On today's show, we celebrate Father's Day, a bit early, by talking fathers
-- and daughters and sons and husbands and wives and our own multiple
identities -- with Beth Kephart, author of the new memoir
Wife/Daughter/Self, from Portland’s own Forest Avenue Press. In the...
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One of my favorite books of 2020, a year devoid of much else in the way of
favorites, was Kent Russell's In the Land of Good Living: A Journey to the
Heart of Florida. We had Kent on the show last August, for the hardcover
release, interviewed by another of Mr. Jones's f...
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As we honor Earth Day 2021, the theme running through today’s KBOO
programming is the impending climate crisis, and its affect on our home
planet. And we’ll be introducing you to people and organizations who are
working to protect our environment, and all its inhabitants...
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On this special edition of Between the Covers, we talk with Blake Bailey,
author of the new book Philip Roth: The Biography, just out from W. W.
Norton.
Blake is a master of literary biography. In addition to the new book on
Philip Roth, one of America’s greatest noveli...
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We're wrapping up KBOO's "Special Programming: Just For You" fundraising
drive today in the neighborhood. Starting in March, the special programming
has included tributes to Black History Month, World Radio Day, and
International Women’s Day, along with bluegrass and met...
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