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Feb

3

2023

Hospitality: An Original Essay by 2023
PNBA Book Award Winner
J. Kenji López-Alt

I got into the hospitality industry because I was struck by the power of food to bring people together and its ability to offer an immediate window to the qualities human cultures share with each other. There’s no faster and better way to get to understand a person than to break bread with them. Eventually, …

Jan

31

2023

2

remarks

Hearts That Murmur: An Original Essay by
2023 PNBA Book Award Winner
Jamie Ford

In The Many Daughters of Afong Moy, my main character, Dorothy, is a poet who describes herself as someone who breaks her own heart for a living. As a novelist, that’s how I’ve always felt. Actually, scratch that. The always part is the heartache that’s been there for as long as I can remember, and …

Jul

19

2016

2

remarks

Photo of Peter Geye by Michael Lionstar

A Peek into “Wintering” with Author Peter Geye

When the heat of summer starts to feel oppressive, pick up Peter Geye’s latest novel, Wintering, and experience the bracing cold of snowshoeing across a frozen lake. Geye’s much-lauded third novel has elicited comparisons to Cormac McCarthy, Jack London, and Jon Krakauer. This finely crafted story of fathers, sons, patience, risk, love, and adventure unfolds …

May

27

2014

Amanda MacNaughton

This Is the Sound of Me Not Writing

This is the sound of me not writing. There is no whisper of pen on paper, no click of computer keys, just me, alone in the house, trying to decide whether to go out and dig in the garden, or make oatmeal cookies, or read a book, or take a nap. Anything but write. Because …

Jun

13

2013

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Chuckanut Writers Conference
June 21 & 22

Past attendee Edie Dietzen of Vancouver, WA had this to say about the 2012 [Chuckanut Writers] Conference: “So inspirational, so supportive.  I will definitely be back!” The 2013 Conference promises to be even better! Our conference team has been hard at work on creating a diverse and exciting program suitable for writers of all experience …

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