It’s bedtime and my 5-year-old son Gus is searching for his favorite book. Our nighttime ritual, prompted by the scores of parenting manuals I read when he was just a baby, is our favorite time of the day. I’ve learned from both experts and experience that developing a love of reading is an important aspect […]
Christie Hinrichs
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Jane Kirkpatrick Resurrects History
One Glorious Ambition is yet another novel from one gloriously ambitious writer
Award-winning and prolific local author Jane Kirkpatrick brings history to life. Lending her inspirational voice to historical women has earned her more than 25 published books, numerous awards, and countless devoted readers. In her new novel, One Glorious Ambition, Kirkpatrick focuses on an early champion of the mentally ill, and her efforts to ensure compassionate […]
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Oregon’s Very Own John Grisham
An interview with Phillip Margolin
Author Phillip Margolin traded the thrills of the courtroom as an Oregon trial attorney for a career penning legal thrillers, and has nearly 20 bestselling books to show for it. His most recent novel, a historical drama titled Worthy Brown’s Daughter, is a heartbreaking story of slavery and murder set in nineteenth-century Oregon. Margolin will […]
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Cheryl Strayed’s Next Chapter
Sitting down with a woman famous for hiking
Author Cheryl Strayed skyrocketed to literary stardom with her 2012 memoir, Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail, which recounts her 1,100-mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail. It has earned countless awards, will soon be released as a feature film starring Reese Witherspoon, and brings Strayed to Bend this week as […]
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The History of Snake Oil
What a long and strange trip alternative medicine has taken
In a land of rampant obesity and poor health, instant access to Dr. Google, and the awkward adolescence of Obamacare, charlatans abound. Late night infomercials promise to melt pounds away with newly patented technology. Or, think about the juicing demonstration in a big box store; exotic fruits and vegetables immediately rendered into an appetizing and […]