Becky, Austin, and Shelley talk about the work of Rita Mae Brown including: Six of One; Rubyfruit Jungle; Wish You Were Here (Mrs. Murphy #1); and more!By yourshelformine

Becky, Jo, Jakob, Jennifer, and Austin talk about Longview Public Library book club selections from March, April, and May! Including those from our: Adult Book Club, Romance Book Club, Graphic Novel Book Club, Kids Book Club, Little Kids Book Club, Evergreen Teen Book Club, and American Girl Book Club! Books discussed include: The Personal Libraria…

Becky, Austin, and Jennifer discuss various poets and their own personal experiences with poetry. Discussed topics and poets include: E.E. Cummings Shel Silverstein Chen Chen Kwame Alexander William Stafford Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Foundation Mary Oliver and more! Introductory reading "Some Things I Like" by Lemn Sissay Other readings: "Where the S…

Becky and Austin discuss the work of children's author Kate DiCamillo including: The Puppets of Spellhorst The Beatrice Prophecy Mercy Watson to the Rescue Raymie Nightingale and more! New Yorker profile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2023/09/18/what-kate-dicamillo-understands-about-children Betsy Bird review: https://afuse8production.slj.com/…

Becky, Jo, Jakob, and Austin talk about the books from this past season's book clubs including: Secret Explorers series by DK and SJ King Rainbow Days series by Valerie Bolling Miles Lewis King of the Ice by Kelly Starling Lyons Time Villains by Victor Piñeiro Courtney Changes the Game and Courtney Friendship Superhero by Kellen Hertz Firekeeper’s …

Becky, Austin and Jakob discuss the work of author Kekla Magoon including: The Rock and the River, X, Revolution in Our Time, How It Went Down, The Minus-One Club, and Chester Keene Cracks the Code. Introductory reading from Revolution In Our Time.By yourshelformine

Becky and Jakob talk about the work of author N.K. Jemison, particularly her novel "The Fifth Season." Introductory reading from "The Fifth Season."By yourshelformine

Becky and Austin talk about the work and life of Shirley Jackson, including: "The Lottery and Other Stories," "The Haunting of Hill House," "We Have Always Lived in the Castle," and more! Introductory reading from "We Have Always Lived in the Castle."By yourshelformine

Where Becky, Jakob, and Austin talk about the work of Maggie Stiefvater! Including: "The Raven Boys;" "Shiver;" "The Scorpio Races;" and more! introductory excerpt from "The Scorpio Races."By yourshelformine

Becky, Austin, and Heather M. talk about the life and work of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.! Including: "Slaughterhouse-Five" (1969); "Player Piano" (1952); "A Man Without a Country" (2005); "Breakfast of Champions" (1973) "Welcome to the Monkey House" (1968) "Hocus Pocus"(1990) "Kurt Vonnegut: Unstuck in Time" documentary (2021); Salman Rushdie's essay "What …

In this special Longview Centennial episode, Becky talks to Mark and Roger Peters about their father, Amos J. Peters, who constructed the Nutty Narrows Bridge in 1963. They share about their family, their father's legacy, the history of the Nutty Narrows Bridge, and other Peters Construction projects that have had a lasting impact on our community,…

Becky, Jo, and Austin can't get enough Judy Blume. We talk about: "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the book; "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret," the movie; "Forever"; "Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing"; "Blubber"; "Judy Blume Forever," the documentary: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=neWsO1Rk_q0 and more! Learn about Judy's editor Dick Ja…

Where Austin, Jakob, and Jo talk about the work and style of David Sedaris including: "Me Talk Pretty One Day," "Holidays on Ice," "The Best of Me," "Happy-Go-Lucky," "Calypso," and more!By yourshelformine

In this special Centennial episode, Becky and Jo talk with Diane Burch and Karen Rasmussen, two daughters of late Longview community stalwart Archie Anderson. In 2000, the former Highlands Park on Alabama Street, between 22nd and 21st Avenues, was renamed Archie Anderson Park in his honor.By yourshelformine

On this Longview Centennial episode, Becky talks to Robert Mumford and Gary Schmauder about their December 9, 2012 wedding, what it was like to be the first gay couple married in Cowlitz County, and their hopes for the future of Longview.By yourshelformine

with Jennifer Jensen! Where we talk about: Elena Ferrante; The Lost Daughter (book); The Lost Daughter (movie); My Brilliant Friend (book); My Brilliant Friend (HBO series); The Lying Life of Adults (book); The Lying Life of Adults (Netflix series) and more! Introductory reading from "The Lying Life of Adults."…

Becky and Austin talk to journalist Andre Stepankowsky, who was part of the staff at the Longview Daily News that won a 1981 Pulitzer Prize for its coverage of the Mt. St. Helens story. Andre retired from the Daily News in 2020 and currently writes the Lower Columbia Currents substack at https://andrestepankowsky.substack.com/ as well as a column f…

Where Becky, Jakob, and Austin talk about: Jacqueline Woodson; Brown Girl Dreaming; Red at the Bone; The World Belonged to Us; National Poetry Month; and more!By yourshelformine

Where Becky and Austin talk about: Edith Wharton; The Mount; Mr. Jones; Edith Frome; The House of Mirth; The Custom of the Country and mention: Inventing Anna https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/arts-letters/articles/my-favorite-anti-semite-edith-wharton https://www.newyorker.com/books/second-read/what-edith-wharton-knew-a-century-ago-about-women-an…

Becky and Angela talk to Joseph Govednik from the Cowlitz County Historical Museum about World War II and Longview. Visit the museum in person at 405 Allen Street in Kelso or online at: https://cowlitzcountyhistory.org/By yourshelformine

With Jo Dallas! Where we talk about: Julia Quinn; Netflix’s Bridgerton; The Duke and I; The Viscount Who Loved Me; And more!By yourshelformine

Becky and Angela talk to Sue Piper, editor of the Columbia River Reader, and Hal Calbom, author of their upcoming book "Empire of Trees: America's Planned City and the Last Frontier." "Empire of Trees" takes a look at Longview's 100 year history and builds off of Hal's column "People + Place." Visit Columbia River Reader online: http://crreader.com…

With Jennifer Jensen and Jakob Collins! Where we talk about: Lynda Barry; One! Hundred! Demons! Making Comics; What It Is; Picture This; Syllabus; The Greatest of Marlys And more!By yourshelformine

A special Centennial episode with Longview 23 Club members Cal Fowler and Abe Ott! Learn more about them or contact the club here: http://www.longview23club.org/ Or on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100067339691727 An image of the original 1924 log archway that Abe mentions in the podcast can be found on the library's digital arc…

Where we talk about: Buffalo, Wyoming; Longmire (TV show); The Cold Dish; Death Without Company; Kindness Goes Unpunished; As the Crow Flies; The Serpent’s Tooth; Christmas in Absaroka County; and more! introductory reading from "The Cold Dish."By yourshelformine

Where we talk about the works of Nora Ephron, including: Everything Is Copy (HBO Documentary); Wallflower at the Orgy; Crazy Salad; Heartburn (novel); Silkwood; When Harry Met Sally; Sleepless in Seattle; Mixed Nuts; Michael; You've Got Mail; Hanging Up; Julie & Julia; I Feel Bad About My Neck; and more! introductory reading from "Heartburn."…

with special guest James Newkirk! Where we talk about: Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Wave in the Mind," "A Wizard of Earthsea," "The Tombs of Atuan," "Solitude" (included in the anthology "Diverse Energies"), "The Left Hand of Darkness," "The Language of the Night," "Is Gender Necessary?" "Dancing at the Edge of the World," "Catwings" and: "Tales from E…

Where we talk about Toni Morrison! Including: "The Bluest Eye;" "Beloved;" "Home;" "Song of Solomon;" "Remember: the journey to school integration;" "Toni Morrison: The Pieces I Am" directed by Timothy Greenfield-Sanders; "The Radical Vision of Toni Morrison" by Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah https://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/magazine/the-radical-vision-of…

Where we talk about: The work of Susan Orlean: The Orchid Thief; The Library Book; Rin Tin Tin; Dogs of War by Sheila Keenan; and more!By yourshelformine

Where we talk about: RFID tagging; These Precious Days by Ann Patchett; Louise Erdrich; Birchbark Books; LaRose; The Round House; The Plague of Doves; The Sentence; The Birchbark House; The Night Watchman; Love Medicine; The Beet Queen; Tracks; The Blue Jay's Dance; Books and Islands in Ojibwe Country; The Last Report on the Miracles at Little No H…

Where we talk about: Armistead Maupin; Tales of the City (1978 book); Tales of the City (1993 TV miniseries); More Tales of the City (1980 book); The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (2017 documentary); and more!By yourshelformine

Where we talk about: Herman Melville; Moby Dick; Bartleby the Scrivener; Billy Budd; Herman Melville at Home by Jill Lepore: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/07/29/herman-melville-at-home ; The Beige Moth blog: https://beigemoth.blog/moby-dick/ ; In the Heart of the Sea; Drifting Dragons; and more!…

Where we talk about: Seed Library; NW Voices: http://longviewlibrary.org/nwvoices.php ; David Rakoff; Love, Dishonor, Marry, Die, Cherish, Perish; Half Empty and more! Our Friend David: https://www.thisamericanlife.org/472/transcript ; Invisible Made Visible: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P7V0UKySaI ; Lindsey Ellis on Rent: https://youtube.com/w…

with Joanne Dallas, Austin Brigden, and Jakob Collins where we talk about: Story Walks; Fatima's Great Outdoors by Ambreen Tariq; Oi Frog! by Kes Gray; Beverly Cleary; Drop Everything and Read Day; Henry Huggins; A Girl from Yamhill; Ramona the Pest; Ramona and her Mother; Beezus and Ramona; My Own Two Feet; Dear Mr. Henshaw; Walking with Ramona: E…

excerpt from "Long Way Down," by Jason Reynolds, published by Simon and Schuster. Where we talk about: the work of Jason Reynolds; Long Way Down; Ghost; All American Boys; Brendan Kiely; Ain't Burned All the Bright; Jason Griffin; Stuntboy, in the Meantime; Raul the Third. His picture books are the "Vamos!" series: "Vamos! Let's Go to the Market," …

Where we talk about: The 2022 Our Shelf Reading Challenge; www.longviewlibrary.beanstack.org ; The 2022 Printz Award; https://www.ala.org/yalsa/printz-award#previous ; Library building restoration; The Kiss Quotient by Helen Hoang; The Bride Test by Helen Hoang; The Heart Principle by Helen Hoang; and more!…

with Jennifer Jensen! Where we talk about: Carrie by Stephen King; Carrie directed by Brian de Palma; Maneaters by Chelsea Cain; and more!By yourshelformine

where we talk about: library news; new library staff; Becky and Austin's road trip; Glacier National Park; Deep Creek by Pam Houston; Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy; Pine Creek Lodge and the Montana Gang of writers; Legends of the Fall by Jim Harrison; The Traveling Feast by Rick Bass; The Solace of Open Spaces by Gretel Erlich; The Meadow by Ja…

with Austin Brigden where we talk about: Summer Reading 2021; East of Eden by John Steinbeck; other works by John Steinbeck; and more! Watch our Summer Reading Promotional Video here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZwyHlZ71-0By yourshelformine

With special guest Elizabeth Partridge! Recorded May 7, 2021 Where we talk about: Her work at Manatee County Libraries; Navigating the management of libraries during COVID; Audiobooks; Learning from the Germans by Susan Neiman; Radical Candor by Kim Scott; Squeeze Me by Carl Hiaasen; Devolution by Max Brooks; The True Blue Scouts of Sugar Man Swamp…

With special guest Hiedi Bauer, poet & LCC professor, and Austin Brigden! Where we talk about: Hiedi’s background with poetry; the Salal Review; Hamilton; When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer by Walt Whitman; Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe; Kathleen Flenniken; Ode on a Grecian Urn by John Keats; The Girl Who Goes Alone by Elizabeth Austen; Dolce et …

with Austin Brigden and Chris Skaugset! Where We Talk About: Poetry! Including work by: Jim Harrison; Richard Hugo; Kathleen Flenniken; William Stafford; Elizabeth Bishop; T.S. Eliot; and more!By yourshelformine

With Austin Brigden! Where we talk about: Laziness Does Not Exist by Devon Price; How To Do Nothing: Resisting the Attention Economy by Jenny Odell; Work, rest, attention, time, And mention: Having and Being Had by Eula Biss; Work Won’t Love You Back by Sarah Jaffe; Rescuing Mrs. Birdley by Aaron Reynolds and Emma Reynolds; And more!…

With guest Shira Lile from Hello Life! Where we talk about: Hello Life, a Cowlitz County organization that provides peer support to people who struggle with eating disorders or negative body image; Contact: hellolifeservices@yahoo.com, helloliferecovery.org, or text or call 971.770.0680 Love Your Body by Jessica Sanders; The Self-Love Revolution by…

with Austin Brigden and Hillary Strobel! Where we talk about: Reopening the library; Northwest Voices; Seed Library; Comics Corner in the library; Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler; and more!By yourshelformine

with Angela Stephenson! Where we talk about: Valentine craft; Wi-fi hotspots to checkout; Digitizing the historic survey and inventory of the Old West Side; Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert; Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert; You Deserve Each Other by Sarah Hogle; Princess for Christmas by Jenny Holiday; A Christmas Movie Christmas (…

With Austin Brigden and Daniel Tate where we talk about: Daniel’s departure; Mobile hotspots to checkout; Winter Reading; NW Voices Programs coming; Friends of the Library greeting card fundraiser; Becky’s Library Sampler challenge part 2; The Meadow by James Galvin; The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller; Gilead by Marilynne Robinson; John O’Hara…

with Jennifer King, Chris Skaugset, and Jakob Collins where we talk about: three of five books from Becky's Library Sampler! Sampler commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ncyj13avtng Unboxing video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mmQ9NgN5xd0 Sampler request form: http://longviewlibrary.org/sampler.php Winter Reading 2021; A Map to the Sun by…

with Austin Brigden! Where we talk about: Drive-Thru Santa; Library updates; Winter Reading; Bulb Forcing Kit; Friends Meeting January 11; 2020 Reflections; The Bee Gees: How Can You Mend a Broken Heart (HBO Documentary); McCartney III, Paul McCartney; Evermore & Folklore, Taylor Swift; Leon Bridges; Charlie Crockett; Dolly Parton’s America (podcas…

with guest John C. Hughes, Chief Historian with Legacy Washington, Washington Secretary of State where we talk about: his new book "Julia Butler Hansen: a trailblazing Washington politician" this book and others can purchased here: https://www.sos.wa.gov/store Julia Butler Hansen was from Cathlamet, Washington and served 21 years in the Washington …