I had the great pleasure of interviewing Eugene-based writer Cai Emmons five
times for KBOO, before she ended her life, through Oregon’s Death With
Dignity program, in January 2023. Cai was diagnosed with bulbar onset ALS in
early 2021, at the age of 70. It’s a debilitat...
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In this 75% longer conversation with graphic novelist Derf Backderf, we
dive deeper into Derf's origins as a student journalist; his immersion in
Ohio's underground music scene, which inspired the book Punk Rock and
Trailer Parks; and his popular alternative comic The...
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On Tuesday, January 13, 2026, at 11.30 a.m., Joseph Gallivan interviews
curator Carolyn Supinka about the show Designing Nature, which is on now at
Portland Japanese Garden through February 23, 2026. The show explains the six
distinct styles of Japanese gardens that deve...
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Tune in after the MLK Special for an all music program hosted by Fortunato.
Featured artists include Marvin Gaye, George Benson, Carmen McCrae, Monty
Alexander, Esperanza Spalding, Issac Hayes, Lee Morgan, Jimmy Cliff, Mel
Brown, and more.
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Settle in as host Fortunato presents 2 hours of music for grownups.
Featuring, among others, a great line up of guitarists including Grant
Green, John Scofield, Santana, Martin Sewell, Hank Marvin, David Grissome
and Kurt Rosenwinkle. Among the featured vocalists will b...
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With the deployment of National Guard troops once again in the news, we
revisit our August 2021 conversation with graphic novelist Derf Backderf.
Derf's graphic novel Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio won the
2021 Eisner Award for Best Reality-Based Work. Inspired by the ...
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2025 marked the 30th anniversary of the bombing of the federal building in
Oklahoma City by white supremacists that killed 168 people. The novel Low
April Sun by Constance E. Squires, reviewed by writer and photographer Matt
Witt, is set against that atrocity and show...
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