Connie Bennett

This is KLCC. I’m Connie Bennett with a book review of “The Fish Market” by Lee van der Voo.Well, sure, I like to eat fish. And I’m concerned about…

This is KLCC. I’m Connie Bennett with a book review of “Weather Woman” by Cai Emmons.I absolutely adored Eugene novelist Cai Emmon’s enchanting new book,…

This is KLCC. I’m Connie Bennett with a book review of “Life” by Cynthia Rylant, with illustrations by Brendan Wenzel.In a stunning new picture book,…

Many people are familiar with the forced relocation of Cherokee Indians in the 1830s, which led to the deaths of over 4,000 people. Now a play about…

This is KLCC. I’m Connie Bennett with a book review of “Let Us Build Us a City” by Tracy Daugherty.There are two schools of thought about summer reading.…

Oregon’s history with the First Nations remains an often overlooked part of the state’s checkered legacy. But more and more, Native Americans and their…

This is KLCC. I’m Connie Bennett with a book review of “Too Shattered for Mending” by Peter Brown Hoffmeister.I hesitated to read it. A coming of age…

This is KLCC. I’m Connie Bennett, Director of Eugene Public Library, with a book review of “How We Became Human” by Joy Harjo.The National Endowment for…

This is KLCC. I’m Connie Bennett, Director of Eugene Public Library, with a book review of “My Last Continent” by Midge Raymond.A trip to Antarctica…

This is KLCC. I’m Connie Bennett, Director of Eugene Public Library, with a book review of “Avenging the Owl” by Melissa Hart.A couple of years ago, I…

This is KLCC. I’m Connie Bennett, Director of Eugene Public Library, with a book review of “Wildman” by J.C. Geiger.I’ve never been a teenaged boy. Never…

This is KLCC. I’m Connie Bennett, Director of Eugene Public Library, with a book review of “Marrow Island” by Alexis M. Smith.In her lyrical and…