Fiction

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 26, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Old Mole and presents these pieces: Bill Resnick interviews Phyllis Bennis about U.S. entanglements with Saudi Arabia, Israel, Russia, and the proxy wars in the Middle East. Larry Bowlden reviews Rene Denfeld’s novel, The Child Fi... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for March 19, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Thom Becker hosts this show containing these segments: 1. Bill Resnick talks with Treyven Layshon about gun violence and how to respond to it, 2. Book Mole Larry Bowlden explains the underestimated value of "women's" literature. 3. Tom Becker reads Thor Benson's piece f... Read more

"Women's" Fiction

Airs at: Mon, 03/19/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Distributors like Amazon have a genre called women’s fiction (used to be called romance), and it is obvious they treat this as light reading. According to our Book Mole, Larry Bowlden, so-called women’s fiction (including many romance novels) are often excellent at desc... Read more

Old Mole Variety Hour for March 26, 2018

Airs at: Mon, 03/26/2018 at 9:00am - 10:00am

Produced for: Old Mole Variety Hour

Laurie Mercier hosts this episode of the Old Mole and presents these pieces: Bill Resnick interviews Phyllis Bennis about U.S. entanglements with Saudi Arabia, Israel, Russia, and the proxy wars in the Middle East. Author of eleven books, including the recent Underst... Read more

Exeunt Portlandia

Airs at: Thu, 03/22/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: The Film Show

To commemorate the final season of Portlandia, IFC's love/hate letter to Portland, we welcome three of the show's guiding talents. Emmy-nominated series producer David Cress has been a creative force in Portland for over twenty years and has helped promote Oregon as ... Read more

Creating the Isle of Dogs - Expanded Audio

Airs at: Fri, 03/16/2018 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Words and Pictures

In this extended conversation with Portland animator Paul Harrod, we hear more about his adventures working with filmmaker Wes Anderson, as well as the likes of Lily Tomlin, Eddie Murphy, and Larry Wilmore. During a recent trip to the Burning Man arts festival, Paul an... Read more

Music and Poetry of the Kesh – A Celebration

Airs at: Fri, 03/30/2018 at 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Produced for: Randomonium

The groundbreaking novel by dearly departed genius author Ursula K. Le Guin, Always Coming Home, was released in 1985 with a cassette of Music and Poetry of the Kesh, composed by Todd Barton . That cassette is now being released on vinyl by Freedom To Spend. Hosts Moe Bo... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Philip Kenney

Airs at: Mon, 03/12/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

If you’re a writer, or an artist, or composer. Or really anyone doing something creative, you might have been filled at one time with self doubt. It’s very common for even the most successful artists to feel they’re just not good enough. And this can hamper their creativ... Read more

How to Get into Our House and Where We Keep the Money by Panio Gianopoulos

Airs at: Thu, 03/22/2018 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ken Jones talks with Panio Gianopoulos, author of the story collection How to Get into Our House and Where We Keep the Money. Panio’s stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in Tin House, Northwest Review, Salon, Chicago Quarterly Review, Big Fiction, The Brooklyn ... Read more

KBOO News In Depth: Suzy Vitello

Airs at: Mon, 03/05/2018 at 5:45pm - 6:00pm

Produced for: News In Depth

Suzy Vitello is the coordinator, and one of the founders, of a long-running writing workshop that has its roots in Tom Spanbauer’s Dangerous Writing seminar. Suzy’s workshop colleagues include a who’s who of authors, including Chuck Palahniuk, Cheryl Strayed, Chelsea Cai... Read more