"Cozy fantasy" is a literary genre that weaves together magic and the mundane for a warm, comforting read.

While the genre may seem like it traffics in the quotidian, Spokane-based author Travis Baldree is known for using it to find deeper meaning in aspects of everyday existence.

His newest book, "Brigands & Breadknives" is also an exploration of some of his own internal struggles, Baldree said.

"I'm a people pleaser and I care what people think of me. But I realized that that's not necessarily a healthy way to be, which ends up thematically being part of the book," he said. "And so I'm constantly struggling with it and constantly trying to put it to the side and to not let it subvert what I'm trying to do."

Baldree joined SPR's Owen Henderson to chat about the new installment in his

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