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Jun

23

2020

Oregon Book Award

2020 Oregon Book Awards Winners

by Jhoti Roy for Literary Arts During a special broadcast on OPB Radio on Monday, June 22, 2020, the winners of the 33rd Annual Oregon Book Awards, selected by panels of out-of-state judges, were announced. ELOISE JARVIS MCGRAW AWARD FOR CHILDREN’S LITERATURE Cathy Camper of Portland Lowriders Blast from the Past  LESLIE BRADSHAW AWARD FOR YOUNG ADULT LITERATURE  …

Nov

5

2018

Hearth anthology cover

Country Bookshelf Welcomes Community to “Hearth” November 7th

An Evening with Hearth From Country Bookshelf’s newsletter We are delighted to welcome editors Annick Smith and Susan O’Connor, alongside contributor Gretel Ehrlich, on Wednesday, November 7th at 6pm for a special evening of reading and discussion of their new anthology Hearth: A Global Conversation on Identity, Community, and Place. This powerful multicultural collection of essays, poetry, …

Sep

11

2018

balloons for Auntie's 40th anniversary

Happy 40th, Auntie’s!

On Saturday, September 8, 2018, Auntie’s Bookstore in Spokane, WA celebrated its 40th anniversary. The store opened in 1978– originally under the name Book & Game Co. and owned by Chris O’Harra and Shannon Ahern. The store moved to its current location, the historic Liberty Building in downtown Spokane, in 1994. John Waite purchased the …

Apr

18

2017

Lidia Yuknavitch by Andrew Kovalev

I Will Always Inhabit the Water:
On Living a Swimmer’s Life

Two swimmers wrestled on the spar– Until the morning sun– When One–turned smiling to the land– Oh God! the Other One! The stray ships–passing– Spied a face– Upon the waters borne– With eyes in death–still begging raised– And hands–beseeching–thrown! –Emily Dickinson, (1861)  201 Lately I’ve been haunted by Dickinson’s poem about the two swimmers wrestling …

Oct

27

2015

Too High & Too Steep

Too High and Too Step: An Interview
with David B. Williams

You’re probably familiar with this famous image of the historic Northwest. It depicts the last elevated redoubts of Denny Hill, which overlooked Seattle’s downtown business core until it was flattened in the name of progress in the early 20th century. I’ve always thought there was something noble about these holdout property owners, Edith Macefields avant …

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