Shows tagged as: books

Wed, Apr 24 2013

Shawn Vestal Talks About "Godforsaken Idaho"

Shawn Vestal's debut short story collection Godforsaken Idaho is based on his experience growing up Mormon in southern Idaho.

Thu, Apr 11 2013

Culture Club

Our weekly conversation about some of the most talked about stories of the week.

Tue, Apr 9 2013

Monica Drake's The Stud Book

We'll talk with Portland Clown Girl author Monica Drake about her new novel, The Stud Book.

Tue, Apr 2 2013

Peter Rock Blends Fact And Fiction In The Shelter Cycle

Peter Rock's new novel is a fictional imagining of the lives of members of the apocalyptic Church Universal and Triumphant.

Tue, Mar 5 2013

Stephen Greenblatt Details The Swerve To Modernity

Stephen Greenblatt explains how a 2,000 year old poem helped shape the world we live in today.

Tue, Jan 1 2013

Sherman Alexie Talks About Reading, Writing And More

We'll listen back to our conversation with writer Sherman Alexie.

Wed, Oct 24 2012

Sherman Alexie Talks About Blasphemy

We're live from Literary Arts this hour talking to Sherman Alexie about his new collection of stories: Blasphemy.

Fri, Sep 14 2012

Bedtime Stories for Grown-Ups

Authors Chuck Palahniuk and Chelsea Cain are helping their fellow writer, Lidia Yuknavitch, launch her debut novel in an unusual way.

Fri, Sep 14 2012

Dora: A Headcase

We'll talk with Lidia Yuknavitch about her debut novel, Dora: A Headcase.

Tue, Jul 10 2012

Dear Sugar

Cheryl Strayed joins us to talk about her new collection of columns, Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar.

Thu, Jun 7 2012

Culture Club

Our weekly conversation about some of the most talked about stories of the week.

Mon, Apr 23 2012

Oregon Book Awards

The winners of the Oregon Book Awards will be announced Monday night.

Fri, Jan 20 2012

1000 Mitzvahs

We'll speak to first-time author Linda Cohen about what inspired her book 1000 Mitzvahs, and how her life has changed since she began the project.

Mon, Jan 16 2012

Alexis Smith's "Glaciers"

Alexis Smith joins us to talk about her native Alaska, the inner lives of vintage clothes, and her debut novel "Glaciers."

Mon, Dec 26 2011

Wildwood

We begin this week with a rebroadcast of one of our favorite interviews of the year: Colin Meloy (of the Decemberists) and his wife, Carson Ellis, talking about their new book Wildwood with an enthusiastic group of grade-schoolers.

Mon, Dec 12 2011

Scott Poole's Sliding Glass Door

We'll talk with Northwest poet Scott Poole about his new collection of poems, The Sliding Glass Door.

Fri, Dec 9 2011

Weekend Look-Ahead

It's a mid-December weekend, which means you'll probably be looking for presents. Here's some gift ideas for toys and books.

Fri, Nov 25 2011

Wildwood Book Club

Colin Meloy and Carson Ellis take questions from 50 of their biggest fans — ages six to 16 — about their new book Wildwood at The Literary Arts Center.

Wed, Oct 5 2011

Award-Worthy Books

In anticipation of next week's announcement of the National Book Award finalists right here on TOL we want to know from you: what have you read this year that you think is award-worthy.

Fri, Sep 23 2011

Patrick deWitt and "The Sisters Brothers"

Local author Patrick deWitt has been short-listed for Britain's prestigious Man Booker Prize. We'll talk to him about his craft.

Thu, Jun 23 2011

Vanessa Veselka's "Zazen"

Portland author Vanessa Veselka's debut novel Zazen offers a bleak but not quite hopeless look at a dystopian world eerily similar to our own.

Thu, Jun 2 2011

Northwest Passages: Ellen Waterston

Through her life and her writing, Ellen Waterston captures change in Central Oregon.

Thu, May 12 2011

Northwest Passages: Karl Marlantes

Washington writer Karl Marlantes spent 30 years on his Vietnam war novel, Matterhorn.

Fri, Apr 29 2011

Northwest Passages: Graham Salisbury

In this next installment of Northwest Passages we'll speak with Graham Salisbury, a five time winner of an Oregon Book Award.

Thu, Mar 24 2011

Rebroadcast: William Kittredge

A rebroadcast of our conversation with William Kittredge.

Wed, Mar 16 2011

Northwest Passages: Chelsea Cain

Commune child turned murder mystery writer Chelsea Cain on TOL.

Thu, Feb 24 2011

Northwest Passages: Lynn Schooler

Acclaimed Alaskan writer Lynn Schooler talks about what he's lost and gained in the wilderness.

Thu, Jan 27 2011

Northwest Passages: Elyse Fenton

Poet Elyse Fenton is next in our continuing series of conversations with Northwest writers.

Thu, Dec 30 2010

Staff Pick: Brian Doyle

Moments to remember with writer Brian Doyle.

Thu, Dec 23 2010

Northwest Passages: William Kittredge

Emily speaks with iconic Western writer William Kittredge.

Wed, Nov 24 2010

Northwest Passages: Lauren Kessler

Lauren Kessler writes non-fiction because she's way too interested in real people to make them up.

Thu, Sep 30 2010

Northwest Passages: Brian Doyle

First time novelist Brian Doyle sings a song of Oregon in Mink River.

Thu, Sep 9 2010

Northwest Passages: Jean Auel

Jean Auel wrote her bestselling novel The Clan of the Cave Bear thirty years ago. Her series imagining prehistoric human stories continues with a coming sixth book.

Tue, Aug 17 2010

Northwest Passages: Diane Hammond

Oregon author Diane Hammond on her life and novels.

Wed, Jul 21 2010

Live from Enterprise: Fishtrap

Eastern Oregon authors Bette Husted and Pamela Steele on place, class, teaching, and the Fishtrap writers gathering.

Thu, Jul 1 2010

Northwest Passages: Young Oregon Writers

Young Oregon writers to watch.

Tue, Jun 8 2010

Northwest Passages: Paulann Petersen

Oregon's new poet laureate Paulann Petersen writes in sonic riffs.

Wed, Jun 2 2010

To The Woods

What has an Oregon couple learned from seventeen years living in a trailer in the Coast Range with little electricity and no running water?

Thu, May 20 2010

Northwest Passages: Ehud Havazelet

The next in our series of conversations with Northwest writers profiles Ehud Havazelet

Thu, Apr 29 2010

Northwest Passages: Ursula K. Le Guin

Iconic Oregon writer Ursula K. Le Guin reflects on her decades of work and her fight with Google.

Fri, Apr 23 2010

Northwest Passages: Willy Vlautin

Singer, songwriter and novelist Willy Vlautin on the hard-knock life.

Thu, Mar 25 2010

Northwest Passages: Cherie Priest

Cherie Priest talks about her new steampunk novel Boneshaker.

Thu, Mar 4 2010

Northwest Passages: Crystal Williams

Poet Crystal Williams on race and relationships.

Thu, Feb 11 2010

Northwest Passages: Fisher Poets

Commercial fishermen gather annually in Astoria to share their poetry.

Fri, Jan 29 2010

After the Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison never-published epic follow-up to The Invisble Man is finally out.

Thu, Jan 21 2010

Northwest Passages: Cynthia Rylant and Nikki McClure

Papercuts and poetry: The words of prolific children's author Cynthia Rylant and the joyful images of artist Nikki McClure.

Wed, Nov 25 2009

Northwest Passages: Jim Lynch

Author Jim Lynch's new novel Border Songs shows his deep sense of place and of humor.

Thu, Oct 29 2009

Northwest Passages: Jon Raymond

Writer Jon Raymond, fresh from winning the Oregon Book Award for fiction.

Fri, Jul 3 2009

Judge A Book By Its Pixels

What do you hope for the future of books?

Thu, Jul 2 2009

Northwest Passages: Jane Kirkpatrick

Author Jane Kirkpatrick on fictionalizing history, life on her ranch near the John Day River, and her newest book, A Flickering Light.

Thu, Jun 18 2009

Northwest Passages: Phillip Margolin

Phillip Margolin joins us to talk about turning from a criminal defense attorney to a nearly thriller-a-year best-selling novelist.

Thu, Jun 4 2009

Northwest Passages: Peter Rock

Why did the fragmented story of a father and daughter bother novelist Peter Rock?