Booked

From fiction to history to kid lit — this is where you’ll find The Show’s author interviews, recommendations and all things reading-related.

A row of books written by Stephen King

Stephen King is seen as just a horror author. But this ASU professor argues he's much more

Irish teaches courses on popular fiction and literary horror, and she told The Show’s Sam Dingman that there’s more to Stephen King’s legacy than monsters and gore.
Portrait of woman and yellow book cover

Wealthy Single Mommy creator has an answer for kids during a divorce: 'The 50/50 Solution'

Rainn Wilson Soul Boom book

Actor Rainn Wilson explains 'Why We Need a Spiritual Revolution' in his new book

Word S11.4 – Poetry with Craig Santos Perez and evangelical politics with NPR’s Sarah McCammon

Old Fashioned Circus strongman

How fitness in U.S. went from a circus act to obsession

ASU professor believes STEM education in prisons can change the world

Rene Denfeld, author of “Sleeping Giants”

Rene Denfeld's novel, 'Sleeping Giants,' hits close to home for her

Roger McMullan

'Cicadapocalypse'? Author says he wants people to fall in love with these 'derpy little bugs'

Alex Soto, director of the Labriola National American Indian Data Center, emcees the grand opening of a new space at Hayden Hall on the Tempe campus.

ASU's Labriola National Data Center gets new space

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Word S11.3 – It’s National Poetry Month; KJZZ reporter has a prize-winning debut crime novel

Portrait of bald man next to book cover

Living in Tucson inspired book about how protecting ourselves from climate change often backfires

Rows of kids books

Glendale Public Library eliminates late fees

Woman with light hair speaks into microphone

Phoenix author has multiple books coming out this year

books on a large white bookshelf

As libraries struggle with e-book and audiobook costs, how do AZ's libraries fare?

portrait of woman and cover of book

Reporter Christina Estes debuts her first mystery novel

A closeup of a bookshelf inside the Phoenix Public Library's new bookmobile.

Maricopa County Library District connects 14 public library systems in new program

Zack Pepe

This Mesa swing actor can fill in for anyone at the drop of a hat

Portrait of woman and book cover

New book from NPR Science correspondent Nell Greenfieldboyce takes a personal turn

Mari Herreras

Arizona author Mari Herreras on writing in the Southwest

The 2nd annual Tombstone Festival of Western Books rides into its namesake town Friday

Book cover and portrait of man

Journalist makes the case for open borders — and it doesn't mean no borders

Matt Shindell

A space historian explores the human fascination with Mars

A veteran from the Marine Corps League Tucson Detachment 007 holds onto a portrait of Ira Hayes while riding a float during a parade on the Gila River Indian Reservation.

Ira Hayes helped raise Iwo Jima flag. Here's how his tribe celebrates the complicated hero

Portrait of woman and book cover

Word podcast: Science with NPR’s Nell Greenfieldboyce

KJZZ logo generic card

North Valley Regional Library expands to property in Anthem

Florence Hazrat

Author defends the much maligned exclamation point

people sitting in room listening to author

Tucson will host 130,000 at volunteer-run book festival

Alice Robb

Toll of ballet is high enough on kids even without competitions, says author and former dancer

Book cover and portrait of woman

It's Black History Month, and NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks about HBCUs

Book cover and portrait of woman

Word podcast: Haikus, HBCUs and poetry event

Maria Ingrande Mora headshot next to cover of her book, The Immeasurable Depth of You

Lit Squad: How teen's journey of self acceptance can help others with anxiety

Three volunteers wearing orange shirts working at a booth

Tucson Festival of Books seeks 2,400 volunteers

KJZZ wants your poem for National Haiku Writing Month

Randall Woodfin

Mayors lead charge against global issues like climate change, housing

A view of the bookmobile from the side.

See inside Phoenix Public Library's new bookmobile

Check out Phoenix Public Library's new bookmobile

VNSA Used Book Sale

This huge Phoenix used book sale is celebrating 67 years

Headshot of author Safiya Sinclair next to the cover of her book, How to Say Babylon

An ASU professor's new memoir on growing up Rastafari — and why she left it behind

books on a large white bookshelf

New books and trends: What's exciting for 2024

Word S10.8 – 2023 highlights and 'Tiny Library' winners

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Bit parts and scene stealers: Author shares legacy of Chicano, Chicana actors

Smiling woman in tan shirt and book cover

While some miss the mark, movies and TV showing the diverse West are having a renaissance

Word S10.7 – Empathy and history

Gaines Quammen and her book

Author argues the historical myths of the West are destructive, even today

“Our Secret Society: Mollie Moon and the Glamour, Money, and Power Behind the Civil Rights Movement” by Tanisha Ford

Book sheds new light on Mollie Moon, socialite and economic strategist for the Civil Rights Movement

books on a shelf

AZ Humanities grants $140K to support K-12 literacy projects across state

Ander Monson, author of "Predator: A Memoir, A Movie, An Obsession."

UA prof loves 'Predator' so much he wrote a book about it

Festival of Tales at PVCC promotes literacy for kids

books on a table

Win a 'Tiny Library' of books from KJZZ's Word podcast Season 10

Lidia Bastianich and book "Lidia's From Our Family Table to Yours"

Celebrity chef Lidia Bastianich says the best family recipes are simple

Word S10.6 – Riyon Harding, Craig Santos Perez, Andrew Limbong

Headshot of woman in blue shirt

Smitten Kitchen creator says simple is best when cooking for holiday gatherings

Celia Pérez, author of "Tumble"

Lit Squad: A young girl dives into her family's past in novel

Word S10.5 – Harper St. Clair, Diné poetry

Steve Inskeep

Steve Inskeep's new book takes a nuanced look at Abraham Lincoln

stack of books

Indian Health Service awards $200K grant to buy Native children's books for Arizona clinics

Dine’ poet Kinsale Drake to moderate free Indigenous author panel

Arizona State University MFA creative writing student Amber Blaeser-Wardzala holds a copy of "Never Whistle at Night" behind Ross-Blakley Hall in Tempe.

An ASU student's frightening story is featured in new Indigenous dark fiction anthology

Author photo of Ramona Emerson next to “Shutter” book cover

Former forensic photographer confronts Navajo taboos about death in debut novel

Portrait of Steve Inskeep and book cover for "Differ We Must"

Word S10.4 — Magic, Marvel and Lincoln with Roland Lazenby, Gavin Edwards and NPR's Steve Inskeep

Headshot of Azam Ahmed and book cover for "Fear is Just a Word."

Mexican mother on quest for vengeance against cartel in 'Fear is Just a Word'

William L. Bird author of "In the Arms of Saguaros: Iconography of the Giant Cactus."

Saguaro Land: Saguaros as a symbol of the American West

Headshot of Rachel Maddow alongside cover her book "Prequel"

'Prequel' from Rachel Maddow looks at how WWII could have played out differently

Yael Goldstein-Love, author of “The Possibilities”

A near-death experience inspired this author's new sci-fi book

Manuel Muñoz and Amber Wutich

AZ professors awarded MacArthur 'genius grant'

Adiba Nelson

Why Tucson writer Adiba Nelson is not letting herself go gray

Breanne Fahs, author of "Unshaved: Resistance and Revolution in Women’s Body Hair Politics"

Why is the conversation around women shaving so hairy?

‘CantoMundo’ comes to ASU's Virginia G. Piper Center for Writing

Word S10.3 – Carew Papritz on banning books, plus murder with J.A. Jance, Chuck Palahniuk

Mitch Jackson

Book explains how NBA became fashion powerhouse

Portrait of Joy Harjo

Poet laureate Joy Harjo has advice for aspiring writers

Sonja Lanehart

Linguists are working on a dictionary of African American English

“Lou Reed: The King of New York,” “American Gun: The True Story of the AR-15” and “Our Strangers: Stories”

Read these fall 2023 books before election year takes over

Lily Gladstone in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” Rachel Zelger in “The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes” and Brie Larson in “Lessons in Chemistry”

Great adaptations of books are taking over Hollywood

Theresa MacPhail Allergic book

We're allergic to more things than ever. A medical anthropologist explains why

Oliver Burkeman, author of "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals."

We only have 4,000 weeks to live. This author explores how to spend them

books on a large white bookshelf

Are classroom discussion laws causing self-censorship?

Heart book page

A look into the fraught world of Native American-themed romance novels

Book titles challenged map

2022 set a record for attempts to censor books in libraries

books on a large white bookshelf

Some people find it hard to get rid of books. This writer explains why

Gary Paul Nabhan, author of “Agave Spirits: The Past, Present, and Future of Mezcals”

New book tells the long history of agave spirits

The covers of the "Tribal Force" comic books

First comic book featuring all-Native superheroes is getting new life

books on a shelf

How ChatGPT helped an Iowa school district ban book

Word podcast card showing host and three guests

Word S10.2 – ‘Tempe’s Got Talent’ with Austin Davis

Two-page spread showing recipe for Buddy the elf's spaghetti from "Elf"

'Scrounging' cookbook celebrates late-night, last-ditch recipes from movies

“Quick Fixes: Drugs in America from Prohibition to the 21st Century Binge” by Benjamin Y. Fong

Drug use in the U.S. is higher than anywhere else. This author asks why

This photo shows a mockup of what the 'Tails of Phoenix' photobook might look like sitting on a table, next to a record player and a drink.

'Tails of Phoenix' photobook to raise shelter funds

Quran leaf with gold flowers and red and black text

Collections: See 3 Quran leaves dating as far back as 1106 at Phoenix library

raul castro

Word S10.1 – Anecdotes: Baseball, biography and Bob Dylan

Little boy reading a book in green armchair

Only 14% of students say they read for fun. Here's what they're missing

Rochelle Garcia Seed to Plate, Soil to Sky

A new cookbook on Southwest plant-based cuisine brought one Diné chef to tears

Portrait of Mónica Mancillas along with the cover of "How to Speak in Spanglish"

Lit Squad: Mónica Mancillas' 'How to Speak in Spanglish' embraces in-between space of her culture

textbooks in a stack

Publishers sued pandemic digital archive — and won

Phoenix Library offers Rare Book Room Tour at Burton Barr

Books and movies on sale for cheap at Glendale Public Library

raul castro

Arizona's only Latino governor is the subject of YA book

Snow on mountain

How polar explorers, competing newspapers made modern media

books on a shelf

Arizona libraries in all 15 counties will share $530K

Martinus Evans holds his book

'Slow AF Run Club' author: Find joy in being active

Amy Brady ICE book

How ice contributed to the expansion of Phoenix

Birds of a Feather art installation at the Tempe Public Library.

Tempe Public Library has a new feather-filled art installation for 2023

Sarah Viren, author of "To Name the Bigger Life."

Title IX investigation into a professor’s family made her question the truth

Angie Thomas, Nic Blake and the Remarkables: The Manifestor Prophecy

Author of 'The Hate U Give' explores fantasy fiction

Laura Tilman, author of "The Migrant Chef: The Life and Times of Lalo García."

How Lalo García went from migrant worker to one of Mexico’s top chefs

Teresa Strasser

The life lessons Teresa Strasser has learned from Little League games

Carbon Sovereignty Andrew Curley

New book takes an in-depth look at coal on the Navajo Nation

Elaine Schattner, author of "From Whispers to Shouts: The Ways We Talk About Cancer."

This oncologist doesn't see cancer as 'battle' you can win

Word S9.8 —Travels and travails take us into summer

Matt Bell

Thousands of years of fiction can help us understand the AI future

Students reading together.

This nonprofit is working to make sure kids are reading at grade level

Kelly McWilliams, Your Plantation Prom Is Not Okay

Novel takes on the issue of using plantations as venues

books on a shelf

Escape the heat with these summer 2023 book picks

Michelle Hoffman The Second Ending

Former Valley journalist takes on piano bars, reality TV in debut novel

Drowning book by T.J. Newman

Former flight attendant and AZ native goes even bigger for her 2nd aviation thriller

"My Last Innocent Year" book cover and headshot of Daisy Alpert Florin.

Novelist explores the often ignored nuance of the #MeToo movement

Kathleen and Gideon Muldoon in the studio with nurse Jen.

CMV, a common and usually harmless virus, changed the course of this mother's life

Gladys McGarey The Well-Lived Life book

This 102-year-old doctor didn't expect to live so long

Melissa L. Sevigny and her book, Brave the Wild River

The story of 2 botanists who explored the Colorado River in the '30s

Virginia Sole-Smith Fat Talk

'Fat Talk' aims to change how parents address weight, health and self-worth

Márquez Price

Why this Tucson author only made 100 copies of his new book

The Miller’s Daughter Emma Zimmerman

Co-founder of the revived Hayden Flour Mills gets a James Beard nomination

Word S9.7 – My cousin wasn't a murderer

Jeff Biggers

Why this region in Italy has the same tourism-related issues as AZ

A bookshelf at Mesa Public Library displays and holds childrens' books.

Mesa Public Library welcomes writer in residence

A tool or cheating? Authors, artists weigh in on artificial intelligence

Timothy Egan head shot and cover of his new book, "A Fever in the Heartland."

How the KKK rose to power in the heartland in the 1920s

Kristin Bauer poses with her new book, "THIS IS LIKE THAT."

This Arizona artist wants you to step inside her work in her new book

Lynn Downey, author of American Dude Ranch: A Touch of the Cowboy and the Thrill of the West

Author traces the long and storied history of the dude ranch

Word S9.6 – Lizzo, language and love usher in May

Phoenix Burton Barr Library room highlights history, culture, people

Alexandra Robbins The Teachers book

A journalist spoke with hundreds of teachers about growing hostility from parents

palabras bookstore

NDN Girls Book Club aims to help young Native American writers thrive

"Border Witness: Reimagining the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands through Film" by Michael Dear

This writer watched 250 movies about the border

Word S9.5 – National Poetry Month ‘Goes. So. Fast.’

Sara Petersen Momfluenced book

Most 'momfluencers' don't make much money, but they put a lot of pressure on new parents

Havasu Falls overlook at the Grand Canyon

Roger Naylor explores waterfalls in 'Awesome Arizona'

stack of books

1,000 Books Before Kindergarten is Maricopa County libraries' latest pre-K brain booster

"A Snake Falls to Earth," by Darcie Little Badger

Lit Squad: A coming-of-age story that combines tradition and technology

Biruni Hariadi

Word S9.4 – Country music and poetry

Chris Smith taught history at ASU. Now he’s a part of Mill Ave history

Tom Zoellner

Tom Zoellner walked across AZ. His new book is a love letter to the state

"California Burning: The Fall of Pacific Gas & Electric — and What it Means for America’s Power Grid" by Katherine Blunt.

What California utility's challenges mean for U.S. energy grid

Gregory Berns The Self Delusion book

How books can affect the way we think about the world — and ourselves

World of Our Mothers by Yvonne de la Torre Montiel

Book captures oral histories of women who immigrated from Mexico to AZ

a bookshelf with books for young children

Librarian says we should be discussing mean language in Roald Dahl's books, not censoring it

books on display

Linda Ronstadt, Bernie Sanders at Tucson book festival

Deng Atem, author of Jumping Over the Ram

One of the first Lost Boys of Sudan to settle in Phoenix has written a memoir

Keith Gessen, author of Raising Raffi: The First Five Years

Author Keith Gessen tried to write a more honest parenting book

Word S9.3 — Shakespeare, hiking, poetry on vinyl and a haiku share some thematic space

Portrait of William Shakespeare

How Shakespeare used disgust for dramatic effect

Mesa has a plan to get more library cards to students

Torie Bosch with You Are Not Expected To Understand This book cover

New book explains the messy, human side of computer code

A Taiko Drum concert at the 36th Annual Matsuri Festival in Phoenix.

Word S9.2 – From prison to park, a festival of haiku

Patrick Bixby

ASU professor explores the history of the passport

Word S9.1 — Sci-fi, Black history and haiku

gayle shanks

These new books are helping readers make sense of 2023

Shoppers at Old Town Books in Tempe

Old Town Books used bookstore on Mill Avenue in Tempe closes for good

Rafael Agustin

This TV writer found out he was undocumented at 16

Lizzie Post, Emily Post’s Etiquette, The Centennial Edition

100 years later, Emily Post's etiquette rules get a rewrite

Maira Kalman

'Women Holding Things' centers around women, their role and their weight

open book

Poets will gather for AZ State Poetry Society conference

End of the World House, Eleutheria and The School for Good Mothers book covers

Friends, parents and climate change sci-fi: These are some of 2022's best books

Word S8.8 — 'Fest-of-Us'

Word S8.7 — 'Who Do We Owe?'

Guy Leschziner The Man Who Tasted Words

Neurologist explores how senses shape — or warp — reality

Lawrence Downes and Linda Ronstadt

'Feels Like Home' celebrates Linda Ronstadt‘s Mexican-American heritage, family recipes

Word S8.6 – What does the NEA Big Read program, NaNoWriMo and Linda Ronstadt have in common?

Laurie Notaro Excuse Me While I Disappear

Laurie Notaro embraces midlife mayhem in new book

Border wall water bottle

The U.S.-Mexico borderlands are seeing increased numbers of women seeking abortions

Luis Reyes Viva Hollywood

There wasn't a decent history of Latinos in the movie industry. So Luis Reyes wrote it himself

Katherine Corcoran In the Mouth of the Wolf book

Journalist explores the 2012 killing of Mexican journalist Regina Martínez

Word S8.5 — What do an Old West mystery, a transgender firefighter and NaNoWriMo have in common?

devoney looser is author of 'sister novelists'

These sisters paved the way for Jane Austen and the Brontë sisters

books on a shelf

A new law has banned certain books from AZ classrooms

Deborah Appleman

Professor says schools should teach difficult texts, even amid culture wars

Jessica Early Next Generation Genres

This English professor wants writing teachers to go beyond the 5-paragraph essay

valena beety is author of 'manifesting justice'

ASU law professor shines light on lesbian couple's wrongful convictions

book cover for 'the independent voter'

Why Arizona's independent voters are so hard to predict

peter sokolowksi

From sus to yeet: How words make it into the dictionary

Kate Summerscale

Learn what triggers fears and why in 'The Book of Phobias and Manias'

Lydia Millet Dinosaurs novel

Why this Tucson novelist plopped her latest protagonist in Phoenix

felicia ruiz is author of 'earth medicines'

'Earth Medicines' explores Indigenous wellness methods

jody keisner is author of 'under my bed'

Jody Keisner delves deep into her own fears and those of all women

javier zamora

Author recounts journey to reach U.S. from El Salvador

gianluca russo wrote the power of plus

How the plus-size movement gained traction in the fashion industry

“Dinosaurs” by Lydia Millet, “The Last Chairlift” by John Irving and “Less is Lost” by Andrew Sean Greer

Fall book preview: Prestige authors and Linda Ronstadt's recipes

Rebecca Roanhorse Tread of Angels

From TV to novels to comics, author Rebecca Roanhorse is bringing whole worlds to life

A.M. Homes "The Unfolding" novel

A.M. Homes explores political division after 2008 election

Gil Thorp comic strip

Tucson native takes over writing a 64-year-old comic strip

Word — What do mobsters, jazz and fall have in common?

amy sarig king wrote 'attack of the black rectangles'

Lit Squad: Author explores how book censorship makes kids feel

Rebecca Soffer Modern Loss Handbook

Author worries new grief diagnosis could skew how we perceive loss

clare pollard is the author of 'delphi'

Clare Pollard says writers should embrace stories about the pandemic

Dusti Bowling Across the Desert

Lit Squad: Why it's important to see kids' struggles reflected in literature

Erika L Sanchez Crying in the Bathroom memoir

How a Mexican girl found herself in Lisa Simpson and Edgar Allan Poe

R. Eric Thomas, author of “Kings of B’more”

Lit Squad: Why this writer's 1st YA novel is the easiest book he's ever written

Lindy Elkins-Tanton A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman

NASA scientist's memoir explores childhood trauma

Bill McKibben The Flag, the Cross, and the Station Wagon

Author Bill McKibben reflects on his childhood, the changing political landscape in his new book

an illustration of stevie nicks from the female force comic series

Stevie Nicks is the star of the newest 'Female Force' comic

G. Elliott Morris is the author of "Strength in Numbers"

Sometimes political polls get it wrong. They're still vital for democracy

Reece Jones Nobody is Protected

Author details how Border Patrol is the 'most dangerous police force'

jamie sumner is author of 'the summer of june'

Lit Squad: Books with diverse characters help kids know they're not alone

kyle lukoff is the author of "Different Kinds of Fruit"

Lit Squad: YA author Kyle Lukoff on helping kids understand gender

jewell parker rhodes and tom laveen

Lit Squad: The role youth literature plays in exposing kids to diversity

m.m. carrigan and the cover to volume 5 of taco bell quarterly

Writing más: Taco Bell Quarterly serves up supreme essays and fiction

gayle shanks

Gayle Shanks' audiobook picks

Gabrielle Stanley Blair

'Sperm causes pregnancies': How men can step up in the abortion debate

sari botton

Sari Botton on being a Gen-X weirdo, finding yourself in your 40s

jennifer holland and a cover of her book, "Tiny You"

'Tiny You' explores how the anti-abortion movement shaped western U.S.

zines about abortion

A Phoenix zine shop owner on how zines can educate on abortion

Kelly Lytle Hernandez Bad Mexicans book

How 20th century Mexican magonistas sparked the Mexican Revolution

Corrections in Ink A Memoir Keri Blakinger

She was imprisoned for 2 years. Now, she covers criminal justice

Phoenix to buy bookmobile to serve as temporary library

gayle shanks

Gayle Shanks recommends some fictional escapes to spice up your summer

Mary-Frances O'Connor The Grieving Brain

UA professor explores the brain science behind grief

Daniel Pink

No regrets? No way. Daniel Pink explores regret in his new book

Vanishing van Gogh chemistry comic book

UA educator creates comic books to teach kids chemistry

Andrew Dana Hudson Our Shared Storm

Author lays out plan to tackle climate change through hypothetical futures

Jonathan Malesic The End of Burnout book

Workers say they're burned out. But not all may be suffering burnout

Laura Trujillo Stepping Back from the Ledge

Her mom died by suicide. Now, this writer is trying to turn trauma into hope

Chris Fabricant Junk Science and the American Criminal Justice System

Advocate scrutinizes use of faulty conviction methods in new book

Michael P. Branch On the Trail of the Jackalope

How the jackalope inspired a real cancer breakthrough

Matt Bell Refuse to Be Done

What revising a novel can teach us about life

KJZZ's The Show

Author recounts history of first Native American nursing school

linda pressman, author of jewish girls gone wild

Valley author tells of eccentric '70s move to Arizona in memoir 'Jewish Girls Gone Wild'

Jenny Millinger I Have a Story

New Childsplay anthology looks at kids' pandemic experiences

books locked up

Arizona lawmakers are trying to restrict certain books in schools. But this isn't the first time

off the edge cover

Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? This reporter tried to find out

jimmy fike and edible plants book cover

Explore North America's gorgeous — and edible — plants in new book

Chuck Klosterman The Nineties A Book

Chuck Klosterman examines cultural, political legacies of the 1990s

safwat saleem and his imagined book cover 'fitting in'

This Valley designer made covers for the self-help books he wishes were real

kelly mcwilliams

New YA novel explores race, identity in Jim Crow South

becoming miss navajo book cover

Miss Navajo 2001 shares her pageant experience in new children's book

Kalani Pickhart, I Will Die in a Foreign Land

Novel offers insight into Ukrainians' struggle vs. Russia

Kayden Phoenix

She didn't see any Latinas in superhero movies. So she created her own

Farm Fresh Broadband by Christopher Ali

Internet in rural areas has always been bad — and tech isn't the problem

The Poisoned Pen

Barbara Peters recommends 'Better Off Dead: A Jack Reacher Novel'

Todd Miller Build Bridges Not Walls book

'Build Bridges Not Walls': Author On Impact Of Borders

"Appleseed," by Matt Bell

'Appleseed': ASU professor's environmental novel spans 1,000 years

tyler clark

Tyler Clark recommends 'The Heiress: The Revelations of Anne de Bourgh'

What Happens at Night book Changing Hands

Amy Stave recommends 'What Happens at Night'

savannah fields

Savannah Fields recommends 'Bestiary' and 'The Low, Low Woods'

Men in Kilts Graham McTavish and Sam Heughan

Barbara Peters recommends 'Clanlands'

Michelle Malonzo

Michelle Malonzo recommends some nonfiction picks to cozy up with this fall

Michelle Malonzo recommends 3 books worth reading this fall

Michelle Malonzo with Undocumented Americans book

Michelle Malonzo recommends 'The Undocumented Americans'

c pam zhang

Michelle Malonzo recommends 'How Much of These Hills Is Gold'

Michelle Malonzo recommends 'Godshot'

Katie Miller Antigone Books

Katie Miller recommends 'The Magical Language of Others'

Brandi Stewart

Brandi Stewart recommends 3 must-reads for Women's History Month

Eric Villiers

Eric Villiers recommends 'We Are Totally Normal'

Larry Siegel holds a book

Larry Siegel recommends 'Hymns of the Republic

All the Stars and Teeth

Brandi Stewart recommends 'All the Stars and Teeth'

Michael Connelly The Night Fire

Barbara Peters recommends 'The Night Fire'

Antigone Books Morgan Miller Uncanny Valley

Morgan Miller recommends 'Uncanny Valley'

Brandi Stewart Changing Hands Starless Sea

Brandi Stewart recommends 'The Starless Sea'

Patrick Millikin Poisoned Pen Keeping Lucy

Patrick Millikin recommends 'Keeping Lucy'

Word S1 E8: National Poetry Month, Part 3

Portrait of woman with desert plants in the background

Word S1 E7: National Poetry Month, Part 2

The Poetry of Pop book

Protest music: Why don't we hear this type of music today?