Northwest Passages Book Club: Pam Houston

Pam Houston talks with columnist and author Shawn Vestal at the Bing Crosby Theater. Her new book is an elegy to the disappearing wild places on Earth, like her 120-acre ranch, where cellphone towers are banned and the pantry is always stocked against the next three-day snowstorm. An English professor at the University of California–Davis, Houston also is the author of “Cowboys are My Weakness” and “Contents May Have Shifted.” Her new book, "Deep Creek," is on the Pacific Northwest Independent Bestseller List.

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Tue., March 26, 2019

Author Pam Houston wears cowboy boots next to her Spokesman-Review tote bag at a Northwest Passages VIP event on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Ovations Bar in the Bing Crosby Theater. Houston's newest book, "Deep Creek" is a memoir.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Author Pam Houston speaks onstage with Spokesman-Review columnist Shawn Vestal at a Northwest Passages event on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at the Bing Crosby Theater. Houston's newest book, "Deep Creek" is a memoir.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Author Pam Houston signs a a Northwest Passages VIP's copy of "Deep Creek" at a Northwest Passages VIP event on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Ovations Bar in the Bing Crosby Theater. Houston's newest book, "Deep Creek" is a memoir.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Northwest Passages VIP Joy Richards (left) thanks author Pam Houston for signing her book at Houston's event on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Ovations Bar in the Bing Crosby Theater. Houston's newest book, "Deep Creek" is a memoir.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Author Pam Houston (left) signs Linda DeWitt's copy of "Deep Creek" at a Northwest Passages VIP event on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Ovations Bar in the Bing Crosby Theater. Houston's newest book, "Deep Creek" is a memoir.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Patricia Biss (left) , a superfan of author Pam Houston, converses with the author after Patty Biss, her daughter, caught Houston's attention by spreading out a copy of every Houston book on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Ovations Bar in the Bing Crosby Theater. Houston's newest book, "Deep Creek" is a memoir.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Author Pam Houston speaks onstage with Spokesman-Review columnist Shawn Vestal at a Northwest Passages event on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at the Bing Crosby Theater. Houston's newest book, "Deep Creek" is a memoir.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Patricia Biss (left) , a superfan of author Pam Houston, converses with the author at a Northwest Passages VIP event on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Ovations Bar in the Bing Crosby Theater. Houston's newest book, "Deep Creek" is a memoir.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
Author Pam Houston speaks onstage with Spokesman-Review columnist Shawn Vestal at a Northwest Passages event on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at the Bing Crosby Theater. Houston's newest book, "Deep Creek" is a memoir.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review
The Spokesman Review's Jesse Tinsley grins while performing music at a Northwest Passages VIP event on Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at Ovations Bar in the Bing Crosby Theater. Houston's newest book, "Deep Creek" is a memoir.

Libby Kamrowski The Spokesman-Review