Between The Covers

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Airs at: Thu, 07/17/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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Every third Thursday from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM

 

 

A weekly show featuring interviews with locally and nationally known authors of both fiction and non-fiction.

Hosted by Avvy Mar

 

 

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Polly Dugan on her new novel "The Sweetheart Deal"

Airs at: Thu, 06/25/2015 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with Portland writer Polly Dugan about her new novel, The Sweetheart Deal,  It's the story of what happens when a woman who thinks she's lost everything has the chance to love again.   Polly Dugan s a reader at Tin House magazine. A former ... Read more

The Never-Open Desert Diner by James Anderson

Airs at: Thu, 06/18/2015 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Ken Jones talks with author James Anderson, a native of the Pacific Northwest, born in Seattle, raised in Portland, and a graduate of Reed College. He founded Breitenbush Books, a small publishing company based in Portland, and ran it from 1976 to 1991. In addition ... Read more

Stacy Wakefield on her novel "The Sunshine Crust Baking Factory"

Airs at: Thu, 06/11/2015 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Lisa Loving speaks with Stacy Wakefield about her novel, "The Sunshine Crust Baking Factory." Sid arrives in New York City in 1995 eager to join the anarchist squatting scene. She's got a tattoo, she listens to the right bands . . . so why would she get a job and r... Read more

Mary Ruefle

Airs at: Thu, 06/04/2015 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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When Portland State University and Tin House brought Mary Ruefle to Portland for a reading and lecture, David Naimon sat down with the beloved and criticallly-acclaimed poet and essayist to talk about her approach to art, the questions she comes back to, and the artists ... Read more

Cole Cohen on her Memoir, "Head Case: My Brain and Other Wonders"

Airs at: Thu, 05/28/2015 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Lisa Loving speaks with Cole Cohen about her new book, "Head Case: My Brain and Other Wonders", a memoir about her struggle to make her way and set up a life after doctors discovered a hole in her brain the size of a lemon. For as long as she can remember, Cole Cohen... Read more

Seveneves by Neal Stephenson

Airs at: Thu, 05/21/2015 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Anathem, Reamde, and Cryptonomicon comes an exciting and thought-provoking science fiction epic—a grand story of annihilation and survival spanning five thousand years. A catastrophic event renders the earth a ticking tim... Read more

Between the Covers on 05/14/15

Airs at: Thu, 05/14/2015 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Sharon Wood Wortman on "The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland & Vancouver"

Airs at: Thu, 05/07/2015 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Kathleen Stephenson speaks with the founder of the Between the Covers program, Sharon Wood Wortman, about The Big & Awesome Bridges of Portland & Vancouver—A Book for Young Readers and Their Teachers. Sharon is a poet-performer, playwright, and author of three editio... Read more

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh Nguyen

Airs at: Thu, 04/30/2015 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
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A gripping spy novel, an astute exploration of extreme politics, and a moving love story, The Sympathizer explores a life between two worlds and examines the legacy of the Vietnam War in literature, film, and the wars we fight today. It is April 1975, and Saigon is in ch... Read more

Induced Coma by Harold Jaffe

Airs at: Thu, 04/23/2015 at 11:00am - 11:30am
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Host Ken Jones talks with Harold Jaffe, author of 22 volumes of fiction, novels, docu-fiction, and essays, most recently Induced Coma: 50 & 100 Word Stories and Anti-Twitter: 150 50-Word Stories. His books have been translated into 15 languages, including German, Japanes... Read more