Date: January 24, 2024
Listening in Deep Space BY DIANE THIEL We’ve always been out looking for answers, telling stories about ourselves, searching for connection, choosing to send out Stravinsky and whale song, which, in […]
Date: January 24, 2024
Diane Thiel has lived in Europe and South America and is fluent in several languages. A 2001 Fulbright Scholar and recipient of the Robert Frost and Robinson Jeffers awards, Thiel […]
Date: January 15, 2024
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Date: January 9, 2024
Combing through our Best of Indie list is always an interesting end-of-year exercise. Which trend percolated through our sample size of 100 books in 2023? Stewardship, a call for protection of […]
Date: January 8, 2024
“I was 16 when my father came home from his three-month stay in the mental hospital. I kept him company as he unpacked his suitcase and carefully, robotically, put away […]
Date: January 8, 2024
“Redmond City Council appointed Ching-In Chen as Redmond’s new poet laureate for 2024-25. Chen was selected through a robust process that included applying to an open call, a selection panel […]
Date: January 2, 2024
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Date: January 2, 2024
Handpicked by our expert librarians and staff, the poetry books in this list, all published in 2022, include debut collections and new classics from established poets. Click here to read […]
Date: January 2, 2024
David “Mas” Matsumoto, author of Epitaph for a Peach, Harvest Son, Changing Season, has yet another true story to share, this time a family secret so unspeakable that it remained buried for over […]
Date: January 2, 2024
A farmer and author in the small Fresno County community of Del Rey is sharing a personal story with a universal message. Mas Masumoto published a book in the spring […]
Date: January 5, 2011
Scott Brown received a wonderful review in the 2010 Hawaii Edition Review for his "brilliant political farce", Far Afield."Far Afield is an enormously entertaining novel that exposes our media’s preoccupation […]
Date: January 5, 2011
"As we near the end of this year in which America went broke, got high, and watched J.D. Salinger (and Gary Coleman) die, let's celebrate the East Bay's literary contributions […]
Date: January 5, 2011
January Magazine names Janice Eidus's The Last Jewish Virgin as one of the best books of 2010. "The Last Jewish Virgin is quite beyond the sum of its parts." — […]
Date: December 14, 2010
Book Notes – Rob Roberge ("Working Backwards from the Worst Moment of My Life")In the Book Notes series, authors create and discuss a music playlist that relates in some way […]
Date: December 14, 2010
Presenting…the 2010 Nobbie Awardsby GREG OLEAR NEW PALTZ, N.Y. 11 December 2010 From: TheNervousBreakdown.com Working Backwards from the Worst Moment of My LifeRob RobergeIn the tradition of Jesus' Son, this […]
Date: December 14, 2010
You should be reading Summer Brenner THE title story of Summer Brenner's "My Life in Clothes" is a fierce and funny slip of a thing. "Early on, my cousin, Peggy, […]
Date: December 3, 2010
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Date: November 16, 2010
"Sensual and evocative, these poems traverse the chaos of everyday life with a light touch that can turn ironic and edgy without you even noticing it. Some are lyrical snapshots […]
Date: November 16, 2010
"Air Kissing on Mars," is a collection that showcases Dower's funny, accessible, sneaky-profound poetry. She's more Billy Collins than John Ashbery and has some of the same sharp Southern California […]
Date: November 15, 2010
Check out this great review for Janice's newest book!
