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Between the Covers on 06/10/09

Airs at: Wed, 06/10/2009 at 5:00pm

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Host Ed Goldberg interviews Eugene writer Miriam Gershow, author of "The Local News", a novel about a missing boy and how his disappearance affects his sister, family and friends. CD-1390 Read more

Between the Covers on 6/03/09

Airs at: Wed, 06/03/2009 at 5:00pm

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Host Jay Thiemeyer speaks with Kevin Sampsell, editor of "Portland Noir", a literary anthology featuring stories set in such noirish locations as the Shanghai Tunnels, dog parks, dive bars, sex shops, Powell's Books, Voodoo Doughnuts and many others. Also on hand are three ... Read more

Between the Covers on 05/27/09

Airs at: Wed, 05/27/2009 at 5:00pm

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Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Chris Cleave, author of “Little Bee,” the story of an African girl fleeing the horrors of Nigeria and her relationship with an English family. Chris Cleave is 35. He is a novelist and a columnist for The Guardian newspaper in London. CD-1376 Read more

Between the Covers on 5/20/09

Airs at: Wed, 05/20/2009 at 5:00pm

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Host Ed Goldberg interviews Northwest writer Susan Wingate, author of “Bobby’s Diner”, a story of women against crime and corruption in a tiny town. CD-1382 Read more

Between the Covers on 4/22/09

Airs at: Wed, 04/22/2009 at 10:00am - 10:30am

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Host Ed Goldberg interviews Geraldine Brooks about her latest novel, People of the Book, an imagined history of an ancient Hebrew prayer book. Geraldine Brooks is author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning and internationally bestselling novel March, a retelling of Louisa May Alc... Read more

Between the Covers on 4/08/09

Airs at: Wed, 04/08/2009 at 5:00pm

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Host Ed Goldberg interviews Jayne Anne Phillips, author of Lark and Termite, a novel of a sad death and a magical child in a West Virginia family. Jayne Anne Phillips was born and raised in West Virginia. Her first book of stories, Black Tickets, published in 1979 when she ... Read more

Between the Covers on 3/25/09

Airs at: Wed, 03/25/2009 at 5:00pm

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Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Yiyun Li, author of "A Thousand Years of Good Prayers" and "The Vagrants," her debut novel, which is set in China in the late 1970s. It deals with human frailty and courage. CD-1339 Read more

Between the Cover on 2/23/09

Airs at: Mon, 02/23/2009 at 4:00pm

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Host Ed Goldberg interviews M. Thomas Cooper, author of "42," a novel set in Portland about a man's missing family and his slow descent into madness. CD-1350 Read more

Between the Covers on 2/09/09

Airs at: Mon, 02/09/2009 at 4:00pm

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Host Ed Goldberg interviews Laura Lippman, author of "Another Thing to Fall," a novel of murder on a TV shoot in Baltimore. CD-1500 Read more

Black History Month Musings

Airs at: Mon, 02/02/2009 at 4:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Co-hosts Hosts Emma Ford and Patricia Welch share books and Black History Month local activities . Also discuss the significance of this month to African-Americans. Read more