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t s a testament to Kate Lebo s curiosity, knowledge and sheer writing chops that she can spend a chapter describing a fruit called a durian as tasting like peaches laced with onions and garbage and smelling a little like turpentine yet leave you wanting to merrily try some for yourself laughing all the way. The durian is just one of the featured foods in Lebo s new
The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (With Recipes), and while you might not actually try her recipe for durian ice cream, there s plenty more-pleasing fruits along the way that could inspire you to put down the book for a bit and head to your kitchen.
New Books by NER Authors
It’s been a busy publication month for
NER authors! Emily Pittinos, published in
NER40.1, released her debut book of poems, The Last Unkillable Thing (University of Iowa Press), a compilation of tender reflections both elegiac and ecological rooted in the domestic and natural worlds.
Essayist, poet, and pie lady Kate Lebo recently published
The Book of Difficult Fruit (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), a collection of twenty-six lyrical essays (with recipes) centered on fruit, giving “insights into relationships, self-care, land stewardship, medical and botanical history, and so much more.” Her essays have appeared in
Jehanne Dubrow’s
Five PNW memoirs to read for Independent Bookstore Day 2021
From Brandi Carlile’s ascent to stardom to an aching memoir of love in times of war, add these books to your spring reading list.
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From left, Northwest writers Kate Lebo (photo by Melissa Heale), Mortada Gzar (Jonathan Reibsome), Sonora Jha (Ellie Kozlowski), Brandi Carlile (Austin Hargrave) and Elissa Washuta (Marcus Jackson), all of whom have new memoirs out this spring.
Itching to connect with humanity again? Maybe even meet some people outside your pod? Public health officials are still urging us to keep our (social) distance, but on the eve of Independent Bookstore Day (April 24), consider this workaround: read a memoir.