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Susan Beal: The Powells.com Interview
By Rachel C. June 2, 2011
Super crafter Susan Beal is everywhere. With five craft books to her name, contributions in Bust, ReadyMade, Venus, and Craft, as well as many appearances at craft fairs and conventions, Susan has become one of the major craft forces in the Pacific Northwest. From jewelry and beading to quilting...
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Ann Patchett: The Powells.com Interview
By Jill Owens May 31, 2011
Ann Patchett is a beloved author among Powell's employees. Her 2001 novel Bel Canto, which won the PEN/Faulkner Award, might be the most popular, but her earlier novels The Magician's Assistant and The Patron Saint of Liars also have their fervent fans. Her dazzling and heartbreaking memoir about...
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Heidi Swanson: The Powells.com Interview
By Megan May 14, 2011
Heidi Swanson, creator of the beloved blog 101 Cookbooks, offers nearly 100 of her go-to recipes in Super Natural Every Day, the follow-up to her James Beard Award-nominated cookbook Super Natural Cooking. With a focus on whole grains, minimally processed sweeteners, and fresh produce, Swanson's...
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Siri Hustvedt: The Powells.com Interview
By Jill Owens May 4, 2011
Siri Hustvedt spans two worlds in her writing, with her gorgeous, lyrical, often dreamlike fiction, including What I Loved, The Blindfold, and The Sorrows of an American, and her nonfiction writing on science, art, and culture, which include A Plea for Eros, The Shaking Woman or a History of My...
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Christopher McDougall: The Powells.com Interview
By Shawn Donley April 19, 2011
Sometimes the simplest of questions can send us on the most complicated quests. For Christopher McDougall, the question was, "Why does my foot hurt?" The story of his search for an answer is the entertaining and inspiring bestseller Born to Run, which has something for everyone — travel,...
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Katie Arnold-Ratliff: The Powells.com Interview
By Jill Owens April 4, 2011
Katie Arnold-Ratliff's Bright before Us is an exquisitely written, masterfully haunting story of a life unraveling. Francis is a 25-year-old second-grade teacher in San Francisco, living in the poverty of young adulthood with his wife and a baby on the way. During a moment of inattention on a...
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Jason Breedlove: The Powells.com Interview
By Kevin Sampsell March 24, 2011
About a year ago, a rather large and imposing man named Jason Breedlove came in to the store to see if we would carry his self-published book. He explained to me that it was a collection of writings he had done while in prison. I admit that I was skeptical of the book's quality at first. For...
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Donald Lopez: The Powells.com Interview
By Chris Faatz March 21, 2011
Donald Lopez is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. He currently serves as chair of the Department of Asian Languages and Cultures and as chair of the Michigan Society of Fellows. His books include Elaborations on...
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Small Press Conversation: Mike Young and Jamie Iredell
By Kevin Sampsell March 16, 2011
In my opinion, it would be pretty hard to find two other authors coming out of the small-press world right now who are more exciting than Mike Young and Jamie Iredell. Mike Young is only 24 years old, but his writing seems wrapped around a wisdom that goes beyond his years. Not only is he wise,...
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Tea Obreht: The Powells.com Interview
By Jill Owens March 8, 2011
Téa Obreht was born in the former Yugoslavia and moved to America when she was 12. Now 25, she's the youngest of the 2010 New Yorker's 20 under 40 writers and the only one not to have a book published at the time the list came out. Her first novel, The Tiger's Wife, more than explains the...
