New Arrivals

By KALWArts Books

New Arrivals episodes

November 02, 2023 Terry Tierney novel set in Reagan-era Binghamton, NY
Terry Tierney lives in Oakland. His book, The Bridge on Beer River, is a novel in which the characters struggle for subsistence.
3 min
October 31, 2023 Beth Winegarner book tells buried history of SF’s cemeteries
Beth Winegarner lives in San Francisco. Her book, "San Francisco’s Forgotten Cemeteries" is about the history of the city's graveyards and the many dead secretly still buried here.
3 min
October 27, 2023 Susannah Kennedy memoir explores her mother’s diaries after suicide
Marin County author Susannah Kennedy reads from her new book, "Reading Jane." It's about what happened when she explored 45 years of her mother's diaries following her suicide. It came out on September 5, 2023.
3 min
October 24, 2023 Paul Flores poetry collection tackles life’s unexpected turns
San Francisco author Paul Flores reads from his new book, "We Still Be.” It’s about how you have to adjust or transform yourself and your identity when life takes a turn you didn't expect.
3 min
October 19, 2023 In this Hilary Zaid novel, the protagonist is an artist at mid-life, up against a social media giant
Hilary Zaid lives in Oakland. Her novel, Forget I Told You This, came out on September 1st, 2023.
3 min
October 17, 2023 Japanese izakaya meets California cuisine in Sylvan Mishima Brackett cookbook, Rintaro
Chef Sylvan Mishima Brackett lives in Oakland. His cookbook, Rintaro: Japanese Food From An Izakaya in California explains the thinking that went behind Rintaro's menu.
3 min
October 12, 2023 Tess Taylor's collection of poems is about gardening in an era of climate change
Tess Taylor lives in El Cerrito. The book she edited, "Leaning Towards Light: Poems for Gardens and the Hands that Tend Them" is about how to be in touch and in love with the earth around us.
3 min
October 10, 2023 A new way to look at San Francisco history in Alec Scott book
Alec Scott lives in Oakland. His book, Oldest San Francisco is about the oldest, this, that and the other thing in San Francisco.
3 min
October 05, 2023 Ben Schwartz writes novel set at a family farm
Ben Schwartz lives in El Cerrito. His book, The Way It Went. It is a story of how capricious and surprising love can be and how that plays out through three generations of a farm family in the great American heartland.
3 min
October 03, 2023 Zusha Elinson and Cameron McWhirter write a history of the AR-15 rifle
Zusha Elinson and Cameron-McWhirter co-wrote the book American Gun: The True Story of the AR 15. It's a history of the gun that's often been used in mass shootings, a gun that's become the most popular rifle in America.
3 min

About New Arrivals

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When Bay Area book tours and launch parties were canceled due to the coronavirus, KALW producer Lisa Morehouse decided to bring author readings to you in this socially-distanced book tour. We loved…