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Nov

15

2017

Queen of Spades

Queen of Spades
by Michael Shou-Yung Shum

Why is this novel so absurdly entertaining? Shum, who was a casino dealer in Lake Stevens before getting his English PhD, loosely bases his story on an old gambling tale by Pushkin, but it has a seemingly effortless liveliness all of its own (I say “seemingly” because that kind of effortlessness takes a lot of …

Sep

5

2013

1

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Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers
on Craft and the Creative Life
Edited by Laura Stanfill

“I’m really, really not just picking this because I have an essay in the collection. Really. This sweet, little book is wonderfully indie and stuffed full of Oregon authors. A collection of essays and interviews with such local lit figures as Scott Sparling, Lauren Kessler, and Yuvi Zalkow, Brave on the Page is not only about craft …