Americana at its finest

The storytelling of Patterson Hood, songwriter/frontman for The Drive-by Truckers is nothing less than an immaculate portrait of the sprawling, family, political drama of life in America.  “Uncle Phil & Aunt Phyllis In The Month After The Election” is complete with betrayal, transformation, pharmaceuticals and ass-biting dogs.  Hood’s first solo album, Murdering Oscar is recently [...]

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Discovering Stafford

I’m almost ashamed to admit it that for years William Stafford has been little more than a familiar name.  Sure I knew he was a pretty influential poet of the Pacific Northwest and that he had served as Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress, but I finally brought home, An Orgeon Message from the [...]

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Now I’ve seen it all

Browsing Powell’s website and came across this blurb about an upcoming author visit.
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Classic Regency Romance–Now with Ultraviolent Zombie Mayhem!
Upcoming Event
Thursday, June 11, 2009 07:00 PM
Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, Beaverton, OR
The audacious New York Times bestseller everyone’s talking about! Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (Quirk) features the [...]

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Working Poet

April is National Poetry month and always serves as a refreshing reminder of how fortunate I am to be a poet employed by a library.   When not reading or writing poetry I can at least raise public awareness of some great poetry collections, youth poetry contests and literary events and resources by writing blog posts [...]

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