Tessa Takeover: Pulitzer Prize-winning Juneauite Tessa Hulls’ roundtable discussion with authors Michelle Peñaloza, Putsata Reang, Jane Wong, and editor Daphne Ming Durham

Juneau Afternoon recorded live on Friday, September 4, 2026

• Ahead of their public reading event at Alaska Robotics and Amalga Distillery on Saturday, September 5 at 6:00 p.m., guest host Tessa Hulls sits down with the authors Michelle Peñaloza (“All the Words I Can Remember are Poems”), Putsata Reang (“Ma and Me”), Jane Wong (“Meet me Tonight in Atlantic City”), and editor Daphne Ming Durham (Putnam) for a roundtable discussion about memoirs, moms, fun, and friendship.

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Tessa Hulls guest-hosts the conversation. Juneau Afternoon airs at 3:00 p.m. on KTOO and KAUK with a rebroadcast at 7:00 p.m. Listen online or subscribe to the podcast at ktoo.org/juneauafternoon.

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Bostin Christopher produced today’s show with help from Erin Tripp.