Pauline works long and exhausting shifts as a nurse, then spends her off time and remaining energy trying to get her ailing and mentally unstable father to get out of bed and eat a can of soup. Debt and divorce have Freddie constantly on the run, working around the clock to stay not even a …
The Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association PNBA Award Committee announced a shortlist of 15 titles for the 2015 PNBA Award. Up to six of the shortlisted books will be selected as 2015 PNBA Award Winners; the winners will be announced in January 2015. Award Committee members will share reflections on the shortlisted titles on this site …
“Willy Vlautin is one of the bravest novelists writing. Murderers, cheats, sadists, showy examples of the banality of evil, are easy, but it takes real courage to write a novel about ordinary good people. They don’t fit into the cynic’s little boxes—they’re way too big. The guy working two eight-hour jobs who still can’t meet …
Willy Vlautin is an author and songwriter from Scappoose, Oregon, just up Hwy 30 from the St. John’s Bridge. He’s revered enough to have been recruited to read the works of William Stafford and Ken Kesey in documentaries of their lives and work recently aired on Oregon Public Broadcasting. Still, there are a lot of …
This announcement comes from a Richmond Fontaine newsletter sent to fans last week. The band, recently inducted into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame, has been lead by Scappoose, Oregon author Willy Vlautin for the past 20 years. “In case you haven’t heard, Willy’s first novel, The Motel Life, has been adapted to the big screen. …
