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Cai Emmons

Jan

18

2023

Livid by Cai Emmons [red background, black and gold pair of scissors]

Livid by Cai Emmons

This novel is a fascinating and moving portrait of love, sex, grief, feminism, morality, fortitude, and the complexities of human character. When Sybil returns from Boston to the West Coast town where she once lived, she’s immediately empaneled on a jury for a murder trial. Also on the jury is her ex-husband. Sybil’s sympathy for …

Jan

17

2023

Honoring Beloved Author Cai Emmons

From the website of beloved Oregon author, Cai Emmons: Dear Readers, It is with sadness that we share the news of Cai ending her remarkable life on January 2, 2023. She had planned her death for her 72nd birthday, January 15, but ALS had other ideas. Like so much of her life up to this …

Oct

28

2022

The Art of Silence: Finding Beauty in the Unspoken After Losing My Voice to ALS

From lithub.com September 7, 2022 by Cai Emmons At eight years old I began writing poetry. I loved the sounds of words, and I loved stringing them together, often nonsensically. I liked the solitude of writing, the secrecy, the fact that I was in control. I did it knowing that poetry carried little weight in …

Apr

27

2021

TO SLEEP, PERCHANCE TO WRITE

My husband and I push a cart through Target. Bearing a list, he is purposeful: coffee, cat litter, TUMS®, toothpaste. I, along for the ride, am easily diverted. “I’ll catch up with you,” I say, trailing my fingers over a stack of jewel-toned velvet comforters. I test several pillows for firmness, search to see if …

Jan

30

2019

Weather Woman by Cai Emmons

Bronwyn realizes she can change the atmosphere, but how much can she do, how far can she go, and what is the purpose of this gift? With an unusual story, Emmons writes a tale full of science, faith, exploration, and maybe even love. –Dianah Hughley, Powell’s Books, Portland, OR Follow the staff picks to unique …

Feb

11

2011

Reading Kesey’s Papers by Cai Emmons

In these days of Wikileaks, oversharing on Facebook, and one-click answers from Google, library research has been relegated to the purview of yesteryear historians and diehard scholars, and the arrival of a cache of new information is often met with skepticism, or simply a big yawn. So it was somewhat surprising recently to find myself …

Nov

21

2010

A Great Notion: Keeping the Kesey Collection in Eugene

Six Eugene artists and writers will read from Ken Kesey’s letters and original manuscripts December 2 as a fundraiser to help the University of Oregon’s library acquire the Kesey collection, which includes typewritten manuscripts, artwork, collages, photographs and correspondence, dating from 1960 – 2001. The UO has an opportunity to purchase the collection from the …

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