Salish Novelist Debra Magpie Earling talks about her relationship to the Pacific Northwest and the writing by herself and others that explores and celebrates it.
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The fly fisherman who lives in the woods or spends all his free time at the river is such a staple of Northwest writing, it’s almost a cliché. But in his immensely readable and often touching second novel, award-winning short-story writer Scott Nadelson, turns the image on its head.
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I just read a beautiful and touching short story about a woman solo-sailing in Northwest waters. Written by talented NW author Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum, you can read it for free this month at The Sun.
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The inaugural Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation evening took place on Thursday, August 8, with the eminently charming Sharma Shields as the first featured author. In a beautiful museum setting, with Z. Vanessa Helder’s magnificent watercolors on the walls, 60+ people heard a terrifically talented writer talk about her life and her work.
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Montana novelist and Bitterroot Salish Tribe Member Debra Magpie Earling will be the next featured writer in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series. The author of Perma Red and The Lost Journals of Sacajewea, Earling will appear in conversation with series host Michael N. McGregor at 6 p.m. on Thursday, September 12.
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The Seattle Times ran an article online this morning about the new Writers-in-Conversation series I’ll be hosting at the Cascadia Art Museum in Edmonds…
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Sharma Shields flashed onto the Northwest literary scene in 2012 with Favorite Monster, an award-winning collection of sharp, funny, and sometimes poignant tales about monsters of all kinds. Three years later, her debut novel, The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac, established her as a writer to watch. Although a Sasquatch named Mr.…
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The Inaugural Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Evening, featuring Spokane novelist and short story writer Sharma Shields, author of The Sasquatch Hunter’s Almanac.
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