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This month, local book releases spring forth a variety of fiction, comics, art and history. KOSU’s Matthew Viriyapah has more on new books from Oklahoma.

Holly Gibney is back in King's thriller, Never Flinch. The Stalker follows a manipulative man. Happily ever after is evasive in Consider Yourself Kissed. Plus, new work from Tash Aw and Etgar Keret.

Oklahoma indie musician Johnny Manchild is the latest guest on KOSU's music podcast Songwriters & Tour Riders.

As supporters lined up to meet Sen. James Lankford at an Oklahoma City bookstore Friday, protesters gathered outside.

This Saturday is Independent Bookstore Day. Matthew Viriyapah has some recommendations on books by Oklahomans you can pick up at your favorite local bookstore.

At the center of the case is the school system in Montgomery County, Md., the most religiously diverse county in the U.S., with 160,000 students of almost all faiths.

A number of books out this week — a tale of tribal politics, a close-focus mystery, measured criticism and a unique relationship — are tied up in answering the question: How do we define ourselves?

When we worry about the declining rates of literacy and a lack of reading skills, it's often about children. But how often are adults reading these days? And what are we reading? A new NPR/Ipsos poll finds out.

New on the shelves this week: An obit writer writes — and drunkenly publishes — his own obituary. A Hungarian teen stumbles into adulthood. And geriatric sleuth Vera Wong returns.

Welcome in spring with some new local books. KOSU’s Matthew Viriyapah has some recommendations for books from Oklahoma.