menn Award winner
    Book, 2000New York : Pocket Books, 2000. — M FICTION PICKARD