“I have always been one to take notes. Whether I’m driving in a car, sitting in a bar, watching a movie, reading a book, a pen is never far from the hand. In those days I wrote often in pocket-sized moleskin notebooks. I filled dozens and dozens of them with sentences I admired, research unearthed, …
The Rumpus just posted a great review of The Wilding, by Benjamin Percy, a book that’s also on our radar, because it is set in Bend, Oregon. The review, by Joseph Michael Owens, an MFA student at the University of Nebraska, is a true rave, in the best sense. Here is just one paragraph from the …
“The Wilding, Percy’s first novel, seized the imaginations of many of us at Powells.com (and led to more than a few sleepless nights) . . . The Wilding is one of the best novels published this fall, and if you haven’t read Percy before, it’s the perfect introduction to a remarkable American voice.” —Jill Owens, …
