Max McCoy

Max McCoy is an award-winning author and journalist. A native Kansan, he started his career at the Pittsburg Morning Sun and was soon writing for national magazines. His investigative stories on unsolved murders, serial killers and hate groups earned him first-place awards from the Associated Press Managing Editors and other organizations. McCoy has also written more than 20 books, the most recent of which is "Elevations: A Personal Exploration of the Arkansas River," named a Kansas Notable Book by the state library. "Elevations" also won the National Outdoor Book Award, in the history/biography category. Max teaches journalism at Emporia State University.
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A bush with ice and snow covering it
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Reflections on a winter storm — and the worst blizzard in Kansas history

You know when the winter country has arrived in Kansas because the sky at midday…

Capitol police being attacked on January 6, 2021
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We all share the painful memories of the Capitol attack 4 years ago. Trump granting pardons to the attackers will make it worse.

Granting pardons and commutations is the most king-like of all presidential actions, enshrined in Article…

A cartoon from the Library of Congress’ collection depicts the moralistic crusader “Anthony Comstock as a monk thwarting shameless displays of excessive flesh, whether that of women, horses, or dogs, with a ‘Jane Doe Warrant.'” (Library of Congress)
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The Devil and Political dynamite: Kansas Sex Radicals Moses and Lillian Harman Are Newly Relevant

Although Lillian Harman was not as famous as other sex radicals in Victorian America, her…

Underneath View of an American flag hanging with a blue sky in the background
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We Must Protect American Democracy From Elected Authoritarians and Their Macgoblins

I realized that there was really only one dystopian novel to talk about at this…