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Jan

19

2022

Dispatches from Anarres:
Tales in Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin
edited by Susan DeFreitas

Dispatches from Anarres: Tales in Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin is a marvelous collection of short fiction imbued with the fiery independence and far-reaching vision of Le Guin. It’s lovely to see such passion persisting in Pacific Northwest storytelling. –A Good Book, Sumner, WA Explore literary legacies with books from A Good Book and …

Mar

10

2020

Face Out Extravaganza: The Royal Abduls
by Ramiza Shamoun Koya

Ramiza Shamoun Koya has an MFA from Sarah Lawrence College and her fiction and nonfiction has appeared in publications such as Columbia Review, Lumina, Washington Square Review, and Mutha Magazine. She has been a fellow at both MacDowell Colony and Blue Mountain Center. Her father was born in Fiji, her mother in Texas, and she was …

Dec

19

2019

Powell’s Presents: Lidia Yuknavitch on Storybound Podcast

Lidia Yuknavitch Reads Her Short Story “Street Walker” Listen to Portland author Lidia Yuknavitch read on this podcast, brought to you by Portland bookstore Powell’s! This story is a preview; the collection, Verge, will be available February 4, 2020. You can preorder now from Powell’s and other independent bookstores. Get crafty, make a card, and …

Nov

14

2017

Frugalportland.com names “5 Portland Women Writers Well Worth Reading”

by Cila Warncke for frugalportland.com In an era where you can read yourself blind online without spending a penny, buying books is an act of enlightened frugality. Magazines and newspapers get tossed; websites morph. Books stick around. What’s more, books slow us down. There are no hyperlinks or banner ads, nothing to whisk our mind into the …

Oct

10

2017

PNBA 2018 Book Awards Preview

Wonderful NW Books Recommended by PNBA’s Award Committee

At the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Fall Trade Show, the PNBA Awards Committee presented an overview of some nominated titles by northwest authors and illustrators that have captured their hearts this year. Committee chair Kim Hooyboer of Third Place Books (Seward Park, Seattle, WA) explained that this year a record-breaking 421 titles were nominated. She …

Apr

18

2017

Lidia Yuknavitch by Andrew Kovalev

I Will Always Inhabit the Water:
On Living a Swimmer’s Life

Two swimmers wrestled on the spar– Until the morning sun– When One–turned smiling to the land– Oh God! the Other One! The stray ships–passing– Spied a face– Upon the waters borne– With eyes in death–still begging raised– And hands–beseeching–thrown! –Emily Dickinson, (1861)  201 Lately I’ve been haunted by Dickinson’s poem about the two swimmers wrestling …

Oct

4

2016

Lidia Yuknavitch by Andrew Kovalev

Inspiration from Lidia Yuknavitch, Booklover and Author

From Broadway Books’ store newsletter: Fall has truly arrived, and it is as lovely as ever. We  traveled to Tacoma last weekend to attend the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association meeting, and along the way we marveled at the changing colors of the leaves– so gorgeous! The highlight of this meeting each year is meeting so …

Nov

25

2015

OPB Launches “Greetings from the Northwest”

Oregon Public Broadcasting has launched a new monthly online series called “Greetings From the Northwest.” It explores stories, adventures, and history about this remarkable place we call home. This month, the series showcases books. Stories connect to reading lists, author interviews, book tours and more. It’s a nice stew of literary Northwestiness—features on Ken Kesey, Ursula K. …

Mar

21

2013

Holding Silvan: A Brief Life
by Monica Wesolowska

“When someone writes about grief they also write about courage, since they survived to tell the story. The beauty and emotional integrity of Holding Silvan strikes me to the core. This book is brilliant.” —Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water. Buy Holding Silvan: A Brief Life from Lidia Yuknavitch’s favorite hometown indie, Portland’s Broadway …

Nov

29

2012

Pro-Teen Powered Novels

The November issue of Bookslut features an ambitious multi-book review/essay that includes works from Portlanders Lidia Yuknavitch (Dora: A Headcase) and Blake Nelson (Girl and Dream School), and Spokane’s Gregory Spatz (Inukshuk). Who needs vampires when there’s so much real teen angst and real bad parenting to mine? Thanks, Judy Blume, you changed things Forever.

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