Between The Covers

Host Kathleen Stephenson interviews Oregon writer Amber J. Keyser about her new novel "The Way Back from Broken," which tells the story of two young people thrown together by shared tragedy who find healing in the Canadian wilderness. It draws on Amber Keyser's own deeply p... Read more

We hear an excerpt from an interview with James Grissom, author of "Follies of God: Tennessee Williams and the Women of the Fog," a book based on interviews with the actors and directors who worked with the late playwright. Hosted by Richard Wolinsky. An extended 50-minute... Read more

From the author of the National Book Award–nominated Veronica: Mary Gaitskill’s most poignant and powerful work yet—the story of a Dominican girl, the white woman who introduces her to riding, and the horse who changes everything for her  "Gaitskill takes a premise that co... Read more

In this third book in the Arcadia Wonder Tale Series, Tod Davies takes us through the bittersweet, lush and very human journey of Sophia, The Lizard Princess as she crosses mountains ,oceans  and deserts and the Moon Itself to meet her fate and the fate of her beloved Arcad... Read more

Listen to audio of this show Between the Covers shares an interview with author Sandra Cisneros, recorded at KBOO during her recent visit to Portland. We'll offer copies of her new memoir, A House of My Own: Stories from My Life (including one signed copy!), to those who c... Read more

Highway is a late-in-life world traveler, yarn spinner, collector, and legendary auctioneer. His most precious possessions are the teeth of the "notorious infamous" like Plato, Petrarch, and Virginia Woolf. Written in collaboration with the workers at a Jumex juice factory,... Read more

Between the Covers welcomes Portland author Margaret Malone to celebrate the launch of her debut short story collection, People Like You, published by local press Atelier26. "With People Like You, Margaret Malone delivers an assemblage of characters and quandaries all at o... Read more

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Colum McCann about Thirteen Ways of Looking, a new short story collection – the first in 12 years –  from the National Book Award–winning author. In the title novella, a retired judge reflects on his life’s work, unaware as he goes about... Read more

Right on time for Halloween, a conversation with Amelia Gray.  "Reading Gutshot is a little like being blindfolded and pelted from all sides with fire, Jell-O and the occasional live animal. You'll be messy at the end and slightly beaten up, but surprised and certainly ente... Read more

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with PEN/Faulkner finalist T. Geronimo Johnson about his novel Welcome to Braggsville, a dark and socially provocative Southern-fried comedy about four UC Berkeley students who stage a dramatic protest during a Civil War reenactment. A litera... Read more