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What does it mean to have a voice? That’s the question Terry Tempest Williams tries to answer in her illuminating book, ‘When Women Were Birds’. It begins…
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Horace Hopper is the feisty protagonist in Willy Vlautin’s latest novel "Don’t Skip Out on Me." Horace is a former foster kid with an identity crisis,…
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It's hard to put a label on author Pam Houston's books. The prize-winning writer blends together fiction, non-fiction and poetry. Houston will be in…
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Colorado Book Award winner Steven Schwartz has said that in a fast-paced world "fiction restores us" to a softer place in our lives. Schwartz has just…
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Need a gift for a young reader? Arizona’s Book Reviewer, writer Ann Cummins has a few suggestions that have a southwestern flair.What do you get if you…
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Did you know the great western writer Zane Grey started out as a dentist?His father was a dentist. The old man sternly disapproved of writing as a…
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We’re half-way through summer, but there’s still time for the young reader in your life to pick up a good book. Arizona Public Radio’s Ann Cummins…
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It’s April. If you’re dreaming of white water rapids, vermillion cliffs, and death taunting summer fun, I’ve got a book for you: Clyde Eddy’s A Mad, Crazy…
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A ghostly father leads his living son through weeds to an owl’s hiding place. The owl spreads its wings, taking father and son in. This is the final image…
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This fall, the writer Ann Patchett did something radical. She opened a bookstore. This goes against the trend. The indie bookstores are practically…
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Writer Sergio Troncoso graduated from Harvard, studied philosophy at Yale, and was a Fulbright Scholar in Mexico. But he started in a Texas barrio. In his…
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http://stream.publicbroadcasting.net/production/mp3/knau/local-knau-989752.mp3When Beth Alvarado was a child in the Fifties, her parents moved to Grand…