Northwest indie booksellers recently convened in Portland for a day of education sponsored by the American Booksellers Association, followed by an afternoon of “research” and “professional development.” Otherwise known as an author party. The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association invited a dozen Northwest authors (and one bonus illustrator) to lay out their wares, new and forthcoming …
Yesterday on the public radio program The Writer’s Almanac, Garrison Keillor read from Oregon author John Daniel’s new poetry collection, Of Earth: New and Selected Poems. Listen here for the full five-minute program, which ends with Keillor reading Daniel’s lovely poem ‘A Prayer Among Friends.’ Of Earth, published by Lost Horse Press, is Daniel’s first …
From David James Duncan and William Kittredge to Kathleen Dean Moore and John Daniel, to William Ruckelshaus and Bruce Babbitt, this is a wonderful anthology of thoughtful pieces on issues public and personal from the heart of the Pacific Northwest. For more info, visit Open Spaces or University of Washington Press.
Last week’s shooting tragedy in Tucson tamed much of the political rhetoric in this country—temporarily. As individuals and groups get back to business as usual, Oregon author John Daniel pleads that it’s time to give more consideration to the methods of our messages.
