Willy Vlautin’s name seems to be in the air at NWBL this week. First, there’s this funny Read Roll Show video of him talking about bad jobs he’s had, including one where he worked for a veterinarian in Reno and had to pick up dead cats and dogs in an El Camino. We don’t know anyone …
For ten years, Portland author Philip Connors has been working as a fire lookout for the Forest Service in New Mexico. He lives alone in a cabin on a 10,000-foot peak. His office is a lookout tower, where searches for small plumes of smoke that could be 100 miles away. Ecco will publish his memoir, Fire …
Boise author Anthony Doerr talks about the inspiration for his recent novel, Memory Wall (Scribner, 2010) on Dave Weich’s engaging Read Roll Show. While you’re there, check out some of the other author videos, Brady Udall, Aimee Bender and Rebecca Skloot among them. If you’ve spent time on the Powell’s site and blog, you’ve probably been …
