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T.C. Boyle's past work is largely satirical and tough on his characters. In San Miguel, readers will find the same biting tone, but none of the irony. Loosely based on ranchers' memoirs of a grim California island, this chillingly written novel exposes a bleak and savage reality.

In her new book, Andrea Stuart explores the intersection of sugar, slavery, settlement, migration and survival in the Americas. Stuart's personal history was shaped by these forces — she is descended from a slave owner who had relations with an unknown slave.

Thursdays, July 13 - July 27, 2023 from 10 - 11:30 p.m. on KPBS TV. This hit murder mystery series is now broadcast in more than 200 countries and continues to attract great ratings and the best in acting talent, based on the award-winning detective novels by Caroline Graham. Blackmail, intrigue, deceit, adultery and murder abound, as the dastardly goings on in the seemingly idyllic county of Midsomer are unraveled by DCI Barnaby.

A turf war over zoning reveals a deep divide between neighborhood residents and industry in an ever-changing city.

Airs Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 11 a.m. on KPBS TV

Firefighters struggled Friday to get ahead of a raging wildfire that was moving dangerously close to heavily populated areas in this idyllic coastal city and had forced the evacuation of an estimated 30,000 residents. Neighborhoods of multimillion dollar mansions stood like ghost towns, bathed in the eerie orange glow cast by the nearby blaze.

In her first broadcast interview in decades, novelist Anne Tyler introduces us to her new book, The Beginner's Goodbye; her Baltimore; and her definition of heaven.

In a career that spanned half a century, Griffith starred in five different TV series and made more than 30 movies. He was most famous for playing a gentle small-town sheriff on The Andy Griffith Show and the courtly Southern lawyer on Matlock. Griffith died Tuesday at age 86.

Most San Diego students have hit summer’s midway point, and parents may be hearing complaints of boredom. In addition to driving adults crazy, idle summers can have academic consequences.

Read about the author of "Into the Beautiful North", Luis Alberto Urrea. This is one of Urrea's many novels, but one he considers to be his funniest.