Sally Mann delivers a candid look at what it means to be human and an artist. The day to day living, the life incidents, and everything in between are part of the package. She brings her experiences, an exhaustive number of metaphors, and plenty of photographs and snapshots of her typed letters to encourage, to …
Many have proclaimed this to be the best piece of non-fiction in recent memory, for its historical and personal depth, and emotional candor. After inheriting a Japanese netsuke collection, ceramicist de Waal traces the “travels” of these small carvings, acquired by his great-grandfather’s cousin, and then moved from Paris to Vienna, to Tokyo, and now …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. This week, women authors wrote the majority of our hardcover nonfiction bestsellers: ten out of 15! Nobody’s …
An absolutely gorgeous memoir about one woman’s journey in caring for feral cats. It is in turns funny and heartbreaking, showing a depth of understanding of not just cats, but humanity. It’s about cats, but it’s also about capitalism; about TikTok virality, but also community care. The story is fascinating on its own, but Gustafson’s …
Andrew Leland is going blind. More than twenty years ago, he was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa and has been experiencing a slow decline in his vision ever since. The Country of the Blind documents the physicality of this loss – how it alters Leland’s ability to move through the world – and addresses a number of societal …
We love this new book! It’s a must have for any lover of the unusual & strange, family historian, cookbook collector, or graveyard admirer. This inspiring collection features thoughtfully documented recipes preserved on gravestones, their family stories and is a celebration of food legacies from their dearly departed. From weeknight dinners to family feasts, food …
From lithub.com via Steerforth Press: How Working at a Grocery Store Helped Me Become a Better Writer Karleigh Frisbie Brogan is a writer living in Portland, Oregon. She was a 2024 Oregon Literary Fellow and a 2022 Rona Jaffe Scholar at the Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference. Her work has been published in The Atlantic, Washington Post, Vol. 1 …
Al-Rashid dives into the actual historical records left by the peoples who lived, loved, and died in the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, providing us with delightful snaphots of daily life circa 1900 BCE. Folks had collicky babies, needed recipes for beer, and wanted to exorcise ghosts. Preschoolers had terrible handwriting. There was …
Every Wednesday, the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association publishes the regional bestseller list. On Thursdays, we celebrate Thursday Themes to shine a spotlight on some of the books from the list and give our brains a different way of thinking about books. This week, enjoy a whale of a good time with these bestsellers featuring cetaceans. Interestingly, only the …
What an absolutely beautiful book and way of thinking about the world. Kaishain shows us the value of applying queerness to more than just sexuality and gender, by using it as a lens to find wisdom from the creatures often maligned by (especially white) humans. The reader is invited to listen to learn from slugs, …
