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KUOW Summer Book Club: Ijeoma Oluo discusses "Be a Revolution"
KUOW Book Club host Katie Campbell sits down with Seattle author Ijeoma Oluo to discuss her latest book, "Be a Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World--and How You Can, Too."
View Video (00:57:00) | Posted July 2025
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Moira Macdonald and Bethany Jean Clement discuss "Storybook Ending: A Novel"
Join Seattle Times arts critic Moira Macdonald for a discussion of her debut novel, "Storybook Ending" with food critic for The Seattle Times, Bethany Jean Clement.
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Viet Thanh Nguyen and Shawn Wong discuss “To Save and Destroy”
Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen discusses his new book with fellow author and scholar Shawn Wong.
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"Dark and Tender": Aaron Johnson and Prentis Hemphill in Conversation
Join us for an interactive film screening with embodiment practice and conversation with Aaron Johnson and Prentis Hemphill.
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Karen Russell discusses "The Antidote"
Join us to hear bestselling author Karen Russell discuss her new novel, a gripping dust bowl epic about five characters whose fates become entangled after a storm ravages their small Nebraskan town.
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Omar El Akkad and Ijeoma Oluo discuss "One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This"
Award-winning writer Omar El Akkad discusses his new book, a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values.
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Pico Iyer and David Guterson discuss "Aflame: Learning From Silence"
Join us for this conversation about the abiding clarity and calm to be found in quiet retreat.
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Rebecca Nagle and Wudan Yan discuss "By the Fire We Carry"
Join us to hear Nagle discuss this powerful work that blends reportage and history and tells the story of the generations-long Native-led battle for justice.
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Rachel Kushner presents "Creation Lake"
Rachel Kushner will discuss her new novel "Creation Lake" with local writer Phil Neel.
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Paul Lynch and Paul Constant discuss “Prophet Song”
Winner of the 2023 Booker Prize, Lynch will discuss his highly original novel, which spins a terrifying, suspenseful vision of an Ireland careening towards authoritarianism.