It’s that time of year in Portland. You’re wearing a sweater and rain
shell one day, then stressing over an excessive heat warning the next. It’s
also time for the start of the school year, KBOO’s Fall Membership Drive
(had to get that in), and, what’s now become an annual ...
Read more
On today’s show, we celebrate the life of Sam Mowry, who passed away in
Portland last month. Sam was an actor, both on stage and behind the mic, a
director, and an impresario of radio theater, especially in his role as
Artistic Director of the group he founded, Willamette R...
Read more
Just a few weeks ago on KBOO’s News In Depth, we interviewed filmmaker
Sandra Luckow about her new documentary Vanishing: A Love Story. The film
recounts the last six months in the life of Cai Emmons, Eugene-based author,
screenwriter, and teacher. Cai was diagnosed in earl...
Read more
On today's show, we welcome Suzy Vitello, author of the new novel Bitterroot
from Sibylline Press. Suzy’s published fiction includes the novel
Faultland and the young adult novels The Moment Before and The Empress
Chronicles series. Her award-winning short fiction and nonfi...
Read more
I had the great pleasure of interviewing writer Cai Emmons five times for
KBOO before she ended her life in January 2023 through Oregon’s Death
With Dignity program.
Cai was diagnosed with bulbar onset ALS in early 2021, at the age of 70.
It’s a debilitating disease, which...
Read more
On today's show, we welcome Sidney Morrison, author of Frederick Douglass: A
Novel from Portland’s Hawthorne Books. Sidney’s book is a fictionalized
account of the life of Frederick Douglass, a former slave who became
instrumental in ending slavery in the U.S., and who many...
Read more
Jonesy was busy helping out with KBOO’s live broadcast of the Waterfront
Blues Festival last week, so we didn’t have time to produce a brand new
episode for today’s show. But we’ll be bringing you the next best thing
– a re-broadcast of our conversation for last year’s Blue...
Read more
On today's episode, we welcome David Ciminello, author of the new novel The
Queen of Steeplechase Park, from Portland’s Forest Avenue Press. David’s
a Lambda Literary Fellow and recipient of a Table 4 Writers Foundation Grant.
His short fiction has appeared in the Lambda Aw...
Read more
On today's episode, we welcome Kimberly King Parsons, author of the new novel
We Were the Universe, from Knopf. Her story collection, Black Light, which
came out in 2019, was longlisted for the National Book Award and the Story
Prize. Kim’s a recipient of fellowships from Y...
Read more
Portland Youth Philharmonic, America’s longest running youth orchestra,
closes its historic 100th season this Friday, May 31st at Portland’s Arlene
Schnitzer Concert Hall. The program, titled “A Century of Unforgettable
Music”, includes George Gershwin’s “Rhapsody In Blue”,...
Read more
