Fiction

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Preserving Langston's legacy/author Renee Watson

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
     Portland-raised author and educator Renée Watson, now based in Harlem, is part of a collective working  to preserve and celebrate the legacy of Langston Hughes by leasing the Harlem brownstone where he lived and created during the last twenty years of his life. The I,T... Read more

The 8th Annual NW Book Festival

Airs at: Fri, 07/29/2016 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Radiozine
Host Ken Jones talks with Oregon-based author and indie publisher, Dan Armstrong. Dan will be appearing at the 8th Annual NW Book Festival, this Saturday in Portland’s Pioneer Courthouse Square. Dan gives us a preview of the festival, and talks about the nuts and bolts of ... Read more

Interview with Jo Baker for July 28th

Airs at: Thu, 07/28/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Author of historical-fiction novel A County Road, A Tree, Jo Baker answers questions about its protagonist's, Sam Beckett's, life. Read more

The Red Storm by Grant Bywaters

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
Host Ken Jones talks with Grant Bywaters about his debut mystery novel The Red Storm. The Red Storm won the Minotaur Books/PWA Best First Private Eye Novel Competition, and tells the story of a black heavyweight boxer turned private investigator in 1930’s New Orleans. The ... Read more

Ubu July 4th Show

Airs at: Mon, 07/04/2016 at 11:00pm - Tue, 07/05/2016 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Ubu Hour
Tonight on the Ubu Hour we celebrate AMERICA! with a special patriotic 4th of July special. And, for our feature radio drama, we'll air TRIANGLES. On a hot day in early summer, three couples set sail on a 55-foot sailing yacht.  Their idyllic cruise will soon turn into a n... Read more

How to Set a Fire and Why by Jesse Ball

Airs at: Thu, 08/18/2016 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  How to Set a Fire and Why, Jesse Ball’s singular, blistering new novel, tells the story of a teenage girl who has lost everything—and will burn anything.  Lucia’s father is dead, her mother is in a mental hospital, and she’s living in a garage-turned-bedroom with her aun... Read more

John Corey Whaley on "Highly Illogical Behavior"

Airs at: Thu, 08/04/2016 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Host Bethany Grabow talks with John Corey Whaley, author of the new book Highly Illogical Behavior. The novel, peppered with Star Trek: The Next Generation references, tells tale of Solomon, a teen with a severe anxiety disorder who hasn’t left the house in over three ye... Read more

The IMPROVISATION SUMMIT of PORTLAND featured artists THOLLEM McDONAS, VINNY GOLIA, AVA MENDOZA, MIKE GAMBLE & others invade The Outside World THIS FRIDAY NIGHT

Airs at: Sat, 06/04/2016 at 12:00am - 3:00am
Produced for:  The Outside World
  Tune into THE OUTSIDE WOILD this Friday night from midnight til 3:00 am as guest hosts Alex Callenberger and Mike Gamble feature the CREATIVE MUSIC GUILD's annual June orgy of freedom and creativity : IMPROVISATION SUMMIT OF PORTLAND: JUNE 2-4, 2016   The Improvisation... Read more

The Old Mole Variety Hour for May 23, 2016

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
  Joe Clement hosts this episode and we hear these segments: • Bill Resnick talks with Tarah Demant of Amnesty International about the surprising numbers on support for refugees in the United States. • Frann Michel discusses the history of Vanport, the need for public hou... Read more

Finance Smurf

Airs at: Mon, 05/23/2016 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Joe Clement reviews Finance Smurf, the last of the original Smurf comics written by Pierre Gulliford (aka "Peyo"). Finance Smurf, written in 1992, is a sharp indictment of money, and shows the smurfs' world turned upside down when one of the smurfs institutes a human-like e... Read more