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May

2

2016

A Note on the Oregon Book Award

by Brian Doyle I have lived in Oregon for a quarter of a century. Ever since I arrived here I have been absorbed in the stories and history and literature of Oregon, and in its finest writers, especially the ones most interested in what the great Oregon writer Robin Cody calls Oregonness – writers like …

Mar

11

2015

Shelf Awareness on Erik Larson:
“Voyages of Discovery”

From the March 10, 2015 edition of Shelf Awareness from March 10, 2015: Today, Erik Larson’s new book, Dead Wake, about the sinking of the Lusitania, um, launches. (We have a lot of information about the book and Larson below.) It’s a striking accomplishment: Dead Wake is the latest of an outstanding series of nonfiction titles …

Jan

7

2014

Langdon Cook

Where Books Come to Life

My local bookstore is the beloved Elliott Bay Book Company in Seattle. This is where I scour the shelves for acceptable novels of dystopian distress for my extremely opinionated children, where I discover small press essay collections for my wife, and where I signed the first fresh-off-the-press copy of The Mushroom Hunters right after the …

Nov

18

2013

David Laskin

The Voice in My Head: Ivan Doig as Neighbor, Friend,
and Mentor

Ivan Doig lives and writes about a mile and a half from where I live and write – but there are times, and now is one of them, when it feels like he has taken up residence in my home office.  I swear he’s standing right behind me, shaking his head and muttering unprintable things …

Sep

23

2013

Happiness is a Chemical in the Brain

Happiness is a Chemical in the Brain
by Lucia Perillo

“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 …

Apr

20

2011

Erik Larson Talks About
In the Garden of Beasts

Erik Larson’s latest historical narrative nonfiction book, In the Garden of Beasts: Love, Terror, and an American Family in Hitler’s Berlin, will hit the stores May 10. Larson is something of a pioneer and a prince of his genre—and we’re wondering how long he’ll hang out on the bestseller lists this time. The Seattle author has …

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