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If you missed any of the 2004 series of Respite by the River readings, or just would like to hear them again, you can hear them all online, right here at KFSR.org.
This
week our guest is local historian and author Cathy Rehart,
author of the Valley's Legends and Legacies. We'll talk about
Cathy's research, about the importance of study the history of
the Valley, and what it can tell us about the city and county
we live in today. We'll also hear an except from one of
Cathy's books from a reading recorded at the Coke Hallowell
Center for River Studies as part of the San Joaquin River
Parkway and Conservation Trust's new monthly "Respite By
the River" series.
Join
KFSR's Barlow 
Our
guest this week on Campus and Community is Gerald Haslam, a renowned author
and Valley native. Gerald's works range from fiction to short
stories, biography to history, and his works often draw upon
the influence on the Great Central Valley. We'll find out
about Gerald's life, as well as his views about the place that
we call home.
This
week our guest on Campus and Community is Jean Janzen, an
acclaimed San Joaquin Valley poet, Fresno State graduate and a
recently retired professor from Fresno Pacific University.
Her works include the newly published collection of poems, Piano
in the Vineyard and Tasting the Dust, both of which
reflect on California landscapes. We'll find out more about
Jean's life and her work in our interview, as well as hear a
few selections from her poetry collections.
Acclaimed
author and poet Gary Soto joins us for this week's edition of
Campus and Community. A graduate of Fresno State, Gary is an
internationally renowned author and Fresno native, and many of
his poems, short stories, novels taken place in the
Valley. We'll talk about his early years in the Valley, and
his time at Fresno State, his body of work, and much
more. 
This
week our guest is noted Valley author and farmer David Mas
Masumoto. His new book, Letters from the Valley: A Harvest
of Memories is a collection of essays capturing the life
and spirit of a farming valley, her people and places, written
from the point of view of a native son and a father. We'll
talk about his career as both a writer and a farmer, and his
upcoming appearance at the San Joaquin River Parkway's Respite
by the River event.