Arts/Culture

Journalist Carole Simpson's memoir, "Newslady"

Airs at: Thu, 10/06/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Newslady is the memoir of Carole Simpson a trailblazing African American woman journalist. Simpson was the first woman the first African American woman national network television correspondent, the first African American woman to anchor a national network newscast and the ... Read more

Author Carla Peterson, "Black Gotham"

Airs at: Thu, 09/01/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Part detective tale, part social and cultural narrative, Black Gotham is Carla Peterson's riveting account of her quest to reconstruct the lives of her nineteenth-century ancestors. As she shares their stories and those of their friends, neighbors, and business associates, ... Read more

Radiozine on 08/19/11

Airs at: Fri, 08/19/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Radiozine

KBOO's Jeffrey Aldrich interviews the head of Hypno Komix. CD-2146 Read more

Between the Covers on 08/11/11

Airs at: Thu, 08/11/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Jay Thiemeyer speaks with Donald Ray Pollock. If you found the raw depictions of last season's film WINTER BONE transfixing, then listen in as a master of Southern Goth storytelling. Donald Ray Pollock, discusses his latest novel, THE DEVIL ALL THE TIME. Donald Ray Po... Read more

"You Don't Know What Art i$”

Airs at: Tue, 07/26/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Art Focus

Guest host Wendy Webb speaks with LA Street Phantom aka Joey Krebs, a longstanding force in the L.A. street art scene. The Denizen Gallery @Milepost 5 and the Plum Bum Gallery brought Krebs to Portland to perform "You Don't Know What Art i$” for the closing of his visual a... Read more

Mystery writer Cara Black discusses "Murder in Passy"

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host Ed Goldberg speaks with Cara Black, author of "Murder in Passy," the latest in her popular series of detective novels set in Paris and featuring Aimee Leduc. In her books Cara Black features a Paris little known outside the tourist track. In real life she lives in San... Read more

Author Sabur I M, Journey into a Man’s Broken Heart.

Airs at: Thu, 07/07/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Black Book Talk

Black Book Talk starts its "summer reads" series with an interview with novelist Sabur IM. This Gen-Xer discusses his book Journey into a Man’s Broken Heart with co-hosts Emma Jackon Ford and Patricia Welch. Says IM, "I always heard people say, 'It's better to have loved a... Read more

Cary Groner on "Exiles," his novel set in Kathmandu

Airs at: Thu, 06/30/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

Former Portlander Cary Groner talks about his novel Exiles, the story of an American volunteer doctor and his teenage daughter whose lives are irrevocably changed when they move to Kathmandu and find themselves in the midst of civil war. Cary Groner studied Buddhist medita... Read more

Scott Sparling's debut novel "Wire to Wire"-- memorable characters and a relentless pace

Airs at: Thu, 06/30/2011 at 11:00am - 11:30am

Produced for: Between The Covers

Host David Naimon interviews Portland writer Scott Sparling about his debut novel, Wire to Wire, from Tin House Books. A pick of the week by Publisher's Weekly, they call Wire to Wire "well crafted and thrilling, tying together an obvious love for both Michigan and railroa... Read more

Between the Covers on 06/16/11

Airs at: Thu, 06/16/2011 at 11:30am - 12:00pm

Produced for: Between The Covers

In part two of today's Between the Covers host Ed Goldberg speaks with Portland writer Trevor Richardson about his debut novel "American Bastards," a surreal novel of self-discovery and hipster culture. In this novel a number of dead rock stars try to save the world, a ... Read more