Doug Gordon
Host and Producer, BETA at Wisconsin Today
Host at Beta
Host of @wprBETA on @WPR. ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ซ ๐ฆ ๐ฆซ ๐ฟ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐พ๐๐๐๐๐๐. ๐๐๐ฝ๐๐๐๐ฟ. ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐พ๐๐๐๐ผ๐๐.
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2 weeks ago |
wpr.org | Doug Gordon
I think it's fair to say that Felipe Torres Medina has accomplished the impossible. He has written a book that is undoubtedly the funniest book you will ever read about immigration in America. Trust me, if you don't read it, you will succumb to FOMO - the fear of missing out. Torres Medina, an immigrant himself, says on the back cover of " America, Let Me In: A Choose Your Immigration Story," that the b ook "is filled with laughter, tears, peril, adventure, and paperwork.
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1 month ago |
wpr.org | Doug Gordon
If you're looking for a thoroughly modern Gothic novel, you don't need to look any further than Sara Sligar's latest, " Vantage Point." It had me at "Succession meets Megan Abbott.""Vantage Point" is a propulsive story about the Wieland family. The Wielands have it all - wealth, status, power. But they are also dealing with a tragic family curse. Clara and her brother, Teddy, grew up on a small island in Maine. They have had to deal with the tragic deaths of their parents, rumors and paparazzi.
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1 month ago |
wpr.org | Doug Gordon
"And I think that technology, honestly to us, I think is kind of equally scary and shadowy and unknown to most people." Sarah Sligar If you're looking for a thoroughly modern gothic novel, you don't need to look any further than Sara Sligar's latest - "Vantage Point." It had me at "Succession meets Megan Abbott." 'Vantage Point' is a propulsive story about the Wieland family. The Wielands have it all - wealth, status, power. But they are also dealing with a tragic family curse.
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1 month ago |
wpr.org | Doug Gordon
Maggie Su has a Ph.D. in fiction from the University of Cincinnati and an MFA from Indiana University. She's put these degrees to excellent use in her debut novel, " Blob: A Love Story."As former " BETA" on WPR guest Kevin Wilson has said, "Blob is a book that looks at identity and desire in profoundly interesting ways." I couldn't say that any better than Kevin, so that's why I decided to use his blurb in this intro. The protagonist of Su's novel is Vi Liu. Vi is a young Taiwanese-American woman.
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2 months ago |
wpr.org | Doug Gordon
Karen Russell was the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius Grant" in 2013. The MacArthur Foundation was impressed by her "uncanny ability to blend fantastical elements with psychological realism and themes of transformation and redemption." Consider me impressed, as well. Full disclosure - Russell is one of my favorite writers. I was lucky enough to talk to her about her collection of short stories, "Orange World and Other Stories," here on WPR's "BETA" a while back.
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