Jarold Ramsey is already a well-known figure around these parts, having grown up on his family’s Central Oregon ranch before becoming an award-winning essayist, author, poet, playwright and authority on American Indian literature. Ramsey, who lives in Madras, is also professor emeritus of English at the University of Rochester and earned the Charles Erskine Scott […]
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Author! Author! Lineup Announced
Local literary series back for a seventh season
Deschutes Public Library Foundation’s popular Author! Author! literary series is back for its seventh year, beginning Oct. 5. The foundation announced its 2018-2019 lineup of authors Wednesday morning, which includes Maria Semple, Sarah Vowell, Colum McCann and Richard Russo. Semple, who kicks off the series on Oct. 5, started out writing for television shows such […]
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Pick Your Line The Snake. The Salmon. The Rogue. The Colorado. The Tuolumne. For any whitewater enthusiast, these names are like catnip. For that different breed of folk who make their living running these rivers, they’re the Holy Grail of Western whitewater. Local guide Dick Linford and his former guide partner at ECHO, Bob Volpert, […]
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“Custer Abandoned”
As interviewed by Chris Miller Frederick Gientke’s book is about the 1876 Great Sioux War in Montana, but unlike most books that place the focus on Gen. George Custer, this one focuses on Gen. George Crook and his retreat after the Rosebud battle that left Custer without the expected and needed support. Crook is the […]
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Who needs a big, heavy hardcover to lug around this summer? Have a look at our paperback picks for the best reads of the season: “My Absolute Darling” by Gabriel Tallent Our favorite book of 2017 is a dark coming of age tale set on the Mendocino coast. A year later and we still talk […]
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“Wildfire: On the Front Lines with Station 8”
Heather Hansen’s new book delves into the reality of fighting on the front lines of wildfires—which are growing in frequency—especially in the West with each passing year. Hansen documents the year she spent with Station 8 in Boulder, Colo., the men whose daily realities are impacted by these fires, and gives insight into the larger […]
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Three must-read books for June
There There: A Novel
There There: A Novel by Tommy Orange First time author Tommy Orange will soon be mentioned in the category shared by Erdrich, Alexie, Welch, and Silko: that of truly great indigenous authors. The voices of urban Native Americans are ones we don’t often hear. “There There” tells the story of 12 differing personalities who converge […]
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Source Suggests: Hidden Lives No Longer
“The Overstory” is a winner
Before you stroll the streets of First Friday, check out these great reading suggestions courtesy of Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe. Then stop into the shop for a discount on the books! “Gobsmacked.” “Stunned.” “Speechless.” These are just a few of the words I’ve heard from customers who’ve already read Richard Powers’ latest opus, “The Overstory.” We […]
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“Tangerine”
Before you stroll the streets of First Friday, check out this review. Then head down to Dudley’s Bookshop Cafe for a discount on the book!
Tangier, 1956. “This strange, lawless city that belonged to everyone and no one,” home of expat Beats like Burroughs, Ginsburg, Kerouac, and, perhaps most famously, the muse of the criminally underappreciated author Paul Bowles (“The Sheltering Sky,” “Let It Come Down,” “The Delicate Prey”). Its twisted, dusty alleys, souks, and cafes with cups of steaming-hot […]
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Source Suggests These Books
Careful what you wish for
The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert This book reminded me again how fun it can be to get lost in another world. In this world, 17-year-old Alice Crewe’s Grandmother has written a series of dark fairy tales with a cult following. When she dies and a creature from that world appears to kidnap her mother, […]
