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Summer Book Club
Join KUOW and The Seattle Public Library for this three-part Summer Book Club live event series! June through August, 2025, KUOW Book Club host Katie Campbell will sit down with a different local author to discuss their latest works. Learn more and RSVP here!
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Seattle's LGBTQ scene circa 2003 comes to life in author Mike Curato's adult debut
Author Mike Curato's adult debut, "Gaysians," a graphic novel that feels like the natural next step from the semi-autobiographical "Flamer." It's bold and funny and, yes, unabashedly gay.
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Summertime and the readin's easy: KUOW Book Club and Seattle Public Library partner for live author series
The KUOW Book Club has some exciting news to share today: We are kicking off a summer reading series in partnership with The Seattle Public Library.
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Author Emiko Jean on her 'curiosity and frustration' with violence against women
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we just finished reading Emiko Jean's thriller "The Return of Ellie Black." I'm your guide Katie Campbell. Let's get into it. A content warning before we continue: This article includes discussion of child abuse, including sexual abuse.
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Butlers, bridezillas, and Below Deck: How the real lives of the ultra-wealthy inspire author Kevin Kwan
Fans of Kevin Kwan know he's a master of writing opulent storylines. In fact, the "Crazy Rich Asians" author takes opulence to a whole new level, including in his latest novel, "Lies and Weddings."
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'The Return of Ellie Black' questions society's fixation on the victim stereotype
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we just read through the first half of Emiko Jean's thriller "The Return of Ellie Black." I'm your guide Katie Campbell. Let's get into it.
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in May?
The KUOW Book Club is reading "The Return of Ellie Black" by Emiko Jean this month.
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Poetry is 'like falling in love' at Seattle Reads
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we've been reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" in partnership with Seattle Reads.
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This 'ultra-wealthy' Seattle suburb inspired dystopian novel’s take on pleasure and privilege
Reading C Pam Zhang's "Land of Milk and Honey" is like walking up to the finest buffet while a strict personal trainer eyeballs every morsel you put on your plate. You want it, but you feel guilty for that wanting.
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'You Are Here' and you are writing. Readers get creative for National Poetry Month
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we're reading "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" edited by 24th U.S. Poet Laureate Ada Limón. I'm your guide, Katie Campbell. I asked y'all to try writing a poem of your own — you delivered.
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A decade after 'The Really Big One,' this author imagines the devastation of the major quake
Emma Pattee's novel "Tilt" follows a woman who is 37-weeks pregnant when the Big One hits. Worse yet, the woman, Annie, is 37-weeks pregnant and at IKEA.
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What's the KUOW Book Club reading in April?
In partnership with the Seattle Public Library, the KUOW Book Club will read "You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World" this month.
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Memoirist Putsata Reang talks about the 'complicated love' for America, Cambodia, and Ma
This is the KUOW Book Club, and we just finished reading "Ma and Me" by Putsata Reang. I'm your club guide, Katie Campbell. Let's get into it.