Tagged: books

Our spring membership drive continues with a visit from author Maria Semple. Her novel “Where’d You Go, Bernadette” — about a reclusive L.A. transplant and her family trying to navigate the cultural nuances of their new home of Seattle — is out in paperback and headed to the big screen. She joins us to talk about writing, movie making and the latest Seattle news.

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Northwest novelist Jonathan Evison talks about how he buried his first three novels before achieving his first success. Ross Reynolds talks with Evison about that and his most recent book, "The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving."

Journalist Ray Suarez just finished writing a new book called "Latino Americans." The way he sees it, American history as it's currently taught tends to ignore Latinos. He hopes to change that. His book starts in the 17th century and goes up until yesterday, when he sent the book off to his publisher. Suarez gives Ross Reynolds the long view of "Latino America." Below are highlights from the interview, along with excerpts from his 2010 speech, "The Browning of America."