'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. Katie Campbell
Washington's libraries face 'deep and dramatic' funding cuts as Trump abruptly terminates federal grants The Trump administration is notifying library systems across the country that grant funding is being terminated, despite pending litigation. The Washington State Library and Seattle Public Library are among them. Katie Campbell
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. Katie Campbell
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. Katie Campbell
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. Katie Campbell Play AudioListen 31 mins
Witchcraft and reproductive rights: The horror of Grady Hendrix's latest novel "Witchcraft for Wayward Girls" is, in its most basic form, about unwed teenage mothers who are sent away to a "home" in Florida where they find a coven of witches in the woods. That's the short, fun version. Katie Campbell Play AudioListen 17 mins
Author Putsata Reang describes life as a refugee when 'you cannot go in the water or come up on land' This is KUOW's book club, and we just read through the first half of Putsata Reang's memoir "Ma and Me." Katie Campbell
Beauty and the geek: Emerald City Comic Con swoons for romantasy Among the comic book heroes and anime cosplayers of Emerald City Comic con, another fandom exists: romantasy readers. Katie Campbell
This Seattle author tells the 'deeper truth of our species' and evolution through the female body Whether readers pick up a copy of the original "Eve" or the new YA adaptation, they'll be presented with an incredibly well-researched yet conversational and funny account of humanity. Katie Campbell
What's the KUOW Book Club reading in March? The KUOW Book Club is reading "Ma and Me" by Putsata Reang this month. Katie Campbell
