Last month, Seattle Independent Bookstore Day and the national celebration of Independent Bookstore Day were officially postponed. Both were originally scheduled for Saturday, April 25, 2020, but are tentatively rescheduled for Saturday, August 29, 2020. Although we have to wait for the in-person festivities (and exclusive merchandise) until a safer time in public health, participating …
Read. This. Book. It is laugh-out-loud funny and is a heartfelt tribute to grandmothers everywhere. For all you lit nerds out there: Midge’s sense of rhythm and pacing as a storyteller is impeccable. This book makes an excellent gift (pro tip: buy it for a friend and then borrow it from them). –Christina, King’s Books, …
I read the back of this book and laughed out loud. OMG! SOLD!!! Then I dove in, feet first. What I hadn’t expected was one of the most thought-provoking pieces of self exploration and BECOMING, I’ve read in the last decade. Slate writes with the lyrical intensity of Kahlil Gibran and narrative storytelling of Joan …
Every essay made me miss him being in the world all over again. An excellent collection and one of the best introductions I have read, by David James Duncan. –Cindy Heidemann, Ingram Publisher Services NW book rep One Long River of Song is a career-spanning retrospective of the work of legendary Northwest writer Brian Doyle; …
In this anxious and contentious time, when you are looking for a gift of uplift for a graduate or for a parent on Mother’s or Father’s Day, look no further than The Book of Delights by Ross Gay. Here’s a man who made a deliberate decision to seek out each day something to delight in. …
This is a little book, written in a modest style, but its claims are large. Despite her title, Ginzburg wants us to set aside the “little virtues” of frugality, caution, and tact for the greater ones of love, courage, and generosity. The essays were written between 1944 and 1962 in the wake of personal and …
With a poet’s eye for wisdom in strange juxtapositions, Hanif Abdurraqib pens essays about music and pop culture that are about so much more than music and pop culture. Punk fan, hip hop head, pop critic and a black man alive in America– Abdurraqib makes insightful and poetic examinations of racism, politics, police, youth, identity, …
The Pacific Northwest Book Award Committee recognized late author Brian Doyle with an Indie Spirit Honor for his body of work and vigorous support of independent booksellers in the Northwest and beyond. Doyle passed away in May 2017. We republish this essay that he wrote upon winning a 2016 PNBA Award in memory of his …
Every morning lately, it seems we wake to a bleaker world than the one we inhabited yesterday. Fortunately, Rebecca Solnit has been keeping an eye out for little pinpricks of light, untold or forgotten kindnesses that quietly continue to make our world a good, compassionate place. From grassroots movements to spontaneous personal sacrifices, Solnit’s subjects …
In her companion to Men Explain Things to Me, Solnit gives us another eloquent, penetrating book on feminism and patriarchy. Her short essays cover substantial territory, tracing gender boundaries to their origins, yet there is an optimism here that gives this book a propulsive energy. A must-read. –Renee P., Powells.com, Portland, OR Whether for a …
