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  Seattle author Kim Fu sees you and all your anxieties in this story collection

  The KUOW Book Club is continuing its summer reading series with Seattle Public Library this month. We're reading Kim Fu's collection of short speculative fiction stories, "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century."

  • Katie Campbell

• Books: Nothing Says Summer Like The End Of The World

  Seattle summers just make everything feel possible. You can see the silver linings a little better in the sunshine. And that makes it a little easier to enjoy some sad summer reads.  Right?  If you want proof, check out Sequoia Nagamatsu’s How High We Go in the Dark, a speculative fiction masterpiece published in 2022 that still has Meet Me Here co-host Katie Campbell reeling. 

  • Katie Campbell
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  How the National Enquirer inspired an ambitious work of speculative fiction

  Sequoia Nagamatsu's 2022 speculative fiction hit "How High We Go in the Dark" may not be your typical summer read, but hear me out: The sunshine makes it easier to see the intricately woven silver linings throughout.

  • Katie Campbell
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  Summer book club continues with an imaginative collection of speculative fiction

  The KUOW Book Club and Seattle Public Library are continuing our summer reading series this month with "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century" by Kim Fu.

  • Katie Campbell
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  The revolution is written in the latest book from Ijeoma Oluo, bestselling author of 'So You Want to Talk About Race'

  This month, the KUOW Book Club read Ijeoma Oluo's "Be A Revolution: How Everyday People Are Fighting Oppression and Changing the World — and How You Can, Too." Oluo joined KUOW's Katie Campbell for a live conversation at the Seattle Central Library, the first in a three-part summer series in partnership with Seattle Public Library. The full audio and video from the event are available below.

  • Katie Campbell
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  Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library survives WA funding cuts — for now

  Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program will stick around for at least one more year in Washington state.

  • Sami West
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  Cordyceps, AI, and 'hope punk': Speculative fiction writers envision the future at Clarion West's annual write-a-thon

  Seattle is home to Clarion West, a literary non-profit that specializes in speculative fiction. And on July 12, it's launching the annual Clarion West Write-a-thon.

  • Katie Campbell

• Books: Seattle Sci-Fi Needs More Escapism

  What’s stranger than fiction? Maybe the present. Even so, sci-fi writers are pushing themselves to imagine new futures during Clarion West’s annual write-a-thon.

  • Katie Campbell
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  'F*** it.' This Seattle author’s fiction is unapologetically queer

  The KUOW Book Club is reading Corinne Manning's short story collection "We Had No Rules" this month. Catch Manning on a special bonus episode of Meet Me Here on Thursday.

  • Katie Campbell
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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.

  • Katie Campbell

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