Carolyn Spector Papers

Carolyn Spector Papers Lane Community College Archives Collection # M-005

Contents List

Folders 1-5 - Book Review Lists, 1990-2001 Folders 6-16 - Book Review Scripts, 1990-2001 Folder 17 – Correspondence, 1991, 1998

Folders 1-5 -- Book Review Lists  Pages from KLCC Program Guides which list the date the review was aired on KLCC and the title and author of the book reviewed.  Lists of books prepared by Carolyn Spector including notes about whether the Eugene and Springfield Public Libraries have copies of the book in their collections.

Folders 6-16 -- Book Review Scripts

 The scripts are the reviews as written by Carolyn Spector.  The date when the review was written is noted on the script.  Promos (brief summaries of the book reviews broadcast by KLCC prior to the actual review) are handwritten by Carolyn in the upper right-hand corner of the script.  Times are given for both the promo (approximately 30 seconds) and for the review (approximately 3 minutes). Carolyn Spector Papers / M-005 / Inventory 2

1990 January 11 The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan January 25 The Fablesinger by Judith Woolcock Colombo February 8 Curses! by Aaron Elkins February 22 He Included Me by Sarah Rice March 8 The Comic Book in America by Mike Benton March 22 Sort of Rich by James Wilcox April 5 The Neon Bible by John Kennedy Toole April 19 Trespassing and Other Stories by Valerie Miner May 17 Franky Furbo by William Wharton May 31 The Buddha of Suburbia by Hanif Kureishi June 14 Onion by Kate Braestrup June 28 Where the Rivers Ran Backward by William Merritt July 12 After All These Years by Lauren Kessler July 26 Writers’ France by John Ardagh August 9 The Trick of It by Michael Frayn August 23 A Year in Provence by Peter Mayle September 6 Because It Is Bitter by Joyce Carol Oates September 20 A Quaker Promise Kept by Lois Barton October 4 Packing with Llamas by Stanlynn Daugherty October 18 Nine Fairy Tales…And One More Thrown in For Good Measure by Karel Capek November 1 Not That You Asked by Andrew Rooney November 15 The Umbrella Guide to Bicycling the Oregon Coast by Robin Cody November 29 Natural Selection by Frederick Barthelme December 13 Monkeys on the Interstate by Jack Hanna December 27 Expecting Someone Taller by Tom Holt

1991 February 7 Stitched From the Soul by Gladys-Marie Fry February 21 Love Letters & Two Other Plays by A. R. Gurney March 7 Nehalem Tillamook Tales by Clara Pearson March 21 The Music of Chance by Paul Auster April 4 East Is East by T. Coraghessan Boyle April 18 Home Boy by Jimmy Chesire May 2 Tall Tales From Rogue River: The Yarns of Hathaway Jones edited by Stephen Dow Beckman Carolyn Spector Papers / M-005 / Inventory 3

May 16 Sleeping Arrangements by Laura Cunningham May 30 The Unorthodox Book of Jewish Records & Lists by Allan Gould and Danny Siegel June 13 Murder on the Iditarod Trail by Sue Henry June 27 Two Wheels Around New Zealand by Scott Bischke July 11 Duel at Gold Buttes by William Jeffrey July 25 Turning Japanese: Memoirs of a Sansei by David Mura August 8 Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves, edited by Alan Dean Foster and Martin Harry Greenberg August 22 Pomp and Circumstance by Fred Mustard Stewart September 5 Horror Comics: The Illustrated History by Mike Benton September 19 A Lot to Ask by Hazel Holt October 3 Blue Moon Rising by Simon Green October 24 Ironclad: The Monitor and the Merrimack by Arthur Mokin November 7 In the Center of the Nation by Dan O’Brien November 21 The Fireman’s Fair by Josephine Humphreys December 5 Beyond the Garden Gate by Sophus K. Winther December 19 Toujours Provence by Peter Mayle

1992 January 2 Paradise by Judith McNaught January 16 Praying for Sheetrock by Melissa Fay Greene January 30 Himalayan Passage by Jeremy Schmidt February 13 Heartwood by Rick Steber February 27 Chicago Days/Hoboken Nights by Daniel Pinkwater March 12 The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury edited by William F. Nolan and Martin H. Greenberg March 26 Such Devoted Sisters by Eileen Goudge April 9 Stepping Westward by Sallie Tisdale April 23 Escape Through the Pyrenees by Lisa Fittko May 7 They Used to Call Me Snow White…But I Drifted: Women’s Strategic Use of Humor by Regina Barreca May 21 Llamas for Love and Money by Rosana Hart June 4 The Mark of the Car by Andre Norton June 18 Hope for a Change: Commentaries by an Optimistic Realist by Michael Henderson July 2 Taming the Great South Land by William J. Lines July 16 Black Water by Joyce Carol Oates July 30 Lucy Bloomer by Russell Hill August 13 An Elegy for September by John Nichols Carolyn Spector Papers / M-005 / Inventory 4

August 27 Fire on the Prairie: Chicago’s Harold Washington and the Politics of Race by Gary Rivlin September 24 The Catswold Portal by Shirley Rousseau Murphy October 8 Codgerspace by Alan Dean Foster October 22 The Drummer Was the First to Die by Liza Pennywitt Taylor November 5 Northwest Cheap Sleeps edited by Stephanie Irving November 19 Live and Remember by Valentin Rasputin December 3 Marinades for the Cook Inside You by Jim Tarantino December 17 Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist by Kathleen Alcala December 31 Ricochet River by Robin Cody

1993 January 14 Prey by Ken Goddard January 23 The Women Outside: Meanings and Myth of Homelessness by Stephanie Golden February 11 Delores Claiborne by Stephen King February 25 Sailor Song by Ken Kesey March 11 Beastly Behaviors: What Makes Whales Whistle, Cranes Dance, Pandas Turn Somersaults, and Crocodiles Roar by Janine M. Benyus March 25 Aunt Dimity’s Death by Nancy Atherton April 8 Lovers: Stories by Women edited by Amber Coverdale Sumrall April 22 What Did I Do?: The Unauthorized Autobiography by Larry Rivers with Arnold Weinstein May 6 K2: The 1939 Tragedy by Andrew J. Kauffman and William L. Putnam / Young Men and Fire by Norman Maclean May 20 Brown Shoe by Rick Slone June 3 Veri Tales: Ring of Truth edited by Helen Wirth June 17 The Infinite Plan by Isabel Allende July 1 Mama Makes Up Her Mind by Bailey White July 15 Ecstasia by Francesca Lia Block July 29 The Hot House: Life Inside Leavenworth Prison by Pete Earley August 12 A Suitable Boy by Vikram Seth August 26 The Bride of the Wind: The Life of Alma Mahler by Susanne Keegan September 9 You Never Know by Isabel Huggan September 23 I Been In Sorrow’s Kitchen and Licked Out All the Pots by Susan Straight October 7 Literary Ghost by Larry Dark October 21 The Road to Wellville by Goraghessan Boyle Carolyn Spector Papers / M-005 / Inventory 5

November 4 Bears: Monarchs of the Northern Wilderness by Wayne Lynch November 18 Green Shadows, White Whale by Ray Bradbury December 2 The Devil’s Dream by Lee Smith December 16 The World in Your Kitchen by Troth Wells December 30 The Racquet by George Hitchcock

January 13 Pacific Northwest The Beautiful Cokbook edited b Kathy Casey January 26 The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman Alexie February 10 The Green Fuse: An Ecological Odyssey by John Harte February 24 Liaison by Joyce Wadler March 10 The Four-Season Landscape: Easy-Care Plants and Plans for Year-Round Color by Susan A. Roth March 24 Harvesting the Heart by Jodi Picoult April 7 Hotel Pastis by Peter Mayle April 21 Two Lives: A Conversation in Paintings and Photographs edited by Arrowsmith & West and O'Keefe: The Life of an American Legend by Jeffrey Hogrefe May 5 Extraordinary Powers by Joseph Finder May 19 A Book of Guys by Garrison Keillor June 2 The Robber Bride by Margaret Atwood June 16 Dying for Chocolate: A Culinary Mystery by Diane Mott Davidson June 30 That Lucky Old Son: The Autobiography of Frankie Laine by Frankie Lane and Joseph F. Laredo July 14 A Literary Feast edited by Lilly Golden July 28 The Long Night of White Chickens by Francisco Goldman August 11 Chiefs and Chief Traders by Theodore Stern August 25 Beyond the Norm - Veritales edited by Helen Writh September 8 Dance Dance Dance by Haruki Murakami September 22 Tomorrow Leaves by Carlus B. Harris October 6 The Mysterious Doom and Other Ghostly Tales of the Northwest edited by Jessica Amanda Salmonson October 20 On Fire by Larry Brown November 3 New Orleans Beat by Julie Smith November 17 Mr. Vertigo by Paul Auster December 1 Blue Dog by George Rodrigue and Lasrence S. Freundlich Carolyn Spector Papers / M-005 / Inventory 6

December 15 I Went to the Animal Fair: A Journey Through Madness to Meaning by Heather Harpham December 29 Two Old Women: An Alaska Legend of Betrayal, Courage and Survival by Velma Miller, illustrations by Jim Grant

January 12 Hester: A Novel About the Early Hester Prynne by Christopher Bigsby January 26 Last Go Round: A Real Western by Ken Kesey with Ken Babbs February 9 Indian Creek Chronicles: A Winter Alone in the Wilderness by Pete Fromm February 23 The Second Story Theatre & Two Encores: A Book of Fictions by James Brown March 9 Ancestral Thruths by Sara Maitland March 23 The Portland Laugher by Earl Emerson April 6 Greenthieves by Alan Dean Foster April 20 Soiled Doves: Prostitution in the Early West by Anne Seagraves May 4 Filed Guide to the Slugs by David George Gordon May 18 Backwoods Railroads: Branchlines and Shortlines of Western Oregon by D.C. Jesse Burkhardt June 1 The Dyke and the Dybbuk by Ellen Galford June 15 Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingslover June 29 Veritales: Freed By Choice edited by Helen Wirth July 13 All Her Paths Are Peace by Michael Henderson July 27 Don't Turn Your Back on the Ocean by Janet Dawson August 10 The Timeline Book of the Arts by George Ochoa and Melinda Corey August 24 Reservation Blues by Sherman Alexie September 7 Bongwater by Michael Hornburg September 21 Thirteen Mountain by John R. Reed October 5 Moo by Jane Smiley October 19 Oregon Coast Best Places: A Destination Guide November 2 Cooking for Heart and Soul edited by Stanley Eichelbaum November 16 Pursuit of Happiness edited by Linny Stoval November 30 Ladder of Years by Anne Tyler December 14 The Hatless Man: An Anthology of Odd and Forgotten Manners by Sarah Kortum December 28 Tenorman by David Huddle Carolyn Spector Papers / M-005 / Inventory 7

January 11 Mountain Trivia Challenge by Robert Storer January 25 Overstory: Zero by Robert Leo Heilman February 8 The Lives of Whales and Dolphins by Richard C. Conner and Dawn Micklethwaite Peterson February 22 Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra March 7 Fool's Hill by John Quick April 4 The Tortilla Curtain by T. Coraghessan Boyle April 18 Snow Falling on Cedars by David Guterson May 2 Jackson's Dilemma by Iris Murdoch May 16 The Road Ahead by Bill Gates May 30 The Global Adventurer's Handbook byJohn Malarkey June 13 Four Figures in Time by Patricia Grossman June 27 The Color of Water by James McBride July 11 Pentecost Alley by Anne Perry July 25 Rain by Kirsty Gunn August 8 My Old Man and the Sea by David Hays and Daniel Hays August 22 Do You Remember? by Michael Gitter and Sylvie Anapol September 5 Audrey Hepburn's Neck by Alan Brown September 19 Oregon Coast by Rick Schafer (photography) and Jack and Jan McGowan October 3 Keeper by Greg Rucka October 17 Dave Barry's Complete Guide to Guys by Dave Barry October 31 Out of Harm's Way by Terri Crisp and Samatha Glen November 14 Hiking Oregon's Geology by Ellen Morris Bishop and John Eliot Allen December 12 Let 'Em Eat Cake by Susan Jedren December 26 Bucking the Sun by Ivan Doig

January 8 The Absence of Angels by W.S. Penn January 22 Lessons from the Wolverine by Barry Lopez, illustrated by Tom Pohrt February 5 Running Through the Tall Grass by Thomas Givon February 19 South of Seattle: Notes on LIfe in the Northwest Woods by James LeMonds March 5 Femme D'Adventure: Travel Tales from Inner Montana to Outer Mongolia by Jessica Maxwell March 19 Alaska's Inside Passage by Kim Heacox Carolyn Spector Papers / M-005 / Inventory 8

April 2 Uppity Women of Medieval Times by Vicki Leon April 16 The Coming of a New Millennium: An Adventure by Heidi Neale and Nick Manolukas April 30 A Terrible Beauty by D.W. St. John May 14 Snowbound by Ladd Hamilton May 28 The Lady Pinkerton Gets Her Man by Jerrie Hurd June 11 An Isolated Incident by Susan R. Sloan June 25 Tonto's Revenge by Rennard Strickland July 9 Weekends for Two in the Pacific Northwest: 50 Romantic Getaways by Bill Gleeson July 23 Mirror, Mirror on the Wall: Women Writers Explore Their Favorite Fairy Tales edited by Kate Bernheimer August 6 Slug Tossing and Other Adventures of a Reluctant Gardener by Meg DesCamp August 20 The Undertaker's Widow by Phillip Margolin September 3 The Timeless Tales of Reginald Bretnor edited by Fred Flaxman September 17 Addicted to Danger: A Memoir about Affirming LIfe in the Face of Death by Jim Wickwire and Dorothy Bullitt October 1 Invisible World by Stuart Cohen October 15 The Spirited Walker: Fitness Walking for Clarity, Balance and Spiritual Connection by Carolyn Scott Kortge October 29 If Kids Just Came with Instruction Sheets!: Creating a World Without Child Abuse by Svea J. Gold November 12 The Flower in the Skull by Kathleen Alcala December 9 Pacific Northwest: Land of Light and Water by Brenda Peterson, photographs by Art Wolfe December 23 On Island Time by Hilary Stewart

January 6 First Fish First People: Salmon Tales of the North Pacific Rim edited by Judith Rohe and Meg McHutchison January 20 How to Rent a Fire Lookout in the Pacific Northwest by Tom Foley and Tish Steinfeld February 3 Elderberry Wine: Selected Radio Commentaries by Peter Wooton, compiled by Carol Wooton February 17 12 Drummers Drumming by Diana Deverell March 3 Safety and Security for Women Who Travel by Sheila Swan and Peter Laufer March 17 The Skins of Dead Men by Dean Ing Carolyn Spector Papers / M-005 / Inventory 9

March 31 Tools of the Earth by Jeff Taylor April 14 The Passion Dream Book by Whitney Otto April 28 Shiva Dancing by Bharti Kirchner May 12 Star Trek: Strange New Worlds edited by Dean Wesley Smith with John Ordover and Paula Block May 26 The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver June 9 Sunrise to Paradise: The Story of Mount Rainier National Park by Ruth Kirk; Washington's Mount Rainier Nation Park: A Centennial Celebration by Tim McNulty with photographs by Pat O'Hara June 23 Justice is Blind by Gordon Kirkland July 7 Mr. White's Confession by Robert Clark July 21 Lost in Translation by Nicole Mones August 4 Night on Fire by Diana Deverell August 18 Ice Reich by William Dietrich September 1 Shadow Cat: Encountering the American Mountain Lion edited by Susan Ewing and Elizabeth Grossman September 15 Peace at Heart: An Oregon Country Life by Barbard Drake September 29 Not Just Trees: The Legacy of a Douglas Fir Forest by Jane Claire Dirks-Edmunds October 13 The Beachcomber's Guide to Seashore Life in the Pacific Northwest by J. Duane Sept October 27 Expect Miracles: Inspiring Stories of the Miraculous in Everyday Life by Mary Ellen November 10 A Line of Cutting Women edited by Beverly McFarland, Margarita Donnelly, Micki Reaman, Teri Mae Rutledge and others November 24 Nine Below Zero by Kevin Canty December 8 You Can't Say "Boobs" on Sunday by Jan Eliot

January 5 Gift of the Whale: The Inupiat Bowhead Hunt, A Sacred Tradition by Bill Hess January 19 A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman February 2 Night Swimming by Pete Fromm February 16 Sharmila's Book by Bharti Kirchner March 15 Proximate Causes by Lyndsay Smith March 29 Lewis & Clark: A Photographic Journey by Bill and Jan Moeller April 12 Mountain Time by Ivan Doig April 26 The Pull of Moving Water by Alice Koskela Carolyn Spector Papers / M-005 / Inventory 10

May 10 The Museum at Purgatory by Nick Bantock May 24 Classic Houses of Portland, Oregon, 1850-1950 by William J. Hawkins & William F. Willingham June 7 I'm No Hero: Journeys of a Holocaust Survivor by Henry Friedman June 21 Just This Side of Normal: Glimpses into Life with Autism by Elizabeth King Gerlach July 5 The Last Paradise by James D. Houston July 19 A Life on the Edge: Memoirs of Everest and Beyond by Jim Whittaker August 2 East of the Mountains by David Guterson August 16 Holdfast: At Home in the Natural World by Kathleen Dean Moore August 30 Anchorage: Early Photographs of the Great Land by Ann Chandonnet September 13 A Deeper Wild by William L. Sullivan September 27 Balancing Water: Restoring the Klamath Basin by William Kittredge, photographs by Tupper Ansel and Madeleine Graham Blake October 11 The Stations of Still Creek by Barbara J. Scot October 25 The Edge by Catherine Coulter November 8 Isaac's Storm by Erik Larson November 22 Wild Life by Molly Gloss December 6 It's a Chick Thing: Celebrating the Wild Side of Women's Friendship edited by Ame Mahler Beanland and Emily Miles Terry December 20 Predators at Risk in the Pacific Northwest by Dan A. Nelson

January 3 All Together in One Place by Jane Kirkpatrick January 17 Counting Coup: A True Story of Basketball and Honor on the Little Big Horn by Larry Colton January 31 The Night My Mother Met Bruce Lee by Paisley Rekdal February 14 Light Action in the Caribbean by Barry Lopez February 28 How All This Started by Pete Fromm March 14 Deadfall: Generations of Logging in the Pacific Northwest by James LeMonds March 28 The Happy Bottom Riding Club: The Life and Times of Pancho Barnes by Lauren Kessler April 11 Monkey Beach by Eden Robinson Carolyn Spector Papers / M-005 / Inventory 11

April 25 Winter Range by Claire Davis May 9 Plant This!: Best Bets for Year-Round Gorgeous Gardens by Ketzel Levine May 23 No Eye Can See by Jane Kirkpatrick June 6 Eugene, 1945-2000: Decisions That Made a Community edited by the City Club of Eugene June 20 Ten Tips for Women Who Want to Change the World Without Losing their Friends, Shirts, or Minds by Paula Prober July 18 A Waterfall Lover's Guide to the Pacific Northwest edited by Gregory A. Plumb

Undated

The Cockfighter by Frank Manley The Fifth Son by Elie Weisel Night Whispers by Judith McNaught Summer With the Bears: Six Seasons in the North Woods by Jack Becklund