I love Christmas and I love traditions. My favorite Rose City Reader tradition is this advent calendar of vintage Christmas cards. Enjo...

BOOK BEGINNINGS ON FRIDAYS THANKS FOR JOINING ME ON FRIDAYS FOR BOOK BEGINNING FUN! MY BOOK BEGINNING Several years ago I attended...

What books came into your house last week? I got one new book of short stories that really appeals to me. A Bigger Piece of Blue by Dan...

Montana author Mary Mills recently published a memoir, My Father's Ledger: Sex Abuse by a Catholic Priest - A Family's Story of Gr...

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To draw one more creative breath, writers always have to be falling in love with something or someone new. And spouses and friends heat u...

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George Sr. bought a new 1978, gray Ford Pinto late that winter. None of his previous vehicles had been so luxuriously appointed. Bitter...

Peter Gajdics is the author of a new memoir, The Inheritance of Shame, published by Brown Paper Press . He is an award-winning writer wh...

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A matching vintage set of Stanley Middleton books came my way. What books came into your house last week? Changes and Chances Valley ...

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One new book came to me last week How about you? Queen of Spades by Michael Shou-Yung Shum . This debut novel re-imagines Pushkin's...

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The newspaper never closed. . . . The thundering presses in the basement worked without rest, churning out five editions each day to mee...

Two new books came into my house last week. How about you? Bitter is the Wind by Jim McDermott . This coming-of-age, father/son novel i...

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The physical act of cooking gives me enormous pleasure, but I also like watching what it does for others. Even the angriest person is soo...

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The political history of Europe, which both of my parents discussed without hesitation, interested me far less than their personal experi...

Eating People is Wrong has always been my favorite book title, and I love campus novels, but I’ve never read Malcolm Bradbury’s books. S...

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