KGOU Readers Club
Occasional Mondays at 1 p.m.
KGOU listeners can join in this unofficial book club, with selections picked by KGOU Managing Editor Logan Layden. Each month or so he leads a broadcast discussion with authors and members of the listening audience. Participate by reading the selected book, sending questions to Logan at news@kgou.org.
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Quoting from the book's dedication page: "To everyone who thinks Oklahoma is a flyover state, the joke is on you." -
The book we’re featuring for this episode is Tinkertown: A Wheatfield, an Airbase, and Us, about the founding of Midwest City near Tinker AFB, and a memoir of sorts for author Jim Willis, but also a peek into the fascinating history of Midwest City, a history perhaps not many fully know. From planes to ponies, it’s a unique place. -
The KGOU Readers Club’s latest selection is the new book Here Today: Oklahoma’s Ghost Towns, Vanishing Towns, and Towns Persisting against the Odds, from OU Press and author Jeffrey Schmidt.
