Between The Covers

 Host David Naimon talks with Jess Walter about his sixth novel, Beautiful Ruins, a deeply human, roller coaster of a novel, spanning fifty years and nearly as many lives.   "...a blockbuster, with romance, majesty, comedy, smarts, and a cast of thousands. There’s lights, ... Read more

Host Gene Bradley speaks with Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning author (and Pacific Northwest resident) Tim Egan. His new book SHORT NIGHTS OF THE SHADOW CATCHER: The Epic Life and Immortal Photographs of Edward Curtis was selected as one of Publishers Weekly’s... Read more

Live in studio, author, publisher, (Exterminating Angel Press) and creative activist Tod Davies chats with Lyn Moleich about her new book Lily the Silent, the second installment in the trilogy of The History of Arcadia. This series that began with the fun and unique tale of... Read more

For an extended, unedited version of this interview without fundraising interruptions, go to kboo.fm/node/51307 Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Terry Tempest Williams, naturalist, author and fierce advocate for freedom of speech. Terry Tempest Williams shows us how env... Read more

 Host David Naimon speaks with Junot Diaz, a writer The New Yorker calls one of the top 20 writers for the 21st century. He’s the Pulitzer Prize winning author of the novel, The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, a creative writing professor at MIT, the fiction editor at The... Read more

 Here's a quck test; what does Charles Dickens, Dickens Junction, Oregon and murder have to do with each other. The simple answer is quite a bit, but wait, we need to add one more thing to the mix and that is Christopher Lord, the author of THE CHRISTMAS CAROL MURDERS. Join... Read more

Host Angelique O'Rourke speaks with writer, journalist, musician and stand-up comedian Josh Gross about his book of short fiction Secrets and Lies, his music, self-publishing and script-writing. Josh Gross is a founding member of the Southern Oregon punk rock band, The ... Read more

Host Jim Schumock speaks with Amanda Coplin, author of The Orchardist. Set at the turn of the twentieth century, in a rural stretch of the Pacific Northwest, The Orchardist tells the story of a reclusive orchardist, who tends to apples and apricots as if they were loved on... Read more

Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with writer Julia Alvarez, author of numerous books including How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents. In her new memoir, A Wedding in Haiti (Algonquin), she tells the story of a Haitian boy known as Piti. When she first met him in 2001, Piti ... Read more

 Is How Should a Person Be? a novel, a memoir, a self-help manual, or a book of philosophy? It is all of these things and more. Host David Naimon talks with Sheila Heti about her new book, "a raw, startling, genre-defying novel of friends, sex, and love in the new millenniu... Read more