This Memorial Day Weekend has been particularly emotionally intense for our region. Every year at this time, our nation honors those who have given the ultimate sacrifice for our country. This weekend, waves of mourning have rippled out from the Pacific Northwest after two brave men were killed on the MAX in Portland. Our community and …
The 2015 Pulitzer Prize for fiction came as no surprise to many Northwest booklovers! Revisit our coverage of this fantastic novel by clicking on this link for an original essay by the author, reader recommendations, and much more. Congratulations to Idaho author and literary luminary Anthony Doerr!
People harbor certain assumptions about the Pacific Northwest, and they seem to get more incorrect the farther I get from home. Many folks think, for example, rain. But here in Boise we average just 12 inches of rain a year, only 6 more than Baghdad, and 31 fewer than Cincinnati. Other folks think, lumberjacks, but …
Choosing just a few winning books out of a pool of nominees numbering in the hundreds sounds like an impossible task, but apparently, the PNBA awards committee manages to do it year after year. This year was my first time, and early on in the process, I was feeling overwhelmed. Then All the Light We …
I read this on my recent road trip and loved it. Every time I see another book about World War II, I wonder from what new perspective could this possibly from. Anthony Doerr’s book is bittersweet, and beautifully written. Marie Laure lives with her father in Paris within walking distance of the Museum of Natural …
