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Mar

30

2020

No-No Boy by John Okada

An agonizing must-read. Skewers the model-minority stereotype and creates space for the anger and trauma resulting from internment. Okada’s prose is haunting–perfectly suited to Ichiro’s sense of displacement (cultural, physical, moral). Sharp Seattle imagery and a fascinating publishing history (look up Shawn Wong at UW!). A vital history lesson, especially in today’s climate. –Ellen, Queen …

Sep

20

2016

A Tale for the Time Being poster from Book-It Theatre

A TALE FOR THE TIME BEING
at Book-It Repertory Theatre

Book-It Repertory Theatre in Seattle kicked off its season last week with an adaptation of PNBA Award-winning A Tale for the Time Being by Ruth Ozeki. In Tokyo, 16-year-old Nao’s only solace is her diary. Across the Pacific, Ruth is a novelist living on a remote island who discovers a collection of artifacts washed ashore …

Jan

17

2014

Tale for the Time Being

Ruth Ozeki on
A Tale for the Time Being
by Ruth Ozeki

I moved to the Pacific Northwest in 1996 to write my first novel. My husband is Canadian, and so we settled in Vancouver. I’d never lived on this coast before, but the book I was working on, My Year of Meats, was set in New York and Tokyo, and I felt I could write it …

Jan

14

2014

Ruth Ozeki

What They Are Reading

I’ve been doing a lot of book touring recently, which means that I often live out of one small carry-on suitcase for weeks and even months at a time. In many ways I quite like this. I can step away from the clutter that is my real life and pretend that I am a monkish …

Jan

6

2014

PNBA Book Awards Announced

The Book Awards Committee of the Pacific Northwest Bookseller Association (the pro-indie bookstore professional organization behind this blog) announced the six 2014 PNBA Book Award winners today! Over the next month, nwbooklovers.org will publish essays from the winning authors and local independent northwest stores will host the winners for celebrations. Committee comments for the winners (as …

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