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Diana Abu Jaber

Dec

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2011

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28 Authors, 28 Variations on a List: Day 19. Diana Abu-Jaber

Our Day 19 author divides her time between teaching at Portland State University and writing in Miami. Though her new novel, Birds of Paradise, is based in Miami, everyone in the novel is dreaming about or trying to move to Portland. Birds of Paradise was included on year-end best lists this year in the Washington Post and …

Dec

12

2011

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Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese

My favorite book of 2011 was Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese.

Nov

11

2011

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Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber

“Miami, hurricanes, housing problems. These are just environmental touchstones around which this lush and poetic story turns. A child has run a buy propecia online no prescription way, desperate to pay penance for the secret she carries. Five years later, as she approaches 18, we are dropped among the wreckage of the family she haunts. …

Nov

10

2011

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What the Book Broads Do, a Conversation with the Women of Broadway Books, by Kristin Thiel

Broadway Books is a timeless Portland gem. It's revered by longtime customers, new customers and fellow booksellers alike for staying vibrant and relevant during a tumultuous time in the book industry. The Book Broads, as the co-owners call themselves on Twitter, are making moves that incorporate the wisdom of  their bookselling experience with new technologies …

Nov

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2011

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Congratulations, PNBA Shortlisters!

The Awards Committee for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association has announced its shortlist for the best 2011 books by Northwest authors. Out of 290 titles nominated this year, the nine booksellers chose these 12 books. PNBA encourages its member stores and booksellers to give some extra attention to these titles and to email comments in …

Sep

21

2011

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Birds of Paradise by Diana Abu-Jaber

“I started Birds of Paradise because I am a HUGE fan of Diana’s and I am so glad I did. It was SO GOOD! If you aren’t a bookseller, call one of us and order it now (or click on the link below)! I don’t even want to tell you much about it because the details …

Apr

21

2011

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Diana Abu Jaber on the Oregon Book Award Effect

Oregon’s Literary Arts will announce the winners of the 2011 Oregon Book Awards this Monday, April 25. Oregon Public Broadcasting interviewed Diana Abu Jaber about her 1994 Oregon Book Award for her novel Arabian Jazz. “I think that there’s a series of gates that writers pass through, but you rarely feel like you’ve arrived because there’s …

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