Crowdfunding for health care. UW-Bothell prof examines the trend in new book Author Nora Kenworthy's new book, "Crowded Out: The True Costs of Crowdfunding Healthcare," looks at the complex set of experiences of people using platforms like GoFundMe to raise money for medical care and how the platform potentially shapes the world around us. Libby Denkmann Hans Anderson
The heart-rending true love story behind 'Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet' This is KUOW's book club, and we’re wrapping up Jamie Ford’s "Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet." Katie Campbell
What does 'home' mean to us? I could dwell on any number of themes in this, our third check-in, from the role of women in this story to the end of childhood when the world is falling apart around youth. But what I want to talk most about today is the concept of “home.” Katie Campbell
'The e-book problem' hits Seattle Public Library The Seattle region loves to read. Clare McGrane Patricia Murphy
Jamie Ford is a heartbreaker Jamie Ford doesn’t need me to tell him he's an exceptional writer, but I sure would like to have a word with him about his talent for setting a pleasant mood – and killing it in brutal fashion. Katie Campbell
Report: Last year ended with a surge in book bans According to PEN America, 4,349 books were banned from schools between July and December 2023, more than the entire previous school year. More than 3,000 of those bans were in Florida. Elizabeth Blair
Time's role in 'Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet' by Jamie Ford As a writer, I always wonder how much authors reveal about themselves in their work – whether they know it or not. I found myself thinking about that as I read the first 13 chapters of Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet, emotionally charged as they were. Katie Campbell
Get to know the Pacific Northwest with KUOW’s new book club We’ve tapped into the well-read minds of our KUOW editors, the Seattle Public Library staff, and other friends of KUOW to bring you our new book club. Katie Campbell
National American Library Association report says book challenges soared in 2023 Overall, the number of individual titles challenged in both school and public libraries spiked by 65% — the highest level ever recorded by the ALA. Tovia Smith
