Between the Covers

  In luminous, vivid, searingly honest prose, the stories in White Dancing Elephants center on the experiences of diverse women of color—cunning, bold, and resolute—facing sexual harassment and racial violence, as well as the violence women inflict upon each other. Combini... Read more

  WHEREAS confronts the coercive language of the United States government in its responses, treaties, and apologies to Native American peoples and tribes, and reflects that language in its officiousness and duplicity back on its perpetrators. Through a virtuosic array of s... Read more

On today’s show, our guest is Edward Lee, author of the book Buttermilk Graffiti: A Chef's Journey to Discover America's New Melting-Pot Cuisine, in conversation with Liz Crain, author of Food Lover’s Guide to Portland. In Buttermilk Graffiti, Edward reports back from two y... Read more

  The Collected Stories of Diane Williams brings together over three hundred new and previously published short fictions—distilled works of “unsettling brilliance” (Vanity Fair) that have rewritten the rules of the American short story.  “Diane Williams has spent her long... Read more

  Bethany Grabow welcomes author Whitney Gardner to the KBOO studio to talk about her new graphic novel FAKE BLOOD. A middle schooler comes head-to-head with his vampire slayer crush in this laugh-out-loud funny graphic novel that’s a perfect coming-of-age story for anyon... Read more

  Grieving and guilt-ridden, Phoebe is increasingly drawn into a religious group—a secretive extremist cult—founded by a charismatic former student, John Leal. He has an enigmatic past that involves North Korea and Phoebe’s Korean American family. Meanwhile, Will struggles... Read more

Host Ken Jones talks with  Stevan Allred, author of the new novel The Alehouse at the End of the World, published by Portland’s Forest Avenue Press. Stevan’s previous book – the 2013 linked short-story collection A Simplified Map of the Real World: The Renata Stories – was... Read more

  Stuart Perrin is an American spiritual master of Kundalini Yoga, and has been teaching meditation across the world for the past 45 years. He draws from his experiences in his newest novel, Light in Jerusalem: A Memoir. Set in 2006, in a time of war in the Middle East, hi... Read more

  Tommy Pico's “Junk is a true American odyssey, complete with a reluctant hero who defies all odds to survive. Repulsed by the trashiness of empire, the violence of occupation, this book nonetheless searches in earnest for real tenderness, a romance that isn’t corny. . . ... Read more

On this special hour-long edition of Between the Covers, we welcome Stephen O’Donnell and Gigi Little, creators and editors of the new book The Untold Gaze, which features selected paintings by Stephen, with short fiction and poetry inspired by those paintings. The texts we... Read more