Listen to the latest episode of The Desk Set. Librarians share their picks for the best books of 2021. We also chat about books we're looking forward to reading in 2022 and the value of reading broadly.
Epistolary Time Travel
Listen to interviews with authors Amal El-Mohtar, Max Gladstone, and E.J. Koh. El-Mohtar and Gladston chat about their spy novella, This Is How You Lose the Time War. Koh discusses her memoir, The Magical Language of Others. Each author talks about how letter writing can act as a form of time travel. We also share…
Race, Place, and Coming of Age
Hear interviews with authors Monica West and Brittany Ackerman. West talks about Revival Season, a story about a Black evangelical family and a crisis of faith. Ackerman chats about The Brittanys, a novel about teen friends growing up in Florida. We also discuss our picks for books set where we were born. Listen A transcript…
Feed Drop: Mateo Askaripour
Listen to a conversation with Mateo Askaripour, author of Black Buck. Marcus Harrison Green of the South Seattle Emerald moderates. Listen A transcript of this episode is available at the end of our show notes. Watch Recommending Reading and Listening How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia The Residue Years The Sellout Victory Lap…
The Future, Real and Imagined
Explore the future through the lens of science and fiction. Hear interviews with scientist Kelly Weinersmith (Soonish) and science fiction writer Sarah Pinsker (We Are Satellites). Listen A transcript of this episode is available at the end of our show notes. Recommended Reading Roadside Picnic The Future of Another Timeline Autonomous The City in the…
Feed drop: Syed Masood
Listen to a conversation with Syed Masood, author of The Bad Muslim Discount. Shahina Piyarali, board president of Tasveer, moderates. Listen A transcript of this episode is available at the end of our show notes. Watch Recommended Reading Check out books and articles discussed by Syed Masood at the event. Ghost Wars The Looming Tower…
Wild Characters and Re-Reading
On this episode of The Desk Set, we talk about re-reading books. Then, Emily interviews author Emily St. John Mandel, author of the The Glass Hotel and Station Eleven. Finally, Emily chats with Kira Jane Buxton about her novel Hollow Kingdom, which is full of nonhuman characters. Listen A transcript of this episode is available…
Fake It Till You Make It
In this episode, we interview authors Rachel Lynn Solomon and Gabrielle Korn. First up, Rachel chats with us about her adult debut The Ex Talk, a romantic comedy set at a Seattle public radio station. In it, Shay and Dominic fake a past relationship in order to host a podcast together. Then, Gabrielle talks about…
Reading and Reflecting in 2021
In this episode, we interview Jenny Odell, the author of How to Do Nothing and chat about reading in 2021. We talk about new books we're excited to read and discuss our personal reading goals. We also reveal this year's library reading challenge categories. Then, Jenny Odell shares how persuasive design keeps our attention in digital…
The Best Books of 2020
In this episode, we're joined by librarians Vicki Huggins and Rachel Adams to talk about the library's best books of 2020 lists. We also talk about reading in 2020 and revisit our reading goals for the year. Recommended Reading Check out all of KCLS' Best Books on our Best Books page. Listen A transcript of…
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