From Literary Arts: Literary Arts is thrilled to announce this year’s Oregon Book Awards finalists. Thirty-five Oregonians across seven genre categories were chosen as finalists by panels of out-of-state judges, from a total of 202 submitted titles. Winners will be announced live at the 2022 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony at Portland Center Stage at The Armory on Monday, …
From Oregon Public Broadcasting July 14, 2018 This week on “State of Wonder,” some of the Northwest’s most prominent writers come together to share stories and memories of the man the “New Yorker” called “the Portland sage.” It’s hard to imagine a more quintessentially Northwest writer than Brian Doyle. He was not from Oregon, but he …
Spring is in the air. The days grow warmer and longer, and green shoots burst from the soil like little shouts of joy. As the season progresses, my spirits rise higher and higher. Isn’t that so often the case? The connection between the human spirit and the natural world is irrefutable. Local author Kathleen Dean …
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.
“In my search for books by authors I have loved, I picked up Kathleen Dean Moore’s Riverwalking to read for the first time. As usual, Kathleen shines with her crystal-clear descriptions of nature and her observations of mankind and family within this world. Her joy and awe always leave me filled with a certain happiness …
