Oregon Book Awards winner Kimberly King Parsons, author of We Were the Universe (re-broadcast)

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Thu, 05/22/2025 - 10:00am to 11:00am
Poster for Oregon Book Awards winner "We Were the Universe" by Kimberly King Parsons

Last summer, we interviewed Kimberly King Parsons for her novel We Were the Universe, which had just been released by Knopf. Here we are, almost a year later, and Kim and the novel were just honored with the Oregon Book Awards’ Ken Kesey Prize for Fiction. While Jonesy himself is currently on a flight to Italy, seeking political asylum, we thought you’d enjoy hearing that interview. Whether you’ve read the book or not, and if not, what are you waiting for, I think you’ll enjoy getting to know Kim and her work a little better.

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