Poet, associate professor at Reed College, and two-time Lambda Literary Award honoree Samiya Bashir has been selected as Lambda Literary s next leader. She spoke with PW about her hopes for the organization.
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Itâs never a bad time to refresh your reading list, and itâs always a good idea to sprinkle in some homegrown favorites. Here are some of the best recent books by Oregon authors (we used five years as our cut off) to decorate your bookshelves and blow your minds. From dark dystopias to autobiographical essays to Parisian comedies to woolly mammoths, these local authors have taken on disparate themes and raised their individual, original voices to tell urgent, entertaining stories. We re lucky to have them.Â
Behold, in order of publication, 10 great books by Oregon writers from the past five years.
Books About Race & Being Black in America
February 7, 2021
The publishing industry has been on a roll lately. The number of great books by Black writers or about Black issues have been at an all-time high. Let’s keep that going by reading some of the gems we’ve listed here.
Some are new voices, some old, and there are a few you may never have heard of before. We encourage everyone – readers and nonreaders alike – to give these a chance.
Black Pacific Northwest Authors:
Ijeoma Oluo – “So You Want to Talk About Race”
This Nigerian-American living in Seattle has written for