After a tragic accident, a widow faces a lifetime of what-ifs Live Fast won France's top literary prize in 2022. Brigitte Giraud's haunting book revisits the death of her husband in a motorcycle crash 20-odd years earlier. John Powers Play AudioListen 7 mins
'Jesus Wept' author chronicles the debates roiling the Catholic church Philip Shenon talks about the past seven popes, and how efforts to reform the Church with the Second Vatican Council led to power struggles and doctrinal debates that lasted for decades. Dave Davies Play AudioListen 39 mins
Food becomes a means of recovery for one young Seattle author in 'Feasts of Good Fortune' This is the KUOW Book Club, and we just finished reading — and cooking along with — "Feasts of Good Fortune" by Hsiao-Ching Chou and her daughter Meilee Chou Riddle. Katie Campbell Play AudioListen 24 mins
Novel 'Dream State' explores the rhythms and limits of male friendships In the new novel "Dream State," the bond between two college buddies gets tested when one marries the other’s fiancé. Play AudioListen 6 mins
'Last Seen': After slavery, family members placed ads looking for loved ones Formerly enslaved people would placed ads in newspapers hoping to find lost children, parents, spouses and siblings. Historian Judith Giesberg tells the stories of some of those families in a new book. Maureen Corrigan Play AudioListen 8 mins
Language as protagonist in Cristina Rivera Garza's newly translated novel Pulitzer winner Cristina Rivera Garza offers new perspective on gender violence through a murder mystery and poetry. Adriana Gallardo Play AudioListen 7 mins
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
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
A fall 'Shattered' Hanif Kureishi's life. Dictating his new book gave him purpose Kureishi began his new memoir just days after a fall left him paralyzed. In it, he describes being completely dependent on others — and the sense of purpose he's gained from writing. Terry Gross Play AudioListen 44 mins
'I was devastated': Jordan Chiles recounts 2024 Olympics in new memoir Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles shares her up-and-down journey to the 2024 Paris Games and what happened afterward, in her new memoir, "I'm That Girl: Living the Power of My Dreams." Juana Summers Christopher Intagliata Brianna Scott Play AudioListen 9 mins
