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

Genre Kryptonite: Graphic Memoirs

I love to read memoirs, but the one subgenre, if you will, that I tend to avoid is the dysfunctional ...

2013 Tournament of Books Discussion: ARCADIA by Lauren Groff

We here at Book Riot are huge Tournament of Books fans, so this year we’re going to discuss each of ...

Best of Book Riot: On Finding Narrative in Tragedy

How does narrative help us process tragedy? That’s one of the questions I’ve been asking myself since the tragic shooting ...

Best of Book Riot: Gatsby in Real Life

As an avid reader of nonfiction, my first impulse after finishing a book like The Great Gatsby, a classic American novel ...

Best of Book Riot: Analyzing the Library Hold List

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six months. We’ll ...

Best of Book Riot: The Four Parts of a Book Review

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six months. We’ll ...

Best of Book Riot: 2013 Calendars for Book Nerds

To celebrate the end of the year, we’re running some of our favorite posts from the last six months. We’ll ...

On Finding Narrative in Tragedy

How does narrative help us process tragedy? That’s one of the questions I’ve been asking myself since the tragic shooting ...

Book List: Friends–The People Who Know and Love You

One of the things that is, I think, fun about paying attention to all the new and buzzed-about books is ...

Why BuzzFeed’s Leap to Longform is Good for Readers

Earlier this week, BuzzFeed publicly stepped forward into the world of longform, online journalism by hiring a new editor specifically to ...