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Between the Covers

Writers! Do you want to know if your characters are dying or suffering the right way? Would a blow to the head with a blunt object take someone out, or just give them a headache? Can someone bounce back from a coma to make it to their wedding on time? Tune in to KBOO....

10-16
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Interview with James Conroyd Martin

Tune in Thursday, September 18th, 11:00 am to 12:00 pm,  for an interview with award-winning author James Conroyd Martin. Jim is the author of The Poland Trilogy, a multigenerational family saga set in 19th-century Poland, as well as Fortune's Child and Too Soon th...

09-18
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Interview w/Josh Odam from Healing While Black

Ancestral game as literature.  Black historical periodicals as time machines. Black Philly as a catalyst.  Got a great episode for you this week with our very special guest, Josh Odam from Healing While Black!   Josh Odam (he, him) is the Founder & Curator of Healing Whi...

07-31
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Interview with Ebony Tomatoes Collective

Welcome to the July '25 episode of Between the Covers featuring Ebony Tomatoes Collective, a literary and arts magazine for personal and political liberation. In this episode, golden lioheart's chopping it up with ETC founder and freelance writer Ava Pauline Emilione abo...

07-17
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TJ Klune, author of The Bones Beneath My Skin

TJ Klune, New York Times and USA Today best-selling, Lambda Literary Award winning author, returns to Between the Covers to talk about his most recent novel The Bones Beneath My Skin from Tor Publishing.

11-21
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Willy Vlautin, author of the new novel The Horse (rebroadcast)

This episode of Between the Covers is a rebroadcast of our interview with Willy Vlautin for his new novel The Horse. A mournful look back to one casino musician's heartbreaks and near successes as he and his guitar spend the cold winter alone in a mining camp until the u...

10-17
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TJ Klune, author of Somewhere Beyond the Sea

TJ Klune, author of The House In the Cerulean Sea, is back with his new sequel, Somewhere Beyond the Sea. Join us for a wide-ranging talk about publishing, queer lit, and the things we fight for.

08-15
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Willy Vlautin, author of the new novel The Horse

Between the Covers welcomes back Portland's own Willy Vlautin to talk about his new novel The Horse. A mournful look back to one casino musician's heartbreaks and near successes as he and his guitar spend the cold winter alone in a mining camp until the unexpected comes....

07-18
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Shaley Howard, author of Excuse Me, Sir! Memoir of A Butch

Portlander Shaley Howard joins us on Between the Covers to talk about her new memoir Excuse Me, Sir! Memoir of A Butch. Shaley illustrates firsthand how growing up in a homophobic world led to a life lived in a closet of fear and shame. She endured the consequences of li...

01-18
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Caroline Leavitt, author of Days of Wonder

Novelist Caroline Leavitt returns to Between the Covers with her latest novel, Days of Wonder, coming out in April of 2024. A twisty family saga about young love desperate to survive, the lengths parents go to protect their children, and, ultimately, what does it mean to...

12-21
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