KPL Podcast

KPL Podcast June 2025 Week 1 with Special Guest Lucas Schaefer

Kirkwood Public Library Episode 279

This week on the KPL Podcast we have debut author Lucas Schaefer to tell us about his novel, The Slip.  This is an American novel about a missing teenage boy, cases of fluid and mistaken identity, and the transformative power of boxing. This novel was named a Most Anticipated Book of 2025 by The New York Times, The Washington Post, and NPR.  Listen to learn more. 

Author Reads:

White Teeth by Zadie Smith

NW by Zadie Smith

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan

Leg: the Story of  Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It by Greg Marshall

Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Paradise by Abdulrazak Gurnah

Big Swiss by Jen Beagin

The Known World by Edward P. Jones