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Miriam Gershow

Feb

11

2011

Reading Kesey’s Papers by Cai Emmons

In these days of Wikileaks, oversharing on Facebook, and one-click answers from Google, library research has been relegated to the purview of yesteryear historians and diehard scholars, and the arrival of a cache of new information is often met with skepticism, or simply a big yawn. So it was somewhat surprising recently to find myself …

Dec

1

2010

On Literary Abductions: An Investigation by Miriam Gershow

A skeptic by nature, I’ve always been suspect when it comes to trends in publishing. “Vampires,” I picture the big publisher saying from behind his big oak desk as he strokes his big waxy mustache. “Deliver me a vampire book. With romance. And a historical mash-up.”  The author, lounging in a buttery leather chair, laughs …

Nov

21

2010

A Great Notion: Keeping the Kesey Collection in Eugene

Six Eugene artists and writers will read from Ken Kesey’s letters and original manuscripts December 2 as a fundraiser to help the University of Oregon’s library acquire the Kesey collection, which includes typewritten manuscripts, artwork, collages, photographs and correspondence, dating from 1960 – 2001. The UO has an opportunity to purchase the collection from the …

Aug

26

2010

Aussie Love for The Local News

Australian bookseller Jon Page is a big fan of Eugene novelist Miriam Gershow’s debut, The Local News (Spiegel & Grau, 2009). The book releases in Australia on Monday, and Page raves about it in this video for his store, Pages and Pages. With that accent, we could listen to him rapture over Roget’s Thesaurus, but it’s …

Jan

21

2010

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Questions for Miriam Gershow

Miriam Gershow can do bittersweet like nobody’s business. She cracks us up and breaks our hearts, sometimes in the same paragraph. Her debut novel, The Local News (now in paperback), was a finalist for the 2009 Oregon Book Awards and reminds us of Lorrie Moore and Jennifer Egan. In a favorable New York Times Review …

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