Language as Liberation: Reflections on the American Canon by Toni Morrison is a masterclass lecture collection from her tenure as a professor at Princeton University. She interrogates America’s most famous works and authors, and the way their black characters shaped the nation’s collective unconscious, and helped manufacturer American racial identity. A timely read for Black History …
“A more expertly crafted, character driven story, does not YET exist. Dream State is it! I feel as if I’ve explored the ‘best friend betrayal’ trope a dozen times…but not YET from the male perspective, through the lens of male friendships and relationships. I found it profoundly thoughtful and beautifully executed. Puchner’s writing is next-level …
A funny and penetratingly honest story of three generations of Palestinian women, Zora, Naya, and Arabella, that spans geography, politics, and familial expectations. Family secrets, matchmaking, and ambition bring the granddaughter, Arabella, a New York City theater director, to stage a play in Palestine. Arabella confronts her family’s history along with her grandmother’s and mother’s …
Tilt plunges into the catastrophic aftermath of a megathrust earthquake, as revealed through the eyes of nine-month pregnant Annie. Physically and mentally exhausted, barely mobile, she is injured and stranded miles from home after the quake. Annie quickly grasps the brutal reality that no one is coming to save her. Walking among the dead and …
This is the kind of Macbeth retelling I’ve been looking for. Ava Reid crafts a Lady Macbeth both bound to the decisions of others as well as conniving in her own right. Every page was filled with female rage and impotence in the face of male dictators while also highlighting Lady Roscille’s brilliant mind. I …
We hope you have a wonderful first day of the new year! Do you know what book the face out below refers to? (Find the answer by clicking the store name.) “Taking a year off of life to hibernate your way to the best version of yourself is very tempting some days, but I can’t …
A dryly darkly funny depiction of a modern family navigating close-quarters while on two separate vacations. Weiki Wang is an extremely sharp and astute writer of the intricacies of interpersonal relations in marriage (and all the extra people that come along with it). –Torrin, Queen Anne Book Company, Seattle, WA This is the story of …
Heartbreaking! Haunting! Absolutely gorgeous imagery that inspired me to paint! — Bianca, Annie Bloom’s Books, Portland, OR From Publisher’s Weekly: “Oshetsky handles Margaret’s monstrous manifestation with a delicate touch and infuses her daily life with a muted eeriness. . . . Readers will be captivated by Margaret’s beautifully weird search for atonement.” Find something gorgeous …
For the first time, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) unveiled its Book Awards Shortlist live on the show floor at the association’s Fall Tradeshow, Sept. 30, 2024. These honorees are now being promoted throughout PNBA’s 160 store membership. Selected by an Awards Committee of independent booksellers from Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska, the …
This beautiful little gem of a novel follows the unnamed narrator as she goes from one temporary assignment to the next, taking on roles such as Chairman of the Board, pirate, and murderer’s assistant. Leichter’s writing style is playful and clever, and the world she creates in this novel feels all at once fantastical and …
