When we first came into the little town of Bellingham in northwest Washington, more than a dozen years ago now, many things delighted us — the trees, the glimpses…Continue readingA tale of two bookstores
It seems so very long ago that I first tripped over a low-key article about a little known “women’s language”, called nu shu, which once existed in China, passed down…Continue readingWhen the words die…
Bellingham is a bookish town. The plentiful new and used bookstores which we spotted as soon as we arrived on a scouting trip were in no small part the reason…Continue readingThe measure of a town
In the little over a decade I have been writing full time, I have received some fascinating letters. Two stand out particularly. I haven’t asked permission of the letter writers…Continue readingDear Author…
Ahh, friend cats reading about friend humans! Ever wonder what your cat does while you are away? At Bustle, Caitlin White explains and illustrates. No matter how great your book…Continue readingCats and books
The Bedroom Quirks of 10 Great Authors You know that Shakespeare, James Joyce and Lord Byron were geniuses when it came to their ways with words, but as anyone who…Continue readingBedroom Quirks
“I’m here to tell you that working with the power who is out to destroy you will never, ever end well,” Aaron John Curtis says. Mohawk by birth, he offers…Continue readingAmazon Manifest Destiny?
The dream was the usual bizarrerie that inhabits my sleeping subconscious. There was a – a – THING – there was a sort of pictogram I was loking at –…Continue readingDream Director Quits
The Last 13 Feminist Bookstores in the U.S. and Canada In the mid-1990s, there were approximately 120 feminist bookstores in the U.S. and several in Canada, Anjali Enjeti reports at…Continue readingOnly 13 left?
…and embrace an Old Nemesis: Amazon.com Seattle ranks as the country’s second-most literate big city, behind Washington, D.C., as measured by things like the number of bookstores, library resources, newspaper…Continue readingSeattle bookstores soar…