A native of Ohio, Karin Wraley Barbee earned her MFA from Bowling Green State University. She teaches English at Siena Heights University and lives in Adrian, MI with her husband and two children.
NPR’S BOOK OF THE DAY
- 'Cloudthief' and 'Dead but Dreaming of Electric Sheep' are novels that center tech August 15, 2026Today’s episode features two novels with tech at the center. Climate journalist Nathaniel Rich’s Cloudthief is the story of a hacker and a journalist who team up to rob a data center in Oklahoma. Rich spoke with Here & Now’s Indira Lakshmanan about how he came up with the idea for the heist. Then, horror […]
- In 'Hinterlands,' Hannah Lucinda Smith warns not to overlook conflict at the fringes August 13, 2026Hannah Lucinda Smith is a veteran foreign correspondent. Her new book Hinterlands explores whether hidden conflicts unfolding in little-noticed border areas might be shaping a new world order. In today’s episode, she speaks with All Things Considered’s Mary Louise Kelly about “overlooked” places caught between the Russian and Turkish spheres of influence and the West. […]
NY TIMES BOOKS
- As the Old Files Open, One Family Confronts Another’s Dark Nazi Past August 16, 2026
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