Michael Upchurch reviews Seattle-based author Jonathan Evison's "Lawn Boy," a novel about a good-hearted young man with two passions: books and garden care. It's a swift, engaging read with a wry sense of humor that faces a pertinent issue head-on: the inescapable trap of inequality in America.
Burnaby BC mayor takes pipeline fight to the courts, will Burgerville workers unionize?, Washington company aims to mine asteroids, oldest footprints in North America found in BC, Richard Chiem doesn't want to make eye contact, and an essay on a bus stop incident by Donna Miscolta.
A poem, "The Return of the Elwha King" by Paul Nelson, Cascadia challenges Trump on census citizenship question, sketchy real estate practices in PDX, megaquake would send 60-foot tsunami to WA coast, whale watching season in Depoe Bay, and a poem by Andrew Shattuck McBride.
Seattle poet Paul Nelson's ode to the runs of king salmon returning to the Elwha River after the dam is gone.
"He’s back! Belly full of planktonic diatoms, copepods, kelp, seaweed, jellyfish, starfish, bugs, amphipods & crustaceans so delicious served up at Sakura as sake..."
Can British Columbia meet climate targets and build LNG plants? New film documents loss of mobile homes near Seattle, when an apology isn't enough for crimes against First Nations, returning to Marilyn Robinson's novel Housekeeping years later, and an interview with composer John Luther Adams.
March for Our Lives protests across Cascadia, courts deny First Nation's bid to stop fish farm transfer, Russian consulate in Seattle closed, land trusts shift focus toward cities, new film based on Portland author Willy Vlautin's novel, and an excerpt from Chelsea Johnson's Stray City.
Get out hiking in Cascadia this weekend, region prepares for March for Our Lives, protesters arrested at Trans Mountain site, wifi helping improve lives of Seattle's homeless, an immigration jail transformed into artist housing, Portland photographer Austin Granger loves film, & a poem by Alexandra Teague.
A book review of the theMystery.doc, teens help organize Seattle gun control march this weekend, economic benefits of high speed rail, the blob retreats from coast of Cascadia, Sonic Boom festival showcases Vancouver composers, and an interview with poet and AIDS activist Julene Tripp Weaver.
TheMystery.doc is not an easy book. At 1,660 pages, even hauling it around is a challenge. The fragmented narrative jumps between September 11 transcripts, phone conversations with AI bots, and page after page of a code that is never explained. But for the patient and adventurous reader it is worth the effort.
A new podcast for Cascadians in Seattle, the Facebook scandal's Cascadia connection, tribes come together to urge ban on fish farms, new groups fighting for affordable housing in Vancity, Oregon lawsuit targets ICE, how Lee Maracle changed Indigenous literature, and a poem by Charlotte Zhang.
