Cart
|
|
my account
|
wish list
|
help
|
800-878-7323
Hello, |
Login
MENU
Browse
New Arrivals
Bestsellers
Featured Preorders
Award Winners
Audio Books
See All Subjects
Used
Staff Picks
Staff Picks
Picks of the Month
Bookseller Displays
50 Books for 50 Years
25 Best 21st Century Sci-Fi & Fantasy
25 PNW Books to Read Before You Die
25 Books From the 21st Century
25 Memoirs to Read Before You Die
25 Global Books to Read Before You Die
25 Women to Read Before You Die
25 Books to Read Before You Die
Gifts
Gift Cards & eGift Cards
Powell's Souvenirs
Journals and Notebooks
socks
Games
Sell Books
Blog
Events
Find A Store
Don't Miss
15% off new books on Powells.com!*
Spring Sale
Big Mood Sale
Teen Dream Sale
Powell's Author Events
Oregon Battle of the Books
Audio Books
Get the Powell's newsletter
Visit Our Stores
Powell's Staff:
Five Book Friday: In Memoriam
(0 comment)
Every year, the booksellers at Powell’s submit their Top Fives: their five favorite books that were released in 2023. It’s a list that, when put together, shows just how varied and interesting the book tastes of Powell’s booksellers are. I highly recommend digging into the recommendations — we would never lead you astray — but today...
Read More
»
Brontez Purnell:
Powell’s Q&A: Brontez Purnell, author of ‘Ten Bridges I’ve Burnt’
(0 comment)
Rachael P.:
Starter Pack: Where to Begin with Ursula K. Le Guin
(0 comment)
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
{1}
##LOC[OK]##
##LOC[Cancel]##
Customer Comments
jlmanlowe has commented on (5) products
The Gender Politics of HIV/AIDS in Women: Perspectives on the Pandemic in the United States
by
Goldstein, Nancy
jlmanlowe
, March 18, 2020
This book is co-edited by Jennifer Manlowe, PhD and Nancy Goldstein, PhD. I find it funny that Powells would make such a mistake. Thanks so much, Jennifer Manlowe
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
report this comment
Little Girl Leaving: A Novel Based on a True Story
by
Lisa Blume
jlmanlowe
, January 10, 2019
"First-time novelist, Lisa Blume, crafts a powerful first-hand account of one girl's journey from innocence, through heartbreak, to a surprising form of nascent optimism. The work is at once an unashamed portrayal of sexual and physical violence in the home and a profound indictment of the social systems that sustain it—a poignant and disturbing recollection of human suffering and imagination." ~ Jennifer Manlowe, PhD, author of "Faith Born of Seduction: Sexual Violence, Eating Disorders and Religion"
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
report this comment
The Bumbling Mystic's Obituary: A Memoir about Synchronicity & Second Chances
by
Constance Mears
jlmanlowe
, October 10, 2018
“An obit is a news brief, a summary of verifiable facts: Who died and when, where were they born, who they married. It doesn’t answer the real questions: Were they happy? Did they become who they wanted to be? Did they have regrets? Even after the ink settles into the fibers of the newsprint and solidifies into the truth, life is still an exquisite mystery, down to the very end.” ~ Constance Mears, The Bumbling Mystic’s Obituary Author and fine artist Constance Mears invites her readers on a circuitous journey that starts with her imaginary obituary. She needed more than 125 words—the limit of most obits—and this book became her solution. The rest of her story fills in the gaps of a full life told with synchronous moments, premonitions, Catholic-Girl rebellion, experiences profound and prosaic and always laced with wicked laughter. We join Mears’s expedition when she decides to run away from home at age thirteen. Inspired by a reflective high school teacher and her reading of Jonathan Living Seagull, Mears longs for meaningful, magical adventures that will transform her from the inside out. Like Johnathan (written in 1972), Mears tracks a “higher purpose” and is happy to follow her heart and make her own rules. In fits and starts, she gets her wish but never in ways expected. Bumbling Mystic, Mears’s first book, is playfully written in the form of a memoir but as a poet, her prose is carefully crafted. The metaphor of long-form obituary is just right but each chapter also has elements of a fairy tale: there’s magic, talking birds, the struggle to overcome obstacles, to discover affirming sanctuaries and finally, to find a place in the world. Just like a timeless tale we have fallen for, we never want it to end. Reviewer: Jennifer L. Manlowe, Cracking Up: Notes of a Good Girl Gone Mad
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
report this comment
Swallow: Foreign Bodies, Their Ingestion, Inspiration, and the Curious Doctor Who Extracted Them
by
Cappello, Mary
jlmanlowe
, January 22, 2011
'Whether avant-garde poetry, memoir, creative non-fiction or wildly-courageous fiction, every work of Mary Cappello's breaks open my heart wider and wider. The precision and sheer beauty of her writing—this time about a mesmerizing doctor/collector/genius from Philadelphia (which I believe is her home town)—remains astounding."
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
report this comment
Circumference of Home
by
Kurt Hoelting
jlmanlowe
, June 02, 2010
Kurt Hoelting's writing is reflective, honest and never sentimental about "the wilderness" -- as if it were something separate from us urbanites. He is a hardy activist who puts his feet where his mouth is, a heart-felt, tender observer with fierce convictions. At the same time, he speaks of his experience alone, is never preachy or righteous, if anything, the reader has a way in to her own vulnerability through Hoelting's generous humility. This is not an indulgent meditation on white, liberal guilt or a man romanticizing his own back-to-nature wildness (as can sometimes be the error of the mythopoetic masculinity movement spawned by Robert Bly). Hoelting embraces all kinds of learning in each reflective moment -- and while most are deadly serious, some of these experiences are really funny. I respect his capacity as a writer to be at once fragile and courageous in this year-long adventure where he couples his eco-ethics, social commentary and mindfulness practices. His experiment to resist making any carbon footprint is outrageous, inspiring and inviting, even to the less-committed, like myself. Hoelting walked, rode, swam, ran, and resisted getting into any carbon-emitting vehicle to get around town (within 60 miles of his home). His is an amazing journey one that he invites the reader to tag along for lots of learning. I bet Hoelting would agree with Catherine Drinker Bowen (1957) who claimed, "Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind." This is a timely read. Don't miss it.
Was this comment helpful? |
Yes
|
No
(2 of 3 readers found this comment helpful)
report this comment