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Literary Notes

Literary Notes

By: Washington Talking Book & Braille Library
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 Join the volunteers at the Washington Talking Book & Braille Library as they interview local authors about books they’ve written in the WTBBL catalog. New episodes every other Thursday! The Washington Talking Book & Braille Library (WTBBL) is a free library service available to all Washington state residents who struggle to read standard print due to blindness, visual impairment, a reading disability like dyslexia, or any other condition which might impact an individual’s ability to read standard print. WTBBL has over 150,000 audiobooks and over 25,000 braille books available to check out, as well as assistive equipment such as talking book machines, and refreshable braille displays.Copyright 2025 All rights reserved. Art Literary History & Criticism
Episodes
  • Jessica Gigot | A Little Bit of Land

    Jessica Gigot | A Little Bit of Land
    Jun 26 2025

    Jessica Gigot is a poet, writer, and farmer who spends most of her days on her sheep farm in the Skagit Valley. She wrote about her experiences with farm life in her memoir A Little Bit of Land. WTBBL volunteer Ren Caldwell sits down to speak with her about writing the memoir, Skagit Valley food tours, and bookstores owned by writers.
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    45 mins
  • Nathan Vass | The Lines That Make Us: Stories From Nathan's Bus

    Nathan Vass | The Lines That Make Us: Stories From Nathan's Bus
    Jun 12 2025

    Writer, filmmaker, and King County Metro bus driver Nathan Vass has collected stories about the riders he meets along bus routs 7 and 49 in his book The Lines That Make Us: Stories From Nathan's Bus. He chats with WTBBL volunteer Chris Snee about the book, how the bus experience has changed over his career, and optimism during trying times.
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    40 mins
  • E.J. Koh | The Magical Language of Others & The Liberators

    E.J. Koh | The Magical Language of Others & The Liberators
    May 29 2025

    Poet, novelist, screenwriter, and translator E.J. Koh reunites with her former roommate and current WTBBL volunteer Yoon Park to discuss her memoir, The Magical Language of Others, and her novel The Liberators. They talk about Koh's writing process, Korean mothers, and Koh returns some money she owed Park from back in the day.
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    56 mins
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