Kim Ukura
Kim Ukura is a book lover, recovering journalist, library advocate, cat mom, and lover of a good gin cocktail. In addition to co-hosting Book Riot’s nonfiction podcast, For Real, and co-editing Book Riot’s nonfiction newsletter, True Story, Kim spends her days working in communications at a county library system in the Twin Cities area. Kim has a BA in English and journalism from a small liberal arts college in Minnesota, and a master’s in journalism from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. When not getting to bed before 10 p.m., Kim loves to read nonfiction, do needlework projects, drink tea, and watch the Great British Baking Show. Instagram: @kimthedork Twitter: @kimthedork
Book List: Community, Technology and Loneliness
Kim Ukura
April 12, 2012
Why are so many Americans living by themselves? That was the big question in an article/book in the New Yorker I ...
Riot Recommendation: Contemporary Epistolary Novels
Kim Ukura
April 9, 2012
I’ve always loved fiction that plays with structure or narrative style to tell the story. I love jumping from past ...
Open Letter to An Author
Kim Ukura
March 29, 2012
Dear Author, I’m writing because I wanted to say thank you. I know that we haven’t always gotten along. Sometimes, ...
Nonfiction for the Life and Times of MAD MEN
Kim Ukura
March 22, 2012
Sometime today, my fellow Book Riot contributors will be posting their book recommendations for the characters of Mad Men. Although ...
When Obsessing Over Genre Leads Us Astray (And When It Doesn’t)
Kim Ukura
March 15, 2012
There are a lot of things that are designed to prime a reader for a book. Publishers design appealing book ...
Our Reading Lives: Filling in the Gaps
Kim Ukura
March 8, 2012
Do you ever feel like there’s a gap in your reading repertoire? Like you’ve missed some time period or style ...
Five Books to Read During a Blizzard
Kim Ukura
March 1, 2012
After four months of the most tame winter I can remember, we finally got a walloping winter storm across Minnesota on Tuesday ...
What’s Wrong with Chick Nonfiction?
Kim Ukura
February 23, 2012
Readers and writers who are upset by real and perceived sexism in book reviews in The New York Times got ...
The Book Lists I’ll Never Read
Kim Ukura
February 16, 2012
Earlier this week, fellow Rioter Amanda Nelson admitted to having a slightly-more-obsessive-than-normal love for book lists. I too love a ...
An Easy Introduction to Nonfiction: The Essay
Kim Ukura
February 9, 2012
One of my reading goals for this year was to read an essay every single day. Reading essays — both ...