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• Book Notes: ‘Train Dreams’ makes local stop

  December 18, 2011 in Features on Page D8 Does “Train Dreams” (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, $18), the novella by National Book Award winner Denis Johnson, have particular local interest? Well, let me put it this way. The book’s …

• More than 20 years later, O’Brien’s Vietnam novel still at top

  April 14, 2011 in Features on Page C1 National Book Award winner Tim O’Brien is well aware of the fate of even the best-received literary novels. “It’s very rare that a book will sell even a single copy … 1

• Smith achieves dream with National Book Award

  November 21, 2010 in Features on Page D9 Patti Smith is a literary star. The singer-poet’s memoir about life in New York City in the 1960s, “Just Kids,” won the National Book Award for nonfiction.

• Author discusses satisfying endings, life in Spokane, what’s next

  September 21, 2009 in City on Page A5 Jess Walter’s new novel, “The Financial Lives of the Poets,” hits bookstores Tuesday and is already getting plenty of excellent critical attention. British novelist Nick Hornby chose it for his …