Alexander Maksik is the author of three novels, the most recent of which is out this season as a paperback original from Europa Editions. Shelter in Place is told by Joe March, a Northwesterner looking back on his life, especially the years of his early adulthood. While tending bar, Joe meets more than his match in …
I am still in the afterglow of this book. A novel that can capture the complexities of a mother/son relationship, the minefield of manipulative friendship, and the mess, heartache, and beauty of first love, all while exploring strength, vulnerability, and masculinity with disarming humor is a very rare beast indeed. (For ages 14+) –Tegan Tigani, Queen …
Diane Simmons’s The Courtship of Eva Eldridge: A Story of Bigamy in the Marriage-Mad Fifties tells the true story of one woman, whose life was transformed by World War II and its aftermath. Here is the rarely told female side of the “Greatest Generation:” her war work, the shifting government propaganda about women’s roles, and the charming man she loved, …
by Brian Doyle I have lived in Oregon for a quarter of a century. Ever since I arrived here I have been absorbed in the stories and history and literature of Oregon, and in its finest writers, especially the ones most interested in what the great Oregon writer Robin Cody calls Oregonness – writers like …
Staring at the unemployment form online, I searched for any word on the list that correctly described my line of work. “Bookseller” wasn’t there; neither was “author event manager,” “knowledge professional,” or even “Retail Sales–Books.” I tried typing in “Bookseller,” but the template insisted I pick one of the pre-ordained choices. So I chose “Retail …
A School for the People: A Photographic History of Oregon State University by Lawrence Landis A School for the People tells the story of OSU‘s nearly 150 years as a land grant institution through more than 500 photographs, maps, documents, and extensive captions. A capsule history includes many of the iconic photographs associated with the university. Other …
