On today’s show, we discuss the life and work of the late Grace Paley, one
of the true masters of the short story form, and a great poet, essayist, and
activist, as well. There’s no one better to talk Grace with than our guest
Judith Arcana, author of the book Grace Pale...
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Welcome to the special Thanksgiving edition of The Holy Crowley Hour, the
only radio show offering a vegan menu for the occasion. No actual entrees,
just the menu itself, which is entirely plant-based.
Our guests tonight are Kaitlin Statz and Travis Vengroff of Fool and S...
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How do you "Make Love Better"? Perhaps it's a question you've considered.
Couples therapist and author Jan Dworkin PhD tackles such a question in her
new book of the same name. Divided into three sections, Dworkin considers the
relationship with the self, the relation...
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Host Ken Jones talks with Melissa Matthewson, author of the new book Tracing
the Desire Line: A Memoir in Essays from Split Lip Press.
Melissa is the author of a collaborative chapbook, (un)learning, with Andrea
Beltran from Artifact Press. And her essays have appeared in...
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Portland’s changed a lot since 1924, but there’s been at least one
constant, besides those rusty downtown drinking fountains – our own
homegrown orchestra, the Portland Youth Philharmonic. PYP will be opening
their 96th season this Saturday, November 9th, at the Arlene ...
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Host Ken Jones talks with Leland Cheuk, author of the new novel No Good Very
Bad Asian, from C&R Press.
No Good Very Bad Asian is Leland’s third work of fiction, following his
novel The Misadventures of Sulliver Pong, and a collection of short stories,
Letters from Din...
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On Last Monday’s News In Depth, we previewed the Portland Book Festival,
which is coming up this year on Saturday, November 9th. And the week before
that, we focused on the 10th anniversary of the Portland Fermentation
Festival, another annual event that’s unique to our ...
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Welcome to the special Halloween edition of The Holy Crowley Hour, the only
radio show that gives out full-sized candy bars at the door.
Our guests tonight are the audio theater team of Joe Medina and Jamie Lawson,
collectively known as Ollin Productions. Joe and Jamie a...
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