Between The Covers

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Every third Thursday from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

 

 

A weekly show featuring interviews with locally and nationally known authors of both fiction and non-fiction.

Hosted by Avvy Mar

 

 

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Lili Ristagno on "Short Fuse," her graphic non-fiction book about two teenage killers

Airs at: Thu, 08/26/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Ed Goldberg talks with artist Lili Ristagno, about "Short Fuse: a True Story Told in Pictures," a graphic non-fiction book about the teenage spree killers Charlie Starkweather and Caril Fugate.  CD-1993 Read more

Novelist Phillip Margolin on murder mystery: "Supreme Justice"

Airs at: Thu, 08/19/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Ed Goldberg interviews Portland mystery author Phillip Margolin about his latest book, Supreme Justice, a novel of murder and conspiracy at the surpeme court.   Phillip Margolin grew up in New York City and Levittown, New York. He has been a Peace Corps volunteer ... Read more

Between the Covers on 08/12/10

Airs at: Thu, 08/12/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Erik Jorgen Jorgensen interviews writer Aimee Bender, author of the acclaimed novel, "The Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake." The book tells the story of a nine year old girl who bites into her mother’s homemade lemon-chocolate cake and discovers she has a magical gi... Read more

PDX author Ann Littlewood on her 2nd 'zoo-dunnit:' "Did Not Survive"

Airs at: Thu, 08/05/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Portland author Ann Littlewood about her second "zoo-dunnit", "Did Not Survive," published by Poisoned Pen Press. The mystery continues where "Night Kill" left off. Now-pregnant zoo keeper Iris Oakley finds her boss gravely injured in an elep... Read more

Between the Covers on 07/29/10

Airs at: Thu, 07/29/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Emily Young speaks with Barbara Pope about her second mystery novel "The Blood of Lorraine." The story takes place in the wake of the Dreyfus Affair, when the murder of two Jews in Nancy reveals the darker side of human nature. Magistrate Bernard Martin has moved to... Read more

Portland author Caroline Miller on her life and work

Airs at: Thu, 07/29/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30pm
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Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Portland writer Caroline Miller, author of "Heart Land," stories of Depression-Era Ohio and "Gothic Spring," a novel of passion and bad behavior in rural 19th Century England. Caroline Miller has published numerous short stories in publication... Read more

Between the Covers on 07/22/10

Airs at: Thu, 07/22/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Crystal Leighty interviews former New York Times restaurant critic Frank Bruni about his memoir, BORN ROUND: A Story of Family, Food and a Ferocious Appetite.  What many didn’t know about Frank was his history as a compulsive eater – he made the most unlikely of ... Read more

Thomas Chatterton Williams on "LOSING MY COOL: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture "

Airs at: Thu, 07/15/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Cecil Prescod speaks with Thomas Chatterton Williams about his memoir, LOSING MY COOL: How a Father's Love and 15,000 Books Beat Hip-Hop Culture. In the book Williams describes how he managed to juggle two disparate lifestyles--"keeping it real" in his friends' eyes... Read more

Novelist Laurie Notaro on "Spooky Little Girl"

Airs at: Thu, 07/08/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Ed Goldberg interviews Laurie Notaro, author of Spooky Little Girl, a funny novel about a woman whose life changes after she is killed by a bus. Laurie Notaro was born in Brooklyn, New York, and raised in Phoenix, Arizona. She packed her bags for Eugene, Oregon, once... Read more

Diane Hammond on "Seeing Stars," her novel on child actors in Hollywood

Airs at: Thu, 07/01/2010 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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 Host Ed Goldberg interviews Pacific Northwest writer Diane Hammond, author of Going to Bend, Homesick Creek, and Hannah's Dream. She talks about her latest book Seeing Stars, a novel about child actors in Hollywood with talent managers, agents, coaches, directors and te... Read more