

In this bonus edition of the Radio Bookclub, best selling author Susan Orlean joins us to talk about her latest novel the Library Book, a look at the fire of 1986 that destroyed the Los Angeles public library. Through telling this story she explores the role of libraries in society.

This interview broadcast on Wednesday, June 17 at 9 am.


https://objects-us-east-1.dream.io/kgnu-news/2020/06/6-17-20_SusanOrleanFULLFILE.mp3


 


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The Radio Bookclub is a collaboration between KGNU and the Boulder Bookstore. Every month, Arsen Kashkashian, head buyer at the Boulder Bookstore, selects a book to inspire listeners to read along together. The author will then join us in-studio for a discussion that airs the fourth Thursday of every month at 9am.

Radio Bookclub: The Library Book

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