Date: July 16, 2024
This is KUOW’s book club, and we just read through the first half of Kristen Millares Young’s debut novel “Subduction.” I’m your club guide, Katie Campbell. Let’s get into it. […]
Date: July 11, 2024
In his third poetry collection from Red Hen Press, Kim Stafford gathers poems that sing with empathy, humor, witness, and story. Poems in this book have been set to music, […]
Date: July 11, 2024
Filipino American author EP Tuazon has released a short story collection, “A Professional Lola and Other Stories.” CONTRIBUTED LOS ANGELES — Filipino American EP Tuazon has released “A Professional Lola […]
Date: July 9, 2024
KUOW’s book club will read “Subduction” by Kristen Millares Young this month. Young’s debut novel tells the story of a Latina anthropologist who seeks refuge in Neah Bay. But her […]
Date: July 8, 2024
Helen Benedict, a British-American professor at Columbia University, is the author of seven previous novels, six books of nonfiction, and a play. Her newest novel, The Good Deed (Red Hen […]
Date: June 27, 2024
Listen to the new Constant Wonder podcast episode featuring David Mas Masumoto! Masumoto talks about his new memoir, SECRET HARVESTS: A HIDDEN STORY OF SEPARATION AND RESILIENCE ON A FAMILY […]
Date: June 27, 2024
Listen in to this morning radio show, Hobart Breakfast, where David Mason makes an appearance!
Date: June 19, 2024
This spring, Kim Stafford released As the Sky Begins to Change, his third book of poetry from California-based Red Hen Press. The empathetic and witty collection by the educator, writer, and Oregon’s ninth […]
Date: June 10, 2024
Me: I think there’s a lot of trauma he has to process Dr. K: Did something happen?! —“Medical History #2,” The Bearable Slant of Light In the first intake documents from […]
Date: June 6, 2024
Thank you to the Shelf Unbound Editor for the immense support for our titles! Mirage by Nahid Rachlin Sonnets for a Missing Key by Percival Everett Circle of Animals by Sadie Hoagland Memento […]
Date: January 4, 2022
Anchorage Daily News book reviewers Nancy Lord and David James present, in no particular order, the 2021 works — including fiction, nonfiction and graphic novels — that they found most […]
Date: December 8, 2021
The cover photo shows a young girl smiling as she points a toy gun at the camera. At first glance, the book’s title seems to be American Badass. But the correct name […]
Date: December 2, 2021
Date: November 23, 2021
Just as the James West Space Telescope (the J.W.S.T.) is about to supersede the Hubble Telescope (offering the difference between myopia and 20-20 vision, at least when it comes to […]
Date: November 18, 2021
A fantastic novella of literary merit about a small family living in a cave after the climate apocalypse. Told in language that sings from the point of view of Sky, […]
Date: November 15, 2021
“Wilson has created a panoramic saga of cruelty, injustice, loyalty, and devotion. This is a heartbreaking, loving, moving story told by a sister, daughter, mother, woman who demands and deserves […]
Date: November 15, 2021
Sexual abuse of children by clergy is once more in the news. Last month, a new report estimated that some 330,000 French children were abused by Catholic clergy and other […]
Date: November 15, 2021
“Wilson has created a panoramic saga of cruelty, injustice, loyalty, and devotion. This is a heartbreaking, loving, moving story told by a sister, daughter, mother, woman who demands and deserves […]
Date: November 9, 2021
“As an adoptee, one of the toughest things is the idea of shifting identities,” writes Jan Beatty in “American Bastard: A Memoir.”” “No one is who they say they are: […]
Date: November 2, 2021
Being an elder millennial (see: I refuse to use the term ‘geriatric’), I’ve come to accept that I no longer know any of the cool lingo that the kids these […]
