Reviews

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Review: "The Losing Role" by Steve Anderson

The Losing Role is a WWII espionage story from the German point of view, based...

By Gilion Dumas
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Review: "The I Hate to Cook Book-50th Anniversary Ed...

The 50th Anniversary edition of Peg Bracken’s I Hate to Cook Book (Grand Central Publishing)...

By Gilion Dumas
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Review: "Origin" by Diana Abu-Jaber

Origin is an emotional, atmospheric mystery set in the icy winter of Syracuse, New York....

By Gilion Dumas
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Review: "Food Lover’s Guide to Portland" ...

Liz Crain tapped into Portland’s do-it-yourself ethic and agricultural abundance to write her Food Lover’s...

By Gilion Dumas
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Review: "Saving Stanley" by Scott Nadelson

Saving Stanley is a terrific collection of eight interrelated stories about Daniel Brickman and his...

By Gilion Dumas
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My Three Favorite 2010 Releases From Portland Authors

I was contacted recently by Alison Hallett, the Portland Mercury Arts Editor, to see if...

By Gabe Barber
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Review: "The Productive Writer" by Sage Cohen

I was pleased to get the opportunity to review a pre-release copy of local author...

By Cara Holman
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Review: "Another Way the River Has" by Robin Co...

To say that Another Way the River Has is a collection of essays inspired by...

By Gilion Dumas
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Review: "Nine Simple Patterns for Complicated Women&...

The women in Mary Rechner’s debut fiction collection, Nine Simple Patterns for Complicated Women, (Propeller...

By Karen Munro
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Review: "Angler Management" by Jack Ohman

[ Angler Management: The Day I Died While Fly Fishing and Other Essays | Jack...

By Gilion Dumas