Fiction

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The Reckonings

Airs at: Fri, 04/19/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  From “Speak Truth to Power,” about the condition of not being believed about rape and assault; to “Goliath,” about the ways evil is used as a form of social control; to “The Fallout,” about ecological and generational violence, Lacy M. Johnson creates masterful, elabora... Read more

Pure Hollywood

Airs at: Thu, 04/04/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Pulitzer prize and National Book Award-finalist Christine Schutt talks with David Naimon about her latest story collection Pure Hollywood. “Nobody writes like Schutt . . . and her latest collection is the perfect entry point for readers new to her work . . . In each of t... Read more

The Underground: MYTHS AND LEGENDS

Airs at: Wed, 03/27/2019 at 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Produced for:  The Underground
We study myths and legends, and have an interview with Alex Gino, author of GEORGE and  YOU DON’T KNOW EVERYTHING, JILLY P! Read more

the Horror From The Mound by Robert E. Howard

Airs at: Mon, 03/18/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 03/19/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Considered to be the first "weird western" short story, 'The Horror From The Mound" is about a former cowpuncher, Steve Brill, who regrets having left the cowboy life to become a farmer in West Texas. He is also curious to see if there might be spanish treasure buried in a ... Read more

Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Airs at: Thu, 03/07/2019 at 11:00am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  “Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter’s. It’s as deep a... Read more

The Black Retriever by Charles G. Finney & The Fog Horn by Ray Bradbury

Airs at: Mon, 02/18/2019 at 11:00pm - Tue, 02/19/2019 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight a couple of classic weird tales. First, from the author of "The Circus of Dr Lao", Charles G. Finney, Professor Kitty reads "The Black Retriever". A quite suburb is terrorized by the mysterious appearances of a large black hound, or is it a werewolf? Next,  Ray Brad... Read more

The Jack Maybe Project live in studio

Airs at: Mon, 02/18/2019 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
A big show today, as we welcome The Jack Maybe Project into the big studio to perform. Film critic DK Holm returns with the Sampler crew Just Jess, and Fortunato. Local writer Susie McGregor will be in to read some of her work for us. Plus, our fan gal at large Godiva Lee w... Read more

Sketchtasy

Airs at: Thu, 02/21/2019 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
  Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore's memoir, The End of San Francisco (City Lights 2013), won a Lambda Literary Award in transgender nonfiction, and her most recent anthology, Why Are Faggots So Afraid of Faggots?: Flaming Challenges to Masculinity, Objectification, and the Des... Read more

Book Mole: Girl in the River

Airs at: Mon, 02/11/2019 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
    Text: It is with great pleasure that I talk with you this morning about a splendid novel by a good friend and fellow Old Mole, Patricia Kullberg. I’m not sure how this novel slipped by me in 2015, but it did. While at lunch with another Portland feminist and leftist,... Read more

My Boyfriend Is a Bear

Airs at: Thu, 02/14/2019 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  My Boyfriend Is a Bear is the new graphic novel from the creative team of writer Pamela Ribon (Moana, Ralph Breaks the Internet) and Portland artist Cat Farris (The Last Diplomat, Flaccid Badger).  This sweet and surreal romance between outdoorsy protagonist Nora, who ha... Read more