“I read Meno’s more recent collection of short stories, Demons in the Spring, last summer and absolutely loved them. These are a little older but just as heartbreakingly happy and bittersweetly sad. I can strongly recommend the collection to anyone who enjoys magic realism and honest, realistic fiction.”—Raquel, BookPeople of Moscow, Moscow, ID
When BookPeople of Moscow’s Bob Greene announced his retirement in March, the terms were a bit . . . flexible, we’ll say. His farewell tour started with a St. Patty’s Day celebration and continues to this day. Bob’s last day is, at least to some degree, tied to the fate of the store, which, it …
Though I am a southwesterner by birth and possibly by inclination, I have lived much of my adult life in the Northwest. Fifteen years ago my wife and I bought 40 acres in the remote mountains of northern Idaho where we spent altogether too much of our time fixing fence, cutting firewood and plowing snow. …
“The Elephant Vanishes by Haruki Murakami may be his best collection of short stories. The 17 surreal tales collected in this volume achieve a remarkable balance between strange whimsy and serious philosophy, never being either too dark or too silly. Newlyweds rob fast food shops, little green aliens fall in love with earth women, and, …
