The Hours of Lead by Bruce Holbert
An artful western saga set in austere central and eastern Washington where towns were flooded for the good of all and human communion roiled with unspoken care.
Midnight in Soap Lake by Matthew Sullivan
A woman stumbles upon a murder and solves a limnological…
Train Dreams by Denis Johnson
A meditative study of a man’s life spent outdoors during…
The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
A gritty and clever look at life on the far…
Hollow Kingdom by Kira Jane Buxton
A human apocalypse seen through the eyes of a crow.
The Imagined Life by Andrew Porter
A surprising and tender mid-life crisis.
Bear by Julia Phillips
A story about sisterly love and frustration, about delayed lives…
An American Sunrise by Joy Harjo
In An American Sunrise: Poems, Joy Harjo reappropriates a portion…







