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Empire of Trees and the Columbia River Reader

Becky and Angela talk to Sue Piper, editor of the Columbia River Reader, and Hal Calbom, author of their upcoming book "Empire of Trees: America's Planned City and the Last Frontier."

"Empire of Trees" takes a look at Longview's 100 year history and builds off of Hal's column "People + Place." 

Visit Columbia River Reader online: http://crreader.com/ 

Lynda Barry

With Jennifer Jensen and Jakob Collins! Where we talk about:

Lynda Barry;
One! Hundred! Demons!
Making Comics;
What It Is;
Picture This;
Syllabus;
The Greatest of Marlys

And more!

Longview 23 Club

A special Centennial episode with Longview 23 Club members Cal Fowler and Abe Ott! 

Learn more about them or contact the club here: http://www.longview23club.org/

Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067339691727 

An image of the original 1924 log archway that Abe mentions in the podcast can be found on the library's digital archive here: http://contentdm.longviewlibrary.org/digital/collection/lvr/id/2164/rec/1

Learn more about Centennial celebrations here: https://www.longview100.org/ 

Craig Johnson

Where we talk about: 

Buffalo, Wyoming; 
Longmire (TV show); 
The Cold Dish; 
Death Without Company; 
Kindness Goes Unpunished; 
As the Crow Flies; 
The Serpent’s Tooth; 
Christmas in Absaroka County; 

and more!

introductory reading from "The Cold Dish."

Nora Ephron

Where we talk about the works of Nora Ephron, including:

Everything Is Copy (HBO Documentary); 
Wallflower at the Orgy; 
Crazy Salad; 
Heartburn (novel); 
Silkwood; 
When Harry Met Sally; 
Sleepless in Seattle; 
Mixed Nuts; 
Michael; 
You've Got Mail; 
Hanging Up; 
Julie & Julia; 
I Feel Bad About My Neck; 

and more!

introductory reading from "Heartburn."

Ursula K. Le Guin

with special guest James Newkirk!

Where we talk about:

Ursula K. Le Guin's 
"The Wave in the Mind," 
"A Wizard of Earthsea," 
"The Tombs of Atuan," 
"Solitude" (included in the anthology "Diverse Energies"),  
"The Left Hand of Darkness," 
"The Language of the Night," 
"Is Gender Necessary?" 
"Dancing at the Edge of the World," 
"Catwings"

and:
"Tales from Earthsea" directed by Goro Miyazaki; 
"The Left Hand of Darkness" BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatization; 
2014 National Book Award Speech video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2v7RDyo7os 

text: https://parkerhiggins.net/2014/11/will-need-writers-can-remember-freedom-ursula-k-le-guin-national-book-awards/ 

introductory reading from "A Wizard of Earthsea." 

Toni Morrison

Where we talk about Toni Morrison! Including:

"The Bluest Eye;" 
"Beloved;" 
"Home;" 
"Song of Solomon;" 
"Remember: the journey to school integration;" 

"Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders; 
"The Radical Vision of Toni Morrison" by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/magazine/the-radical-vision-of-toni-morrison.html

and mention:
"Miss Chloe: a memoir of a literary friendship with Toni Morrison" by A.J. Verdelle; 
"The Toni Morrison Book Club" by Piper Kendrix Williams, Cassandra Jackson, Winnifred R. Brown-Glaude, and Juda Bennett.

Introductory excerpt from "The Bluest Eye."

Susan Orlean

Where we talk about:

The work of Susan Orlean:

The Orchid Thief; 
The Library Book; 
Rin Tin Tin; 

Dogs of War by Sheila Keenan;

and more!

Louise Erdrich

Where we talk about:

RFID tagging; 
These Precious Days by Ann Patchett; 
Louise Erdrich; 
Birchbark Books; 
LaRose; 
The Round House; 
The Plague of Doves; 
The Sentence; 
The Birchbark House; 
The Night Watchman; 
Love Medicine; 
The Beet Queen; 
Tracks; 
The Blue Jay's Dance; 
Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country; 
The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No Horse; 
Tales of Burning Love; 

and more!

Intro excerpt from the first edition of Love Medicine, 1984

Armistead Maupin

Where we talk about:

Armistead Maupin; 
Tales of the City (1978 book); 
Tales of the City (1993 TV miniseries); 
More Tales of the City (1980 book); 
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017 documentary); 

and more!