Kate Berube is a Portland illustrator and author whose first children’s book is Hannah and Sugar, a sweet tale about a timid little girl who breaks out of her shell when needed most. “Every day after school, Mrs. P. asked Hannah if she wanted to pet Sugar. And every day after school, Hannah said, ‘No, …
The Hour of Daydreams is a gorgeous read that should be relished as one would a piece of dark chocolate cake. Rich with tantalizing characters and delicious prose, this is a novel that readers, both young and old alike, won’t be able to help but savor. —Leslye Walton, winner of a 2015 PNBA Book Award and author of The …
Several Portland bookstores booked events this summer featuring some unusual contributors—high school students. The kids are staffers of Roosevelt High School’s Unique Ink Publishing, a student-led writing and publishing center that operates under the guidance of PSU’s Master’s Program in Publishing, more commonly known by its publishing imprint, Ooligan Press, and they’re currently leading a mini-tour for …
Maybe it begins here—along the Suamico River in northeastern Wisconsin. Uncle Dale owned about 60 acres of low pastureland along the Suamico, and my grandfather farmed part of it, selling his produce out of the breezeway of his home, though he also sometimes sold his dill and asparagus directly to the local IGA. When I …
“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 …
Boise author Alan Heathcock celebrated the release of Volt, his new collection of short stories, with a hometown party Friday night. Volt‘s dark tales guarantee that many people Heathcock meets give him the sense that they might be a little concerned with his well-being, but, as he told The Nervous Breakdown, “Don’t let the stories fool …
