Historian Donna Murch, author of this
Guardian article, on why despite the loss in Bessemer this is a lively time for union organizing. And Ben Burgis, author of
Yet another episode where I still have absolutely no sense of time of anything in particular happening, or where I am, or if there are, in fact, wolves after me. No, instead, I bring you music in order to blare loudly to randomly interrupt your week for at least an hour (more if you play it on repeat).
So I implore you once more – play music loud and preferably with one speaker pointed at another person, so they may also point a speaker at another person, and so on. Let the music share itself!
I’m going crazy and I’m leaving now.
Thaw is also the word of the day!
We’ve got some wicked tracks coming your way, and MAYBE I’m just in a better mood, but these tracks had me headbanging in my chair while I spun them for you. So maybe you oughta give yourself an early Christmas present and download this podcast FOR FREE and play it super loud. GET YOUR THAW ON.
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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.