Walk Out the Door
This should be a powerful book launch and signing event. To start, according to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, one in three women and … Continue reading
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A Writer’s Intuition
Unleashed, Cai Emmons’ latest novel, is an account of heightened senses
When Eugene writer Cai Emmons talks about her writing process, her language is physical — even athletic. In conversation about her forthcoming novel, Unleashed, set … Continue reading
Entering an Undead World
Award-winning graphic novelist talks about her new work set in ‘The Walking Dead’ zombie universe
How do you make stories about the undead fresh? If you’re behind The Walking Dead, which began as a TV show in 2010 and has … Continue reading
Book Binge
Eugene-area writers have been on a roll in the past year. We check in on some of their recently published work
Perhaps there’s something in the air. Maybe it’s all that pandemic isolation. Or just possibly Eugene really is a great city of the arts and … Continue reading
The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in Stereo
Music can remind us of both the minute moments and the benchmarks of our lives. In his new book, The Perfect Sound: A Memoir in … Continue reading
Local Authors
A plethora of Oregon’s writers and artists at the Lane Events Center
By William Sullivan Many of the authors featured in this year’s Winter Reading issue will be in Eugene Saturday, Dec. 11 to autograph their books. … Continue reading
Winter Reading
Eugene Weekly’s annual cold weather roundup of the books that make us warm
Did you read something you loved this year? Did you read something that made you cry or pissed you off? We did. Year after year, … Continue reading
A Growing Tsunami
Starting with Ken Babbs’ newest work, Tsunami Books is venturing into the publishing business
An Irish fiddle plays over the radio as Tsunami Books owner Scott Landfield talks about his recent venture into the publishing industry. Surrounded by counterculture … Continue reading
Listening and Waiting
Maxine Scates explores change and constancy in nature in her new book My Wilderness
“When I first moved here, ferns grew six feet high,” Eugene poet Maxine Scates says in a phone interview. “The ferns are all gone now. … Continue reading
A Final Chapter
A Eugene writer makes life beautiful in the face of fatal illness
When Eugene novelist Cai Emmons was diagnosed last winter with bulbar-onset ALS, a fatal condition with no known cure, she and her partner, Paul Calandrino, … Continue reading