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Brian Lindstrom Taught Us How to See the Northwest in a More Compassionate Way
Read more: Brian Lindstrom Taught Us How to See the Northwest in a More Compassionate WayBrian was the kind of artist and human being I admire above all. He made documentaries about the mentally ill, addicts, at-risk youth, and a promising singer who failed to make it big. Despite his great talent, he didn’t worry about becoming a commercial success. He was interested in learning…
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Review: Suzy Vitello’s New Novel, Griftopia, Offers a Wacky Disney Ride through Trumpian Times
Read more: Review: Suzy Vitello’s New Novel, Griftopia, Offers a Wacky Disney Ride through Trumpian TimesCan a family come together—and hold it together—when all of its members seem to be in freefall at once? That’s the central question animating Suzy Vitello’s wacky, wise, and fast-paced new novel, Griftopia. Set in Trumpian times, when everyone has a scheme and a scam and it’s hard for average…
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Nonfiction Author Joanne B. Mulcahy To Be Featured in the Writers-in-Conversation Series May 14
Read more: Nonfiction Author Joanne B. Mulcahy To Be Featured in the Writers-in-Conversation Series May 14Joanne B. Mulcahy is an essayist, biographer, and ethnographer who spent ten years researching and writing the biography of extraordinary but forgotten American artist Marion Greenwood. She has also profiled traditional healers from Mexico and Alaska, and co-written a book on travel writing for sensitive travelers.
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Fiction Writer Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum To Be Featured in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series April 9
Read more: Fiction Writer Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum To Be Featured in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series April 9Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum is the author of four short story collections and the novel Elita (TriQuarterly/Northwestern University Press, 2025), praised by author Laura van den Berg as a “brooding, atmospheric tour de force of psychological suspense.” Elita received a starred review from Kirkus Reviews and was named one of “50…
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‘Writing’ the Northwest on Film: The Cinematic Beauty of ‘Train Dreams’
Read more: ‘Writing’ the Northwest on Film: The Cinematic Beauty of ‘Train Dreams’Although it didn’t win the cinematography Oscar, “Train Dreams” is, hands down, my choice for the best-filmed movie set in the Pacific Northwest. Not just this year but ever. The heart of the film may be its theme of endurance despite loss or the dignity of work and an ordinary…
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Mitchell S. Jackson, Pulitzer Prize Winner from Portland to be Featured in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series March 12
Read more: Mitchell S. Jackson, Pulitzer Prize Winner from Portland to be Featured in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series March 12Mitchell S. Jackson won the 2021 Pulitzer Prize and the 2021 National Magazine Award in Feature Writing. His debut novel, The Residue Years, about life in a Black neighborhood in N. Portland, won a Whiting Award and The Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence. His essay collection, Survival Math:…
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Book Review: The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine
Read more: Book Review: The Front Runner: The Life of Steve PrefontaineI discovered a few things about Pre just by being at the University of Oregon, but it wasn’t until I read Brendan O’Meara’s The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine (published by Mariner Books last May) that I learned all the ins and outs of his fascinating life and…
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Lopez Island Novelist and Librettist Karen Fisher to Appear in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series on February 12
Read more: Lopez Island Novelist and Librettist Karen Fisher to Appear in the Cascadia Writers-in-Conversation Series on February 12Karen Fisher is the author A Sudden Country, one of the most stunning novels written about the Oregon Trail and the Pacific Northwest. When it first appeared, USA Today called it “an instant classic” and the Library Journal proclaimed it a “literary masterpiece.”
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Preview Review: Kim Fu’s “The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts”-Coming This March
Read more: Preview Review: Kim Fu’s “The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts”-Coming This MarchKim Fu is one of the most interesting, inventive, and masterly writers working in the Northwest today. In their forthcoming novel, The Valley of Vengeful Ghosts, they’ve crafted a taut tale that grows progressively more tense until you start looking over your own shoulder for ghosts—or leaks.
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2 responses to “Brian Lindstrom Taught Us How to See the Northwest in a More Compassionate Way”
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Many thanks for this beautiful tribute! I’m grateful for this insight into Brian Lindstrom’s life and work. I plan to see all of the films you highlight here.
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Thank you, Joanne. I’m sure you’ll find them illuminating and valuable.
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