The latest book by Spokane’s Jess Walter is a collection of older works from the past decade that have appeared separately in other places, including the pages of The Spokesman-Review.
In honor of the release of Jess Walter’s latest short story collection, “The Angel of Rome,” several local authors offered their recommendations for other favorite short story collections. “The Angel of Rome” is slated for release on Tuesday.
There was Kyle Varner, a physician at Providence Holy Family Hospital; Jared Malone, a Marine veteran who works as a counselor in Post Falls; Marty Becker, a veterinarian who lives in Bonners Ferry.
Spokane is a such a fertile writing ground. And summer is always more fun with a book to read. So Northwest Passages would like to suggest a few from former journalists in the Pacific Northwest, as well as an advocate for Ukrainian culture here in Spokane.
The Spokane Symphony will begin offering free “Out & About Concerts” this month. The new series of small ensemble concerts – held in a variety of locations around town including cafes, restaurants and community centers – will provide the public with opportunities to hear classical music in a casual environment.
Eileen Garvin’s first novel, “The Music of Bees,” is a story for this unique time about three people trying to mend their broken lives. It comes during a year when most people feel their lives have been torn apart by a pandemic and are looking for ways to heal. Garvin’s novel provides a story of faith and perseverance.
French-born Catherine Leroy arrived in Vietnam in blonde pigtails. She looked like a child (she was 21), and no one was threatened by her. “As soon as she started selling photographs and winning awards, that changed,” Mary Cronk Farrell said. Farrell spoke about her book “Close-Up on War” on Wednesday night.
Catherine Leroy wasn’t who you would expect to garner success in the Vietnam War. In 1966 at age 21, she bought a camera and shipped herself to war-torn Vietnam. Most in Saigon thought she’d join the other aspiring war journalists and be wounded or killed during combat and leave just as soon as she got there.
From the time she begged her older sister, then in first grade, to teach her how to read, Mary Cronk Farrell has been a voracious reader. “I have never stopped,” she said with a laugh. As a child, she loved historical fiction and mysteries, like the quintessential Nancy Drew series.
Author Sasha “taqwéseblu” LaPointe discussed her favorite “unapologetically Indigenous” reads and the writing process for her newest book, “Red Paint: The Ancestral Autobiography of a Coast Salish Punk,” at a Northwest Passages event Tuesday.
We may never know exactly the beat of the drums inside the longhouse celebrations that had members of the Coast Salish dancing until dawn. That, as author Sasha taqʷšablu LaPointe points out in her riveting memoir “Red Paint,” is a private ceremony. It would be disrespectful to publicly talk about the rituals.
In a world bent on deciding other’s identities, author Sasha LaPointe did not forget, nor choose. She can navigate the salmon songs of her Upper Skagit and Nooksack ancestors and recite the lines to Bikini Kill’s debut album.
The letters were the tipping point. Author Mary Cronk Farrell had come across the story of Catherine Leroy, a novice photographer who at age 21 flew to Vietnam from her home in France hoping to get a few photos of the war published. Her images wound up in newspapers and magazines across the globe.
In 2014, Mandi Price was hungry for a fruitful career. Hungry for opportunity. Hungry for Hollywood. After eight years of hard work, she has become a producer of some of America’s most beloved shows. “Now every day I look at the Hollywood sign and say, ‘Holy cow, I work here? This is real?’ ” Price said.
Many people try to get a grasp on what it is like to be a Black American, let alone a Black student. Being a Black student has its challenges and disadvantages, but it also has many highs. One of the challenges of being an African American student is that when we have lessons on Black history,
