Tonight on Circle A Radio we have a summer reading program, with people who run bookstores, and bookgroups, printers, and of course, readers sharing what they’re reading.

We'll talk with Jordi and Shanti from Northstar Infoshop, Maile Speakman of the Portland Feminist Reading Group, author Yusef Shakur whose most recent book is entitled The Window to My Soul: My Transformation from a Zone 8 Thug to a Father and a Freedom Fighter, Charles from Eberhardt Press, and people from AK Press and Blackrose Infoshop.

Dave Mazza talks with Justice Betty Roberts, the first woman to serve on Oregon's supreme court, about the Kagan nominations hearings and about her newly released memoir "With Grit and By Grace."

About the program…

 Theresa Mitchell with the news "you're not supposed to know" interviews poet Walt Curtis about Portland's declaration of Walt Curtis Week and events to support the poet.  Theresa also takes a look at npr portrayals the Afghanistan invasion, and the  possibility and consequences of an Israeli attack on Iran. See more at Theresa's blog:  http://kboo.fm/node/22376

AMERICA SPEAKS

Guest:  Janet Bower, Policy Analyst for Oregon Center for Public Policy

About the program…

Join co-hosts Jo Ann Bowman and Dave Mazza every Thursday morning as they bring you informative guests and lively discussions about the issues that are important to you and your community. Every week, Voices from the Edge provides KBOO listeners a place to engage in meaningful talk about racial disparity, government accountability, environmental justice, local and national politics, and other crucial issues of the day. Jo Ann and Dave bring you guests you won’t hear on other talk radio programs and conversation about making Oregon and the nation a better place.

 About the hosts…

On this program, you’ll hear from:

John Langly from the Red and Black Cooperative Café in Portland
http://redandblackcafe.com/

George Chiccariello-Maher, from Oakland and Erinn Carter, from Los Angeles. They are active in the struggle for justice for Oscar Grant.
http://www.counterpunch.org/maher02032009.html
http://bringtheruckus.org/?q=node/104
http://www.deepoakland.org/project?id=130

Sara Libby from Rose City Copwatch and the Fire Frashour Campaign.