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Jan

24

2023

Seeking Surprise: A Poet’s Pursuit of an Unresolved Life– An Original Essay by 2023 PNBA Book Award Winner Caitlin Scarano

This fall, I taught an online writing course meant to help poets put together and prepare their first poetry collections for publication. Though I’d designed the course to be about the practicalities of structuring, formatting, and submitting their manuscripts, by the third class meeting, our conversations had diverged to the role of surprise in poetry. …

Jan

5

2023

Congratulations to the Winners of the 2023 Pacific Northwest Book Awards

The winners for the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association 2023 Northwest Book Awards have been announced. The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of independent bookstores from five Northwest states: Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, and Alaska. Since 1965, the annual Book Awards have recognized such luminary figures in Northwest literature as Ivan Doig, Ursula K. Le Guin, …

Nov

7

2022

2023 Pacific Northwest Book Awards Shortlist Announced

The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association (PNBA) is a non-profit association of independent bookstores from five Northwest states, Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Alaska and British Columbia. The Association produces educational and promotional events and materials for its members and offers literacy, free speech, and author promotional vehicles through its member stores. PNBA’s Awards Committee is comprised …

May

10

2022

Open Books Welcomes Customers to New Space in Seattle

Congratulations to Seattle’s “Poem Emporium,” Open Books, on their gorgeous new space in Pioneer Square in Seattle. The store’s physical reinvention is accompanied by a fantastic new website for online shopping. Click browsing categories like New & Noteworthy; Black Poets on Justice, Abolition & Black History; and Poetry for the Planet to discover treasures from …

May

5

2022

Bestseller Spotlight: Asian American Authors

It’s time for a Thursday Theme, where we shine a spotlight on some of the titles featured in this week’s Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association regional bestseller list. May is Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month. Let’s celebrate the first week with bestselling books by Asian American authors, and let’s work on getting some books by …

Apr

29

2022

1

remark

2022 Oregon Book Awards

From Literary Arts LITERARY ARTS CONGRATULATES THE WINNERS OF THE 2022 OREGON BOOK AWARDS [This week], during our first in-person ceremony since 2019, the winners of the 2022 Oregon Book Awards, selected by panels of out-of-state judges, were announced. KEN KESEY AWARD FOR FICTION Omar El Akkad of West Linn What Strange Paradise: A Novel (Alfred A. …

Apr

26

2022

“Mushroom Caps”– a poem by Abbe Rolnick

Mushroom Caps by Abbe Rolnick Rain begins the game The start of a village Our caps protect The undergrowth Spores galore Savor moisture The fungi cushion Caps in all shapes, colors Spread across the terrain A salute to diversity Heals souls We create a village Please click to enjoy this poem on WA author Abbe …

Apr

6

2022

The Seattle Times Celebrates National Poetry Month and Bellingham Poet Caitlin Scarano

From The Seattle Times  April 1, 2022 by Sarah Neilson Please see the full article, with six recommendations here. Below, we share Neilson’s recommendation for Bellingham, WA’s own Caitlin Scarano.  “The Necessity of Wildfire: Poems” by Caitlin Scarano (Blair, $16.95; out April 5) This second full-length collection from Scarano, who is based in Bellingham, was …

Mar

15

2022

A Labor of Love

“May these beautiful poems and letters, written to an isolated ten-year-old girl eighty years ago, bring solace to those who are going through hard, isolating times today.” In the fall of 2019, my brother and I were in the process of clearing out some storage areas for my mother.  In that process we came across …

Mar

11

2022

Oregon Book Awards Finalists Announced

From Literary Arts:  Literary Arts is thrilled to announce this year’s Oregon Book Awards finalists. Thirty-five Oregonians across seven genre categories were chosen as finalists by panels of out-of-state judges, from a total of 202 submitted titles. Winners will be announced live at the 2022 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony at Portland Center Stage at The Armory on Monday, …

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