Fiction

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Once Upon a Time

Airs at: Fri, 09/12/2025 at 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Produced for:  Once Upon a Time
Arella DeAndre Christianson (born April 23, 1991) is an American filmmaker and musician whose work delves into the poetic dimensions of the human soul. Drawing on themes of dreams, memory, and metaphysical transformation, his films construct evocative, introspective nar... Read more

William T. Vollmann on The Lucky Star (re-broadcast)

Airs at: Thu, 09/11/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
One of our greatest American novelists, William T. Vollmann, has a new novel coming out early next year. And it’s a big one in every way. Bill is known for massive works of both fiction and non-fiction, but the new novel, A Table For Fortune, is his longest. I mean like ... Read more

Late Summer Listening

Airs at: Mon, 09/08/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Starting today, a three part presentation of a 2010 BBC Radio 4 adaptation of Ian Fleming's popular 1959 spy novel Goldfinger.  Lt. Commander James Bond, Toby Stephens, is assigned to look into the activities of a wealthy gold dealer, Auric Goldfinger,  Sir Ian McKellan.... Read more

Interview with James Conroyd Martin

Airs at: Thu, 09/18/2025 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Between The Covers
    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... Read more

Previewing the 2025 Portland Writers Picnic

Airs at: Thu, 09/04/2025 at 5:30pm - 5:45pm
Produced for:  Evening News, News In Depth
Portland is blessed with an incredible literary community. Could be for a wealth of reasons -- our independent book stores, the perfect-for-reading weather, the world-class coffee, and annual traditions like the Portland Book Festival. All attractive for those engaged in... Read more

NW-MOCA and Bill Plympton

Airs at: Thu, 08/28/2025 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  San Francisco has one, New York has one, Brussels has one, and now a group of artists and academics is fixing to open a cartoon arts museum in downtown Portland.  We'll talk with Dr Mike Rosen, Board Chair of the Northwest Museum of Cartoon Arts, along with award-winn... Read more

Mo Daviau, author of the new novel Epic and Lovely

Airs at: Thu, 08/28/2025 at 10:30am - 11:30am
Produced for:  Jonesy
On today's episode, we welcome Mo Daviau, author of the new novel Epic and Lovely, from West Virginia University Press. Mo’s debut novel Every Anxious Wave was a finalist for the 2017 Oregon Book Award. She’s also a solo performer, having appeared at storytelling shows s... Read more

Enjoying Summertime

Airs at: Mon, 08/25/2025 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunto returns to help fill your Monday afternoon. Featured today will be another adventure with Orson Welles as Harry Lime. In today's episode Harry gets involved with a bank robbery in Budapest in a story called Too Many Crooks. Also lots of summertime musc will be d... Read more

The Phantom Of The Subway by Cornell Woolrich

Airs at: Tue, 06/13/2017 at 4:00pm - 4:30pm
Katherine Dunn reads a suspence story set in the New York subways by Cornell Woolrich, Originally published in a 1936 issue of Argosy Magazine under the title"You Pays Your Nickel". Later reprinted by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine as "The Phantom Of the Subway" in 1983. ... Read more

Double Feature

Airs at: Mon, 08/18/2025 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/19/2025 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Two stories tonight. First up, Katherine Dunn reads a suspence story set in the New York subways by Cornell Woolrich, Originally published in a 1936 issue of Argosy Magazine under the title"You Pays Your Nickel".Later reprinted by Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine as "The Ph... Read more