Not Trump
A Promised Land by Barack Obama. Crown Publishing, $45. A Promised Land reads like Barack Obama is speaking to you — in that unique way the … Continue reading
Winter Reading Archive
Mystery and Suspense
Best Laid Plans by Gwen Florio. Severn House, $28.99. Nora Best is about to embark on a great adventure with her husband, traveling the country … Continue reading
Trumpery
Rage by Bob Woodward. Simon & Schuster, $27.95. For all of the books out there on Trump, Bob Woodward’s reporting will most likely be the … Continue reading
Winter Reading – Fiction
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong. Penguin Press, $26. Poet and author Ocean Vuong’s mother died Nov. 2 at age 51, after a … Continue reading
Winter Reading 2019
Completing the Triangle Real Comedy Eugene in 1970 Children’s Book Round Up Eclectic Cookbooks Winter Reading Top Ten Lists Winter Reading – Fiction Winter Reading … Continue reading
Eugene in 1970
Mystery, academics, history and sci-fi set in Eugene
By Jim Earl Blake College by Dan Armstrong. Mud City Press, $15. I arrived in Eugene from New York in 1988. On a warm September evening … Continue reading
Winter Reading – Essays
Oregon’s Ancient Forests: a Hiking Guide by Chandra LeGue. Mountaineers Press, $26.95. Buy this book as a Christmas present for your favorite hiker, or that … Continue reading
Completing the Triangle
Nadav Kander, Jim Marshall and others bring the best photo books of 2019
Jim Marshall: Show Me the Picture by Jim Marshall, Amelia Davis; compiled by Karen Grigsby Bates, Michelle Margetts, Joel Selvin and Meg Shiffler. Chronicle Books, $55. … Continue reading
Winter Reading Top Ten Lists
Smith Family Bookstore’s Holiday Book Recommendations 525 Willamette Street. 541-343-4717. SmithFamilyBookstore.com The Overstory by Richard Powers. W.W. Norton & Co., $18.95 Little Weirds by Jenny … Continue reading
Winter Reading – Poetry
Nouns & Verbs: New and Selected Poems by Campbell McGrath. Ecco, $24.99. Campbell McGrath might be our best living poet. Combining the polymorphous acceptance of … Continue reading