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Step into author Kim Fu's 'dream version' of the PNW

This month, the KUOW Book Club read Kim Fu's surreal short story collection "Lesser Known Monsters of the 21st Century." Fu joined KUOW's Katie Campbell for a live conversation at the Seattle Central Library, the second in a three-part summer series in partnership with Seattle Public Library. The full audio from the event is available below.
- Katie Campbell
Here's what Seattle readers are into so far this year

I'm just about to finish reading my 40th book this year, yet nothing makes me freeze quite like being asked: "Have you read [insert popular book here]?"
- Katie Campbell
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
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
'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.
- Katie Campbell
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
Seattle Reads + KUOW Book Club: Celebrating National Poetry Month with local voices

In partnership with SPL, the KUOW Book Club will read "You Are Here" in April, which is National Poetry Month.
- Katie Campbell
Seattle is a UNESCO City of Literature. Advocates want you to read all about it

Seattle has been part of the global network of Cities of Literature since 2017. This month, they're celebrating the 20th anniversary of the City of Literature designation in Edinburgh, the first city to receive the title.
- Katie Campbell
'A match made in literary heaven.' The Jaipur Literature Festival is coming to Seattle

Seattle is adding another festival to its summer roster, and it's a big one for the local literary scene: the Jaipur Literature Festival.
- Katie Campbell
Gabriel García Márquez's last novel is published against his wishes

Until August is the last novel of the Nobel Prize-winning author, a work he asked his sons to destroy. But, nearly 10 years after his death, they have decided to publish his final novel.
- Carrie Kahn

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