Ken Jones

It took three months, but the first episode of Mr. Jones's Neighborhood for 2018 has finally arrived. What took us so long? We're not at liberty to say, other than Bob Mueller can be a stickler for detail. In any case, we think it's worth the wait. Our guests today are tw... Read more

Host Ken Jones talks with Panio Gianopoulos, author of the story collection How to Get into Our House and Where We Keep the Money. Panio’s stories, essays, and poetry have appeared in Tin House, Northwest Review, Salon, Chicago Quarterly Review, Big Fiction, The Brooklyn ... Read more

If you’re a writer, or an artist, or composer. Or really anyone doing something creative, you might have been filled at one time with self doubt. It’s very common for even the most successful artists to feel they’re just not good enough. And this can hamper their creativ... Read more

Suzy Vitello is the coordinator, and one of the founders, of a long-running writing workshop that has its roots in Tom Spanbauer’s Dangerous Writing seminar. Suzy’s workshop colleagues include a who’s who of authors, including Chuck Palahniuk, Cheryl Strayed, Chelsea Cai... Read more

A few weeks ago, we had Dr. Neeraja Havaligi in the KBOO studios to talk about crop diversity. Neeraja is currently teaching a class on that topic at the Portland Underground Grad School (aka PUGS). Crop diversity is an important subject, and one that might be critical to... Read more

Host Ken Jones talks with Paul Cohen, author of the novel The Glamshack, Paul's first book and the first publication from independent press 7.13 Books. The novel was nominated for a Pushcart Press Editor’s Book Award, and was included in the “Most Anticipated Small Press... Read more

The Passion of Joan of Arc is one of the most celebrated silent films ever made. The original version, released in 1928, was thought to be lost after a fire destroyed the master negative. That is, until 1981, when director Carl Dreyer’s original cut was discovered in Osl... Read more