How are graphic novelists illuminating politics and history?

On the next Your Call, we'll have conversation with graphic novelists. How do images change the art of story telling? What are your favorite graphic novels? What makes them unique? Join us at 10 or email feedback@yourcallradio.org. More graphic novels have been published in the last 10 years than in the previous 30. What explains the explosion? What can we learn from graphic journalism? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Paul Buhle, a senior lecturer in the history and civilization departments at Brown University.

Amir, a journalist and human rights activists and co-author of Zahra's Paradise.

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What are your summer reading picks?

On the next Your Call, we'll open the lines to get your summer reading recommendations. According to the National Endowment for the Arts, the average person between the ages of 15 and 24 spends two hours per day watching TV and just seven minutes reading. What can we do to encourage reading? Join us live at 10 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. What are you reading? Do you have an all time favorite? It's Your Call, with Holly Kernan and you.

Guests:
Kevin Hunsanger, owner of Green Apple Books in San Francisco

David Kipen is owner of Libros Schmibros, a used bookstore and free lending library in Boyle Heights in Southern California.

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What was your favorite book of the year... or the decade?

On the next Your Call, we'll be joined by two local independent bookstore owners for our end-of-the-year book show. 2010 is coming to a close and we want to know what you've been reading this year. Which books have you enjoyed most? Which have been the most telling of our time? Have any classics resurfaced for you? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Considering books as holiday gifts? Which ones? It's Your Call with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Kevin Hunsanger, an owner of Green Apple Books

Rachel Meier, general manager and buyer at Booksmith

Lee Azus, owner of Get Lost bookstore

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What's on your summer reading list?

On the next Your Call, we'll get suggestions from a librarian and an independent bookstore owner for great summer books -- new releases and old classics. There's nothing like having the perfect book along on a vacation or just to sit with under a tree. What do you think makes for good summer reading? Are you aiming to learn about a subject? Or get lost in a good story? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. Which authors are really exciting you right now? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Laura Lent, librarian with the San Francisco Public Library system
Kevin Hunsanger, an owner of Green Apple Books

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Is There a Poem that has Moved You?

Is there a poem that has moved you, touched you, or changed your life? On the next Your Call, we'll celebrate National Poetry Month by asking you to share your favorite poem. Where did you first hear it and why did it stick with you? Join us live at 11 or send us an email at feedback@yourcallradio.org. How does poetry make you feel? Does it quiet your mind? Does it inspire you to action? What does poetry do for you that prose can't? It's Your Call, with Sandip Roy and you.

Guests:
Devorah Major--former San Francisco poet laureate, adjunct professor at California College of the Arts, and Poet in Residence at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco

Pireeni Sundaralingam--poet and co-editor of Indivisible: A Contemporary Anthology of South Asian American Poetry

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Your Call 081108 Summer Reading Picks

What are your summer reading picks? On the next Your Call, we will have a conversation about books and why it has become so difficult to get Americans reading more literature. According to National Endowment survey, fewer than half of Americans are reading literature and Americans between the ages 15 to 24 spend almost two hours a day watching TV, and only seven minutes reading. How much time do you spend reading books? And what are you reading now? It's Your Call, with Rose Aguilar and you.

Guests:
Doris Moskowitz, owner of Moe's Books in Berkeley.

Kevin Ryan, owner of Green Apple Books

David Kipen, National Endowment for the Arts' director of Literature, National Reading Initiatives, and program director of The Big Read

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