Books What's the KUOW Book Club reading in September? KUOW's book club will read "Fledgling" by Octavia Butler this month. Katie Campbell
Arts & Life 'I Just Keep Talking' is a refreshing and wide-ranging essay collection Scholar, historian, artist and raconteur Nell Irvin Painter is the author of The History of White People and Old in Art School. Her latest book is an insightful addition to her canon. Martha Anne Toll
Books In 'The Museum of Failures,' an Indian-American ad executive uncovers family secrets The novel comes out in paperback on Sept. 10.
Sports 'Locker Room Talk' details a woman's fight to report from MLB locker rooms In 1978, Sports Illustrated reporter Melissa Ludtke fought for — and won — the right to report from Major League Baseball locker rooms.
Arts & Life These Alaska moms couldn’t find a Yup’ik children’s book. So they made one themselves Yup’ik is the most spoken Native language in Alaska, but finding Yup’ik books for young children can be almost impossible. These moms created their own – and now they’re fielding nearly 1,000 orders. Julie Depenbrock
Arts & Life Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson shares the poem she's kept in every one of her offices The first Black woman appointed to the Supreme Court says Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's poem, "The Ladder of Saint Augustine," has been a guiding principle. Jackson's new memoir is Lovely One. Tonya Mosley
Arts & Life Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson's journey to the Supreme Court NPR's Juana Summers talks with Associate Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson about her new book, Lovely One, which traces her journey to the high court. Ashley Brown Tyler Bartlam Juana Summers
Books Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson opens up on family NPR's Juana Summers talks with Associate Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson about her knew book, Lovely One, and the lessons she learned from family. Ashley Brown Juana Summers Tyler Bartlam
Books 'Idlewild' helped author James Frankie Thomas discover his own transgender identity Workshopping the book at the Iowa Writer's Workshop revealed to Thomas the transgender nature of one of his characters as well as himself.
Arts & Life 'I want to write myself into existence,' says 'Colored Television' author Danzy Senna was born in 1970, just a few years after Loving v. Virginia legalized interracial marriage. “Just merely existing as a family was a radical statement at that time,” she says. Terry Gross