At the Wordstock Book Festival in Portland a couple weeks ago, I was manning the table for my press, Propeller Books, when a man paused to study the covers of the books there. I began the press in 2010 as an extension of the web magazine Propeller, and Propeller Books has released one title each …
“We’re so excited about Portland’s fledgling Propeller Press! Their first book, a collection of short stories by Mary Rechner, was published last year to much acclaim, and now they’ve published a first (for the author as well as the press) novel. Writer Evan P. Schneider’s new book is A Simple Machine, Like the Lever and is a …
A Simple Machine, Like the Lever is the debut novel from Evan P. Schneider and the second book published by Portland’s Propeller Books. It’s a book you could read in one long sitting, preferably on a Sunday, preferably leaving enough time afterward to take a bike ride alone with your thoughts. After bicycle commuting with …
