Between The Covers

  Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Oregon author Gina Ochsner about her novel THE HIDDEN LETTERS OF VELTA B. a story within a story, set in Latvia. Inara is dying, and during her last few days on earth she shares her grandmother Velta’s letters with her son, Maris, nam... Read more

  Host Jim Schumock speaks with non-fiction writer and memoirist Brian Castner, author of All the Ways We Kill and Die: An Elegy for a Fallen Comrade and the Hunt for His Killer and the memoir, The Long Walk: A Story of War and the Life That Follows. Brian Castner is a no... Read more

Host Ken Jones talks with Gigi Little, editor of the new collection of short fiction City of Weird: 30 Otherworldly Portland Tales. The tales in City of Weird, set in a Portland both real and imagined, feature sea monsters, aliens, vampires, ghosts, robotic dogs, man-eating... Read more

  Following her acclaimed novels Clown Girl and The Stud Book, Monica Drake presents her long-awaited first collection of stories. The Folly of Loving Life. These stories display the best of what we love about Monica’s writing–the sly laugh-out-loud humor, the sharp observ... Read more

  Ursula K. Le Guin has published more than sixty books of fiction, fantasy, science fiction, children’s literature, poetry, drama, criticism, and translation. Among her honors are a National Book Award, a PEN/Malamud Award for short fiction, five Hugo and five Nebula Awar... Read more

  "Conjuring a lush and mysterious landscape, Marrow Island investigates the impact of the losses of the past--be they loved ones, failed quests, or the environmental calamities brought on by our collective blindness. By turns elegiac, compelling, and timely, it seeks real... Read more

  Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Hope Jahren about Lab Girl, her debut memoir of a woman in science. It is also a portrait of a longtime friendship and a fresh look at plants and the natural world   Acclaimed scientist Hope Jahren has built three laboratories in whic... Read more

  Host Bethany Grabow talks with Jessi Klein, author of the memoir You’ll Grow Out of It that People Magazine calls “Astute, hilarious essays about the perilous path to womanhood [that] will have you wincing in recognition.” Tune in to learn Klein’s thoughts about females... Read more

Host Ken Jones talks with Zora O'Neill, author of the new book All Strangers Are Kin: Adventures in Arabic and the Arab World. In the book, Zora visits four Middle Eastern countries over the course of a year. She spends several weeks in each place, studying the Arabic langu... Read more