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“Miranda July's ability to pervert norms while embracing what makes us normal is astounding. Writing in the first person with the frank, odd lilt of an utterly truthful character, she will make you laugh, cringe and recognize yourself in a woman you never planned to be. ... Read more

Today's guest is the Rev. Dr. Marilyn Sewell, an accomplished Unitarian Universalist minister, and a respected writer, leader, activist, and speaker. She'll discuss her new memoir, "Raw Faith: Following the Thread." In "Raw Faith: Following the Thread" Marilyn writes abou... Read more

Bookwaves host Richard Wolinsky speaks with Azar Nafisi, author of "Reading Lolita in Tehran" about her latest book, "The Republic of Imagination: America in Three Books." Blending memoir and polemic with close readings of her favorite American novels—"The Adventures of ... Read more

Cognitive scientist Steven Pinker discusses his latest book, "The Sense of Style," a style manual for the 21st Century, along with his other books, including "The Better Angels of Our Nature." Hosted by Richard Wolinsky.  From the series Bookwaves. An extended 45-minute ... Read more

From personal loss to phantom diseases, The Empathy Exams is a bold and brilliant collection, winner of the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize  and a Publishers Weekly Top Ten Essay Collection of Spring 2014. Beginning with her experience as a medical actor who was paid to... Read more

Host Sarika Mehta speaks with Nayomi Munaweera about her novel Island of a Thousand Mirrors. Munaweera was born in Colombo, Sri Lanka. At the age of three she immigrated with her family to Nigeria. In 1984, a military coup necessitated a third migration and the family se... Read more

Host Lisa Loving speaks with beloved Portland author Molly Gloss about her new book FALLING FROM HORSES. Molly Gloss is the New York Times bestselling author of The Hearts of Horses and The Jump-Off Creek. In FALLING FROM HORSES, Molly introduces the best male narrator ... Read more

Host Ken Jones talks with Cory Doctorow, science fiction author, activist, journalist and blogger -- the co-editor of Boing Boing (boingboing.net) and the author of the recently published YA graphic novel In Real Life and the nonfiction book Information Doesn't Want to B... Read more

Where Flynne and her brother, Burton, live, jobs outside the drug business are rare. Fortunately, Burton has his veteran’s benefits, for neural damage he suffered from implants during his time in the USMC’s elite Haptic Recon force. Then one night Burton has to go out, b... Read more