From Black Panther and A Wrinkle in Time to Janelle Monae and Erykah Badu,
Afrofuturism is gaining popularity. Filmmaker and author Ytasha Womack more
defines Afrofuturism as "the intersection between black culture, technology,
liberation and the imagination, with so...
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Hosted by Denise Morris, this edition of the Old Mole features:
1. Bill Resnick talking with Chicago DSA activist Joanna Misnick about
Democratic Socialists and elections;
2. Frann Michele commenting on a Supreme Court decision undermining access to
reproductive services...
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Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews Elisabeth Cohen’s, The Glitch, a quirky,
insightful novel about high-powered women, the drive for success, and the
future role of artificial intelligence devices.
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The hosts of Black Book Talk welcome author, lawyer and professor Renee Simms
to discuss her new book Meet Behind Mars. Call (503) 231-8187 to join the
conversation and talk about what you've been reading this Summer.
Renee Simms is a novelist and lawyer interested in...
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Host Ken Jones talks with Poe Ballantine, author of the new book Whirlaway:
The Great American Loony Bin, Horseplaying & Record-Collecting Novel,
published by Portland’s Hawthorne Press.
Poe has published seven books and hundreds of stories and essays, many of
which hav...
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What if the notorious outlaws and lovers – Bonnie and Clyde – didn’t
die in a hail of gunfire in Lousiana in 1934? That’s the question our
KBOO News In Depth guests – Clark Hays and Kathleen McFall – ask, and
answer, in their Bonnie and Clyde series of novels. The first ...
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"Women's writing tends to get disapeared when they die..." -Ursula K. Le Guin
Portland's own Ursula K. Le Guin passed away this year at the age of 88. She
was a novelist working mainly in the genres of fantasy and science
fiction but she also authored children's books,...
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We talk books today on Mr. Jones's Neighborhood. And while Mr. Jones
himself is barely literate, the Portland metropolitan area is decidedly not.
We're a city of great readers and writers, and, fortunately for those
readers and writers, great independent publishers. We ...
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We welcome Oregon State University professor Elliot Lavine back to the KBOO
studios to preview his new course at Cinema 21 on classic 1950's science
fiction films and their intersection with Cold War politics.
We're also joined by Portland filmmakers Maria Allred and D...
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Host Ken Jones talks with David Naimon, co-author of the new book Ursula K.
Le Guin: Conversations on Writing, from Portland’s Tin House Books.
David’s book collects his KBOO Between the Covers interviews with Ursula K.
Le Guin, the Portland-based master of science fictio...
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