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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.
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The Correspondent (opens the original)
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The September selection for the Radio Book Club is The Correspondent by author Virginia Evans. The book which follows the life of a retired lawyer Sybil, through her personal letters and emails, won the 2026 women’s prize for fiction. Today’s conversation was recorded on September 17, 2026, at the annual Boulder Library Foundation gala. This interview was broadcast on KGNU at 9 am on Thursday, September 24, 2026.
Afterhours at the Radio Book Club: Claire Boyles (opens the original)
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In this episode, author Claire Boyles talks more about some of the characters in her novel Appraisals, especially Paul, a billionaire who is buying up land and water rights in Weld County. She also talks about her experience as a writer, including the difference between writing screenplays and writing a novel.
Appraisals (opens the original)
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The August 2026 selection for the Radio Book Club is Appraisals by author Claire Boyles. The book follows four generations of women tied to a family farm in Weld County, Colorado. The story is set against the backdrop of the 2008 financial crash and talks about land and family and what it takes to hold onto both.
Afterhours at the Radio Book Club: David Heska Wanbli Weiden (opens the original)
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In this podcast episode author David Heska Wanbli Weiden talks about the real place that is Wisdom Corner, and about life on the Rosebud Reservation. He also talks about the importance of Native American writers telling the stories of Native American communities, especially in the light of current efforts to whitewash history.
Wisdom Corner (opens the original)
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The July selection for the Radio Book Club is Wisdom Corner, the latest novel by David Heska Wanbli Weiden and the long-anticipated sequel to his bestselling debut, Winter Counts. In Wisdom Corner, we once again meet protagonist Virgil Wounded Horse, who is trying to leave behind his past as a hired vigilante on the Rosebud Indian Reservation. But the murder of a close friend and respected community member draws him back into a life he had tried to leave behind. The book explores the terrible le
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