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Read. Return. Repeat. is a podcast produced by the staff of the Wichita Public Library. We visit with authors and other guests on a (mostly) monthly basis. Join us to learn what's happening in the world of books and at the Library.
Wichita Public Library hosts Read. Return. Repeat., a arts show with 45 episodes published.
In this episode, podcast hosts Daniel Pewewardy and Jenny Durham interview KMUW film critic Fletcher Powell to discuss the age-old question: which is better, the book or the movie? Episode Transcript and Show Notes: http
In this episode, podcast host Daniel Pewewardy is joined by new co-host Jenny Durham to kick off the season 6 of the podcast. They talk a little about the history of public libraries, how they became librarians and answe
Daniel chats with horror author Stephen Graham Jones where they talk about his most recent novel, The Buffalo Hunter Hunter; comic book allegories; and how to explore taboos and superstitions by writing scary stories. Ep
Daniel interviews local author Sarah Jane Crespo about her new children’s picture book The Sloth Moth. Episode Transcript and Show Notes: http://wichitalibrary.org/BooksMore/Podcast/Pages/rrr_s5e4.aspx
Daniel is joined by his colleague and fellow librarian Jenny Durham to interview author and public historian Christine Wenc about her new book Funny Because It’s True: How the Onion Created Modern American News Satire. E
Daniel interviews local author Laurie Dove to talk about her bestselling new crime novel Mask of the Deer Woman. Episode Transcript and Show Notes: http://wichitalibrary.org/BooksMore/Podcast/Pages/rrr_s5e2.aspx
Host Daniel kicks off season 5 with a retrospective looking at the past five years of Read Return Repeat and some new changes coming. Joining him are past podcast hosts Sara McNeil and Sara Dixon, who talk about their ti
Sara and Daniel interview local author Jillian Forsberg to talk about her new historical novel The Rhino Keeper. Jillian shares what inspired her to write a book based on the most famous rhino in modern history, but also
Sara and Daniel interview author Talia Lakshmi Kolluri to talk about her debut short story collection What We Fed to the Manticore. Talia shares what inspired her to write stories from various animal perspectives, geeks
Sara and Daniel interview author Alex White, who is a science fiction and horror writer, best-known for the Salvager series and their tie-in novels for the Aliens and Star Trek franchises. In this episode that explores R
Sara and Daniel interview author N.K. Jemisin, a celebrated sci-fi and fantasy author who won the Hugo Award for her novel The Fifth Season. Tying in with ReadICT Category 1: A Book with a Map, this episode focuses on Je
Sara and Daniel interview author Kiersten White, author of the 2023 novel Mister Magic. As they explore ReadICT Category 3: A book about something lost or found, Kiersten shares her thoughts on what she calls "toxic nost
Sara and Daniel interview Tommy Orange, author of There There and Wandering Stars to talk about urban native representation, why it’s important to read books by and about people different from you and how much they love
Sara and Daniel discuss ReadICT Category 5: A book by or about someone who is neurodivergent. Joining the discussion are Ian and Jenny, members of the Read Return Repeat production team who normally work behind the camer
Sara and Daniel interview writer Ross Gay to talk about his essay collection, Inciting Joy, which was released in 2022. In this conversation, which explores ReadICT Category 4: A Collection, Ross talks about the meaning
Sara and Daniel are joined by Suzanne Perez and Beth Golay of the Books and Whatnot podcast to talk about the new #ReadICT 2024 challenge categories. In this special kickoff episode which was recorded in front of a live
Sara and Daniel interview prolific sci-fi author John Scalzi for #ReadICT category 12: A book by an author visiting Wichita. They talk about John's most recent novel Starter Villain, hyper-intelligent cats and what it’s
Sara and Daniel talk with author Natalie Zina Walschots, author of Hench, where they take a closer look at ReadICT Category 5, a book told from the villain's point-of-view. In this episode they examine the lives of the h
Sara and Daniel interview local historian Seth Bate, author of Winfield's Walnut Valley Festival, as they delve into ReadICT category 6: a book about time and talk about the timelessness of music, building community thro
Sara and Daniel interview author Travis Baldree, author of Legends and Lattes, the bestselling cozy fantasy novel about an orc who trades in her weapons to open a coffee shop in a quiet village. In this episode – which f
Stephen Graham Jones
NYT bestseller
1 appearance on this show
Alex White
Author of Alien: The Cold Forge · London Fields Brewery
1 appearance on this show
Kiersten White
1 appearance on this show
Tommy Orange
Wandering Stars author
1 appearance on this show
Ross Gay
1 appearance on this show
John Scalzi
1 appearance on this show
Travis Baldree
Author of Legends & Lattes
1 appearance on this show
Hayley Campbell
Sparket Cadet
1 appearance on this show
Silas House
novelist, journalist, professor, activist
1 appearance on this show
Rebekah Taussig
Mother, Author, Podcast Host & Disability Advocate
1 appearance on this show
Sherman Alexie
poet, novelist, Substacker, screenwriter
1 appearance on this show
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