KPL Podcast

KPL Podcast June 2026 Week 3 With Special Guest Wade Rouse

Kirkwood Public Library Episode 332

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The KPL Podcast is back with another great episode. This week we spoke with Wade Rouse about his first novel under his own name.  He also writes under the pen name Viola Shipman.  That's What Friends Are For pays homage to the Golden Girls but also takes on heavy topics, such as aging, homosexuality, the importance of the gay community, and grief with wit and humor. 

Author Reads

The Lost Book of Lancelot by John Glynn

Keeper of Lost Children by Sadeqa Johnson

Awake by Jen Hatmaker

The End of My Life is Killing Me by Annabelle Gurwitch