Books For any Portlander accustomed to the endless rows of used-book excellence that is Powell's City of Books, the Strand Bookstore—our New York City rival—will not impress. Though comparable i ... More
The Secret of Lost Things
A lost manuscript reveals a fantastical world of books.
Books For any Portlander accustomed to the endless rows of used-book excellence that is Powell's City of Books, the Strand Bookstore—our New York City rival—will not impress. Though comparable i ... More
Lost City Radio
Daniel Alarcón channels South America, but won't pinpoint it on a map.
Books With Lost City Radio (HarperCollins, 257 pages, $24.95), Daniel Alarcón has written an ambitious, well-crafted first novel that resonates with many situations throughout South America today. Th ... More
Proof Positive
Local author Phillip Margolin dispatches a legal thriller with a criminal twist.
Books Appearing on the bestseller lists next to John Grisham and James Patterson, Portlander Phillip Margolin is one of the most popular authors of his genre—the legal thriller. A longtime criminal de ... More
Oregon Book Awards, Friday, Dec. 1
The state's top writing talents honored while the rest of us snoozed.
Books Tickets for Literary Arts' Oregon Book Awards sold out early, and there was an expectant air as people filed into Portland Art Museum's Fields Ballroom last Friday evening. Not only is great writing h ... More
Burning Fence
Heartfelt memoir inexplicably passed over for Oregon Book Award nomination.
Books In last month's announcement of Literary Arts' 2006 Oregon Book Award nominations, several authors were noticeably missing. One is acclaimed novelist Craig Lesley, a winner in 2002 for his novel Storm ... More
The Whole World Over
Julia Glass' sophomore effort proves her 2002 National Book Award was no fluke.
Books Her novels read like an escape—to a place where even personal turmoil and loneliness hold unwavering optimism and comfort. With The Whole World Over (Pantheon, 512 pages, $25.95), Julia Glass ha ... More
My Sister's Continent
Local publisher puts a spin on famous Freudian case study.
Books Based on Freud's famous "Dora" case study, in which 16-year-old Ida Bauer was brought to Freud to be treated for hysteria, Gina Frangello's My Sister's Continent (Chiasmus Press, $14.95, 319 pages) is ... More
The Possibility of an Island
France's most controversial writer succumbs to adolescent impulses yet again.
Books With his new novel, The Possibility of an Island (Knopf, $24.95, 352 pages, translated from the French by Gavin Bowd), Michel Houellebecq continues in his usual form, peppering his narrative with the ... More
TORCH
Portlander Cheryl Strayed's impressive debut illuminates the profound difficulty of a mother's death."
Books What does it mean to heal? To move on? To let go? Whatever it means, it is usually said and not done, and the people who talk about it the most have almost never had to do it." So Portland-based Chery ... More
The Best People in the World
Beautifully descriptive language knits Tussing's isolated characters together.
Books The Best People in the World By Justin Tussing (HarperCollins, 352 pages, $24.95)Excerpted in last year's New Yorker debut-fiction issue, Justin Tussing's first novel, The Best People in the World, te ... More
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The Best People in the World
Beautifully descriptive language knits Tussing's isolated characters together. The Secret of Lost Things
A lost manuscript reveals a fantastical world of books. The Possibility of an Island
France's most controversial writer succumbs to adolescent impulses yet again. Oregon Book Awards, Friday, Dec. 1
The state's top writing talents honored while the rest of us snoozed. TORCH
Portlander Cheryl Strayed's impressive debut illuminates the profound difficulty of a mother's death." My Sister's Continent
Local publisher puts a spin on famous Freudian case study. The Whole World Over
Julia Glass' sophomore effort proves her 2002 National Book Award was no fluke. Proof Positive
Local author Phillip Margolin dispatches a legal thriller with a criminal twist. Lost City Radio
Daniel Alarcón channels South America, but won't pinpoint it on a map. Burning Fence
Heartfelt memoir inexplicably passed over for Oregon Book Award nomination.
Beautifully descriptive language knits Tussing's isolated characters together. The Secret of Lost Things
A lost manuscript reveals a fantastical world of books. The Possibility of an Island
France's most controversial writer succumbs to adolescent impulses yet again. Oregon Book Awards, Friday, Dec. 1
The state's top writing talents honored while the rest of us snoozed. TORCH
Portlander Cheryl Strayed's impressive debut illuminates the profound difficulty of a mother's death." My Sister's Continent
Local publisher puts a spin on famous Freudian case study. The Whole World Over
Julia Glass' sophomore effort proves her 2002 National Book Award was no fluke. Proof Positive
Local author Phillip Margolin dispatches a legal thriller with a criminal twist. Lost City Radio
Daniel Alarcón channels South America, but won't pinpoint it on a map. Burning Fence
Heartfelt memoir inexplicably passed over for Oregon Book Award nomination.
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