Between The Covers

Steve McQuiddy talks about his new book, "Here on the Edge", published by Oregon State University. McQuiddy looks at a long-neglected element of World War II history: the role of pacifism in what is often called "The Good War." He shares the fascinating story of one conscie... Read more

Steve McQuiddy talks about his new book, "Here on the Edge", published by Oregon State University. McQuiddy looks at a long-neglected element of World War II history: the role of pacifism in what is often called "The Good War." He shares the fascinating story of one conscie... Read more

Between the Covers, Part 2 Host Lisa Loving interviews writer Jesmyn Ward, about her new memoir "Men We Reaped." Jesmyn Ward grew up in poverty with a family struggling to stay together and survive in the rural South. All around her were black men facing dangers and social... Read more

Host Gene Bradley interviews mystery writer Craig Johnson about his new Sheriff Longmire novella, SPIRIT OF STEAMBOAT. The action in Spirit of Steamboat begins when Sheriff Walt Longmire has an unexpected visitor on Christmas Eve. The visitor is the ghost of Christmas past:... Read more

Seattle author and naturalist Lyanda Lynn Haupt talks about her latest book "THE URBAN BESTIARY: Encountering the Everyday Wild." In this book Haupt journeys into the heart of the everyday wild, where coyotes, raccoons, chickens, hawks, and humans live in closer proximity t... Read more

"While collective memory might offer some hazy grasp of McCarthyism and the Hollywood black-lists, all but forgotten is the real American Communist Party and its Depression-era heyday. In this epic and complex new novel, Lethem considers what happened to the ACP, as well as... Read more

Host Jim Schumock interviews Katey Schultz, about her new book Flashes of War. Characters include — a returning U.S. soldier and pragmatic jihadist, Afghan mother and listless American sister, courageous amputee and a ghost that cannot let go—appear in Flashes of War, which... Read more

Author of seven novels, three story collections and the much-heralded craft book, The Half-Known World,  Robert Boswell is back with his first novel in ten years.  Heralded by Publisher's Weekly, Library Journal, Oprah Magazine, and The New York Times, it turns out that Tum... Read more

Host Lisa Loving interviews Dr. Sheri Speede about her new book KINDRED BEINGS: What Seventy-Three Chimpanzees Taught Me About Life, Love and Connection.Dr. Speede has a personal connection to Portland and still maintains a home in Beaverton.  Moving to the area in 1988, D... Read more

Between the Covers welcomes Oregon author and creative writing teacher, Stevan Allred.  His debut linked short story collection, A Simplified Map of the Real World, is the first fiction release of local publisher, Forest Avenue Press.  Fifteen linked stories chart a true co... Read more