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You've seen those "Employee Picks" racks at bookstores? Bookmarks is new monthly WUKY new feature designed to get the full story on local booksellers' favorite new selections - and provide listeners with reading suggestions from the people who know books best in their own community.

Picking Cotton: A Story of Sexual Assault, Wrongful Imprisonment, and Reconciliation

WUKY | By Chase Cavanaugh

Published September 28, 2015 at 1:20 PM EDT

In this week's episode of Bookmarks, Chase Cavanaugh discusses Picking Cotton, the subject of this year's Common Reading Experience at the University of Kentucky, as well as an extended interview with one of its authors.

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An extended interview with Jennifer Thompson.

Jennifer Thompson and Ronald Cotton will hold a lecture on their book, Picking Cotton at UK’s Memorial Collosseum on October 8^th. The event begins at 7:00 PM and is open to the public.

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Chase Cavanaugh

Chase Cavanaugh first got on the air as a volunteer reader for Central Kentucky Radio Eye, a local news service for the visually impaired. He began reporting for WUKY in February 2012, after receiving his Master’s degree from the University of Kentucky’s Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce.

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