It surprises me how many of our customers in the store talk fondly about their e-readers, some even producing them so that I might see how wonderful they are. My somewhat theatrical revulsion and thorough unwillingness to touch the critters surprises them. And there we stand, looking at each other across quite a divide. It …
“Who’s your favorite poet?” she asked almost as soon as she entered the bookstore, and I could feel my grimace forming. I hope I stifled it before she noticed. Please understand, I don’t mean to be critical of the several folks each year who ask that question. In fact, I think I understand the impulse …
Welcome to the revamped NWBookLovers.org! As you take a look around the new site, you’ll see that it feels more like a traditional blog than the old version and that we’ve got a bunch of new voices—all while hanging on to the best of the old site: the Face Outs, the author interviews and essays, …
Christine Deavel is a poet, a poetry bookseller and a consummate book recommender. Her versatile gift list offers suggestions for the artists, poets, toddlers and would-be surrealists on your list. Deavel’s debut collection of poetry, Woodnote, was the winner of the 2011 Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize. We interviewed her about the book here. When we asked …
Open Books co-owner Christine Deavel was interviewed on the blog for the National Book Critics Circle recently. She talks about her new collection of poetry, Woodnote, and she recommends a few books. We could listen to Deavel talk about books all day, but, we have to say, we prefer our interview with her. Woodnote was reviewed recently …
Christine Deavel’s first book, Woodnote, has just been published by Bear Star Press and has won the 2011 Dorothy Brunsman Poetry Prize. Author Rebecca Brown calls Deavel “a kind of Midwest nature mystic whose words call us to see what we see clearly and then to call the things we see by their true names.” …
1. Ask an expert about a book of poems. Open Books: A Poem Emporium in Seattle is one of two poetry-only stores in the country, and these bookseller poets know their stuff. Let’s keep them busy this month. Call (206-633-0811) and ask for a recommendation from John or Christine based on a poet or poem you …
Open Books: A Poem Emporium is one of two poetry-only bookstores in the US. Married co-owners John Marshall and Christine Deavel live in the bungalow above the store. Maybe this goes without saying, but they are both poets (read her work here and here, his work, as J.W. Marshall, here and here). We asked them a …
