Books As new books commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War assail readers like a latter-day Pickett’s Charge, at least one volume deserves to break Union lines as the rebels at Gettysburg More
David Goldfield America Aflame
Counting the costs of America’s “new birth of freedom.”
Books As new books commemorating the 150th anniversary of the Civil War assail readers like a latter-day Pickett’s Charge, at least one volume deserves to break Union lines as the rebels at Gettysburg More
Karen Abbott American Rose
Every Gypsy Rose Lee has her thorns.
Books You are not going to believe this, but not everything you see in Gypsy (the musical or the movie) is strictly true. Thank the goddess of burlesque we have no less a luminary than Karen Abbott (she o the best-selling Sin More
Robert Whitaker Anatomy Of An Epidemic
Yes, Tom Cruise is a loon, but he may be right about psychiatry.
Books Science writer Robert Whitaker’s new book about psychiatric drugs is so depressing, readers may want to reach for a Prozac. They’d be better off ordering a dry martini. Whitaker’s t ... More
Dana Haynes Crashers
The next terrorist mastermind will be Dilbert.
Books When the next 9/11-style terrorist attack strikes the U.S., the plot may include bringing down commercial airliners, but it won’t be led by Osama bin Laden. Instead, the attack will be mastermin ... More
Craig Welch Shell Games
A Seattle reporter hooks readers with tales of seafood smugglers in Puget Sound.
Books When they turn out the lights on the last newspaper in America, this is what readers will have lost: the spare, exhilarating prose of old-school newspapermen like Craig Welch. In Shell Games (William ... More
R. Gregory Nokes Massacred For Gold
Anatomy of a (120-year-old) mass murder.
Books So many history books are written essentially the same way. First, the author immerses himself in research. Then, based on a preponderance of the evidence, he crafts a seamless, chronological narrativ ... More
Jim Lynch Border Songs
A Northwest author takes readers north of the border, up Canada way.
Books At one point in Jim Lynch’s new novel, an elderly cancer patient is mistaken for a terrorist after the radiation therapy he’s just received sets off a detector at the U.S. Border Patrol. B ... More
Citadel Of The Spirit Edited By Matt Love
An Oregon conservationist collects stories about state history you missed in school.
Books High-school English teacher and longtime activist for Oregon Coast preservation Matt Love has made a hobby of collecting unusual stories about his beloved home state, stories that say, “It don&r ... More
Paul Auster. Man in the Dark
Paul Auster builds an elaborate fantasy to reflect on real-life loss.
Books The first sentence of Brooklyn novelist Paul Auster’s new book reads like Proust channeled through Kafka: “I am alone in the dark, turning the world around in my head as I struggle with an ... More
Nena Baker. The Body Toxic
A thin new book builds a thin, old case against the chemical industry.
Books The dust jacket of Nena Baker’s new book, The Body Toxic (North Point Press, 277 pages, $24), depicts two images: On the front, an egg fries in a scratched Teflon pan; on the back, a single drop ... More
Top Articles from MATT BUCKINGHAM
Robert Whitaker Anatomy Of An Epidemic
Yes, Tom Cruise is a loon, but he may be right about psychiatry. David Goldfield America Aflame
Counting the costs of America’s “new birth of freedom.” Robert C. Donnelly Dark Rose
A soft-boiled history of vice rackets and crooked cops in the City of Bridges. Judyth Vary Baker, Me & Lee
Love means never having to say you shot the president. Neal Stephenson Reamde
Neal Stephenson writes another big black book. Thor Hanson Feathers
A Washington naturalist pens a book as light as his subject. Dana Haynes Crashers
The next terrorist mastermind will be Dilbert. Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino Chasing Aphrodite
R. Gregory Nokes Massacred For Gold
Anatomy of a (120-year-old) mass murder. Convictions, John Kroger
A Lewis & Clark law prof takes true-crime writing to a new level.
Yes, Tom Cruise is a loon, but he may be right about psychiatry. David Goldfield America Aflame
Counting the costs of America’s “new birth of freedom.” Robert C. Donnelly Dark Rose
A soft-boiled history of vice rackets and crooked cops in the City of Bridges. Judyth Vary Baker, Me & Lee
Love means never having to say you shot the president. Neal Stephenson Reamde
Neal Stephenson writes another big black book. Thor Hanson Feathers
A Washington naturalist pens a book as light as his subject. Dana Haynes Crashers
The next terrorist mastermind will be Dilbert. Jason Felch and Ralph Frammolino Chasing Aphrodite
R. Gregory Nokes Massacred For Gold
Anatomy of a (120-year-old) mass murder. Convictions, John Kroger
A Lewis & Clark law prof takes true-crime writing to a new level.
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