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Sonora Jha is a master of paranoia and tension in 'The Laughter'
This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Sonora Jha's "The Laughter," her novel that recently won the 2024 Washington State Book Award for Fiction.
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in November?
The KUOW Book Club is reading "The Laughter" by Sonora Jha this month.
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'Being is bliss' in Timothy Egan's 'The Good Rain' — and still is three decades later
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we’re wrapping up "The Good Rain" by Timothy Egan. I'm your club guide, Katie Campbell.
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Egan's 'The Good Rain' is still a prescient exploration of the PNW more than 30 years later
This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Timothy Egan's "The Good Rain."
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in October?
It's time to announce this month's book club pick — and our next live author event!
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'Fledgling' is Octavia Butler's unfinished but fundamental legacy
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we’re wrapping up "Fledgling" by Octavia Butler.
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Octavia Butler's final novel delivers in every way
If "Fledgling" is your introduction to the work of Octavia Butler, reader, all I can say is you're welcome.
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in September?
KUOW's book club will read "Fledgling" by Octavia Butler this month.
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'It made him whole.' Why 'The Boys in the Boat' is more than a tale of Olympic triumph
This is KUOW's book club, and we’re wrapping up "The Boys in the Boat" by Daniel James Brown.
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'The Boys in the Boat' is narrative gold
This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Daniel James Brown's "The Boys in the Boat" about the University of Washington crew team's quest for gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
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What's KUOW's book club reading in August?
It's time to announce this month's book club pick!
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'And now it was done.' The perfectly imperfect ending of Kristen Millares Young's novel 'Subduction'
This is KUOW's book club, and we’re wrapping up Kristen Millares Young's novel "Subduction."