Fiction

Women Talking

Airs at: Thu, 06/27/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

“One of the first great novels of the year... In a narrative so sharp it could draw blood, Miriam Toews' Women Talking asks an immense, weighty question: How do women who have lived their entire lives in a society that severely limits their agency act when suddenly ne... Read more

Peter Bagge

Airs at: Thu, 05/09/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

Peter Bagge gained fame as the "grunge cartoonist" during the alt-comics boom of the 1990's, launching such titles as Hate, Neat Stuff, Apocalypse Nerd, and Sweatshop. He took over the editor's desk at Robert Crumb's anthology series Weirdo, and later became the resi... Read more

Mother Winter

Airs at: Thu, 06/06/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

The lyrical prose of Sophia Shalmiyev’s memoir, Mother Winter, splits open like layer after layer of an ornate matryoshka. With a mesmeric voice and scathing vulnerability, Shalmiyev peels her past down to its hollow core: the vacancy left by her absent mother. Across... Read more

Temper CA by Paul Skenazy

Airs at: Thu, 04/25/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ken Jones talks with Paul Skenazy, author of the new novel Temper CA, from Miami University Press. Paul’s essays, stories, and book reviews have appeared in a range of newspapers and magazines, and he’s published critical work on noir writers such as Dashiell Hamme... Read more

Portland poet Nastashia Minto, author of "Naked"; and the Portland Queer Documentary Film Festival

Airs at: Tue, 04/23/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm

Produced for: Preference

We'll be talking with Nastashia Minto, author of the new poetry collection, 'Naked': I never truly understood the beauty of another being until I began to find and love myself. Minto is a Georgia-born African American woman living and working in Portland. Reema Zaman ca... Read more

Between the covers

Airs at: Mon, 04/01/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Airs at: Mon, 05/20/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 05/21/2019 at 12:00am

Produced for: Gremlin Time

Readings and Dramatic Presentations of Action & Mystery to Challenge the Intellectual. Humorous Narratives for the Serious Minded. Journeys of Discovery for those who are Lost. Sad Stories that make Deep People Happy. And Tales of Terror & Romance for the Too Comfortable. Read more

Portland Comic Book Month

Airs at: Thu, 04/11/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

A city-wide celebration of comics first took place in Portland in the spring of 2009, when then-City Commissioner Sam Adams declared April "Comic Book Month." For this 10th anniversary tribute, we'll find out about events, new releases, and participatory activities t... Read more

The Taiga Syndrome

Airs at: Thu, 05/16/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

“The contemporary Latin American detective novel is a form that uses the individual’s rollicking quest as a means of resistance against repressive structures and the violences they engender. Cristina Rivera Garza’s The Taiga Syndrome, in this stellar translation by Su... Read more

When God was a Rabbit: Book Review

Airs at: Mon, 04/08/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

When God Was a Rabbit, by Sarah Winman, is a refreshing view of life through the eyes of a ten year old girl , innocently irreverent and certainly wise beyond her (our) years. Read it for joy. Read more