Fiction

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From Utopia to Dystopia

Airs at: Mon, 08/30/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In this episode of Another World Is Possible, Norm Diamond looks at the relationship between utopian and dystopian literature. Norm discusses that relationship by examining the transition in early industrializing United States from pleasant and supportive work lives for you... Read more

Attachments

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Book Mole Larry Bowlden reviews the 2021 novel by Jeff Arch, entitled Attachments. An old teacher, now a dean of a private school, is put down by a stroke. His last conscious words are a request for two old students: Pic and Goody. An exceptionally insightful look at a very... Read more

The Night Ride of the Overland

Airs at: Mon, 08/16/2021 at 11:00pm - Tue, 08/17/2021 at 12:00am
Produced for:  Gremlin Time
Tonight we look at the classic days of Rail Road Fiction  and present The Night Run of The Overland by Elmore Elliot Peak. A young woman who's grown up around railroads, needs to step into the cabin of a mighty locomotive to replace her sick husband piloting a special run o... Read more

60th Anniversary of The Fantastic Four, with special appearance by Stan Lee!!

Airs at: Mon, 08/09/2021 at 2:00pm - 4:00pm
Produced for:  The Monday Sampler
Fortunato brings the Sampler back to the studio once again for more music and crazy fun! August 2021 marks the 6oth Annivesary of the appearance of the comic book that changed the world of popular fiction. The Fantastic Four #1, created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby appeared o... Read more

The Library Ladies' Show

Airs at: Thu, 08/05/2021 at 11:30am - 12:00pm
Produced for:  Black Book Talk
As summer draws to an end, students of all ages are preparing to return to school.  And, who better to help them but librarians?  So we've invited two of our favorite Library Ladies to share their reading recommendations. Carla Davis, Youth Librarian at the Midland Regional... Read more

Take What You Can Carry

Airs at: Mon, 08/09/2021 at 9:00am - 10:00am
Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
In 1979, an aspiring photojournalist accompanies her Kurdish boyfriend to Iraq and soon finds herself involved in events she is totally unprepared for: arrests and imprisonments, attacks in the night by government forces, and no one to turn to for relief. Book Mole Larry Bo... Read more

Ni:mi:pu: and Radical Resistance:

Produced for:  Old Mole Variety Hour
Mole Julian Ankney interviews Beth Piatote, a Ni:mi:pu: (Nez Perce) Professor of Native American Studies at Berkeley, about literature and fiction as acts of radical resistance, healing and hope for our future. A scholar of Native American/Indigenous literature and law; a c... Read more

Spain Rodriguez - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 07/22/2021 at 11:30am - 12:30pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Spain Rodriguez was one of the most prolific and visionary members of the underground cartoonist movement in the 1960’s and 70’s.  He covered the 1968 Democratic National Convention for the newspaper The East Village Other, he ran with the Road Vultures Motorcycle Club, ... Read more

Mr. Jones's Neighborhood - Suzy Vitello and Cai Emmons

Airs at: Fri, 07/23/2021 at 11:00am - 12:00pm
Just a few weeks ago, we experienced record high temperatures here in the Pacific Northwest, with the thermometer hitting an unprecedented 116 degrees in Portland. That’s very unusual for those of us living in this corner of the country. We’re used to warm, dry summers – a ... Read more

Jessica Abel - from the Archive

Airs at: Thu, 06/24/2021 at 11:15am - 12:45pm
Produced for:  Words and Pictures
  Artist, author, professor and creative coach Jessica Abel visited Portland in 2006 for the second annual Wordstock Literary Festival, where she unveiled her epic graphic novel La Perdida.  Jessica took the time to sit down with Bill Dodge and S.W. Conser to muse about yo... Read more