The Northwest author, who died last year, left behind a collection of whip-smart, stylishly brilliant work. By Jeff Baker, Special to The Seattle Times. When Lucia Perillo read her poems at a restaurant in Portland last year, her readers showed up to let her know what she meant to them. One by one, they approached …
“These stories reminded me of Lorrie Moore, whom I love, but if Lorrie Moore lived in a trailer in Olympia, Washington, with fewer puns but more loser boyfriends. Pretty funny, kind of sad, really good reading.” —Brian at Annie Bloom’s You can find Perillo’s stories and her PNBA Award-winning poetry at Annie Bloom’s in Portland …
Olympia, Washington poet and essayist Lucia Perillo was recognized earlier this year with a 2013 Pacific Northwest Book Award for her poetry collection On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths. We thank her for this original essay in celebration of that award (Previously, fellow winners Jonathan Evison, G. Willow Wilson and Eowyn Ivey have submitted pieces. …
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association, the indie bookstore booster behind this blog, announced the winners of their annual book awards today. Congratulations are in order for Sherman Alexie (Seattle, WA) for Blasphemy; Jonathan Evison (Bainbridge Island, WA) for The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving; Eowyn Ivey (Palmer, AK) for The Snow Child; Lucia Perillo (Olympia, WA) for …
2012 was quite a year for Lucia Perillo. Her first collection of short stories, Happiness is a Chemical in the Brain, was published by W. W. Norton and selected by Publishers Weekly as one of the ten best books of the year. Her sixth collection of poetry, On the Spectrum of Possible Deaths, from Copper Canyon Press, …
The Awards Committee for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association has announced its shortlist for the best books of 2012 by Northwest authors. These 12 books and their authors are the nominees. The PNBA Awards Committee is made up of nine volunteer booksellers from throughout our region. This year they considered more than 200 titles published in …
“Lucia Perillo has aready won (& broken) hearts through her poetry, but now she takes it up a notch, blossoming into a flawless collection of incredible short stories. This collection is raw, yet so polished . . . Not since Donald Ray Pollock’s Knockemstiff has a gathering of stories packed themselves into one powerful punch.”—Donna, Powell’s …
