Latest Northwest Passages Stories

Sports >  Spokane Indians

‘Voice of the Yankees’ Paul Olden returns to Spokane to celebrate nearly 50 years in broadcasting

Tue., Aug. 13, 2024

Unless you were listening to radio broadcasts of the Spokane Indians in the early 1980s, you might not recognize Paul Olden by name. But you would probably recognize his voice.

A&E >  Northwest Passages

At Northwest Passages event, Steve Gleason will share the pain and beauty of resiliency in the face of ALS battle: ‘He’s going to blow people’s minds’

Wed., July 31, 2024

Maybe you’ve been to author presentations.

A&E >  Books

Longmire author Craig Johnson, actor A Martinez will hit Gonzaga stage together as Johnson launches 20th Longmire novel

Sun., May 26, 2024

At his current pace, Craig Johnson is five years away from publishing as many novels in his Walt Longmire mystery series as the population of the Wyoming town where he lives.

A&E >  Northwest Passages

Spokane native, bestselling author Eileen Garvin talks new novel, ‘Crow Talk’

UPDATED: Thu., May 2, 2024

Good things are often born from bad situations.

A&E >  Books

Book review: Crows talk and us humans should listen, says Eileen Garvin’s latest ‘Crow Talk’

Sat., April 27, 2024

Eileen Garvin uses wildlife to comment on the human condition.

A&E >  Northwest Passages

Author Ed Humes explores not-so-wonderful world of waste with Northwest Passages Book Club

UPDATED: Thu., April 18, 2024

Pulitzer prize-winning author Ed Humes spoke to more than a hundred students and community members Thursday evening at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center at Gonzaga University with the hope of getting Spokanites to engage with what could be the most consequential challenge the country is facing: waste.

Opinion >  Column

Ed Humes: Ours is the most wasteful civilization in history. Here’s how to stop that

UPDATED: Tue., April 16, 2024

What if the looming calamities of climate change, plastic pollution, the energy crisis and our whole environmental doom-scroll are symptoms of just one malady and it’s something we actually can fix?

A&E >  Books

‘Both important and secondary’ Simone Gorrindo examines life as an Army wife in new memoir ‘The Wives’

UPDATED: Mon., April 15, 2024

At one time the “foundational betrayal” in Simone Gorrindo’s marriage was her husband’s career in the military. For a pacifist-raised editor in New York City, it was difficult moving to a military base in Georgia with a full-time job of being a supportive spouse to someone fighting terrorism overseas.

A&E >  Books

Waste is a global issue. Author Ed Humes wants to do something about it

Sun., April 14, 2024

The planet is facing a number of environmental crises, and the impacts are all too present here in the West.

A&E >  Books

Book review: Be all that you can be… to support the mission, a central theme of ‘The Wives’

Fri., April 12, 2024

“The Wives” hit close to home.

A&E >  Northwest Passages

Book review: Cruelty and kindness in Denfeld’s ‘Sleeping Giants’

Sun., March 31, 2024

In “Sleeping Giants,” Rene Denfeld tells an awakening story that weighs the complex balance between human cruelty and kindness.

A&E >  Northwest Passages

Rene Denfeld hopes to inspire change, reflection with new book ‘Sleeping Giants’

Sun., March 31, 2024

On its face, “Sleeping Giants” can appear like a dark story focused on a woman searching for truth after learning her 9-year-old biological brother was swept away by waves crashing on a remote Oregon beach 20 years before.

A&E >  Books

Erin Pringle’s ‘Unexpected Weather Events’ may bring unexpected emotions surrounding grief

Sun., Feb. 18, 2024

Grief takes the center stage in author Erin Pringle’s work.

A&E >  Books

Ron Sylvester: Erin Pringle’s ‘Unexpected Weather Events’ has simple surprises

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 15, 2024

In real life, unexpected weather events are a sense of stress, wonder and, sometimes, a struggle to survive.

News >  Washington

The Black Lens returns with celebrations, hope

UPDATED: Sun., Feb. 4, 2024

Spokane’s Black newspaper has returned after a two-year hiatus.

A&E >  Northwest Passages

‘I thought of my grandmothers’: Students celebrate Black joy in third annual Black Voices Symposium

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 8, 2024

In kitchens, in Michael Jackson’s “Rock with You,” in turtles, in deepest failures. These are some of the places students from the Spokane area encounter Black joy, as they shared at Thursday night’s Black Voices Symposium Northwest Passages event.

A&E >  Northwest Passages

‘There’s nothing worse than a forgotten story’: With ‘The Strange Beautiful,’ Carla Crujido mixes fantasy and Spokane history

Sun., Jan. 14, 2024

Author Carla Crujido has lived all over the country but Spokane has always been special to her.

A&E >  Books

Ron Sylvester: Real magic in ‘The Strange Beautiful’

Fri., Jan. 12, 2024

Anyone who’s ever fantasized about sex with Tinker Bell, but wasn’t sure how that would happen, Carla Crujido has you covered. But flings with flying sprites is only a start to the wild world of “The Strange and Beautiful” series of short stories and fiction writing debut for Crujido.