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Northwest Passages Book Club - The Cold Millions: A Novel

It is a Jess Walter tradition to launch his books with an event at Auntie's. Being that an in person event isn't possible, we are thrilled to co-host the launch of his highly anticipated book, "The Cold Millions: A Novel." Pre-order your copy from Auntie's Bookstore for your ticket into our online streaming event (your email will be collected so we can send you a link to the stream.)

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Date/Time: Oct. 26, 2020, 7 p.m.

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Jess Walter’s new book influenced by inequality of past and present

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 27, 2020

Novelist Jess Walter’s latest book was driven, in part, by the “horror of the inequality in income and wealth in America,” both now and when the story is set, he told the Northwest Passages Book Club Monday.

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Locally Writ: Jess Walter describes his new novel, ‘The Cold Millions,’ as ‘melody of the sentences’

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 25, 2020

Local and No. 1 New York Times bestselling author Jess Walter had always dreamt of becoming a novelist, but journalism came to him first. He couldn’t have asked for a better detour, he said. “It was a great thing for me, to find that sense of curiosity and the deadline chops you get as a writer,” Walter said.

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Review: Walter’s ‘The Cold Millions’ is a colorful, richly told story of 1909 Spokane

Sun., Oct. 25, 2020

It’s a turbulent time, driven by a stark, ridged divide in wealth. Peaceful protests erupt in the street, disrupted by violent agitators and police brutality. Women struggle to be treated as equals. Those who feel oppressed by the selfishness of injustice want social change now.

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Shawn Vestal: Walter stayed — and helped his hometown literary scene flourish

UPDATED: Sun., Oct. 25, 2020

When Maya Zeller was beginning her graduate work as a poetry student in Eastern Washington University’s MFA program in 2005, she attended a student reading where she saw Jess Walter in the crowd.

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Home grown: Spokane inspires award-winning novelist Jess Walter’s latest book

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 22, 2020

For Jess Walter, his native Spokane inspired his latest novel, "The Cold Millions." New York, Hollywood and Italy were the scenes of some of Walter's prior novels, but the winner of the Edgar Allan Poe Award in 2005 for "Citizen Vince" taps into his hometown for "The Cold Millions." The novel commences in 1909 in Peace Valley Park.

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Jess Walter gets by with a little help from a literary friend

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 22, 2020

Writing novels is a lonely occupation. But Spokane, which lives up to its reputation as a literary hotbed, boasts a number of talented novelists. Some of the wordsmiths, such as Jess Walter and Chris Crutcher, are close friends. The latter, whose novels include "Loser's Bracket" and "Staying Fat for Sarah Byrnes," is a vocal fan of Walter.