Synopses & Reviews
A Nice Piece of Astoria is a 209-page work of creative non-fiction that examines and updates the new and classic stories of Astoria. The book blends an eclectic variety of literary genres, including memoir, history, essay, vignette, reportage, guide, criticism, satire, stream of consciousness, meditation, review, commentary, and polemic.
In the book, Love tours you through Astoria's beer, bars, taverns, The Goonies, Lewis and Clark, sea lions, rain, salmon, coffee, Vikings, paperboys, professional wrestling, strippers, the Column, the Clatsop County Fair, the Columbia River, gentrification, hipsters, parks, The Ship Report and his first year in town. The book includes a preface by Meriwether Lewis.
A Nice Piece of Astoria also features woodcut illustrations from Astoria High School yearbooks, circa 1934-36. The book was printed by Pioneer Printing in Newport and is distributed exclusively through Nestucca Spit Press' web site, independent bookstores and at live events.
About the Author
Matt Love is the author/editor of 13 books about Oregon, including, the best selling Far Out Story of Vortex I, Citadel of the Spirit: Oregon's Sesquicentennial Anthology, Gimme Refuge: The Education of a Caretaker, Rose City Heist, and Of Walking in Rain. In 2009, Love won the Oregon Literary Arts' Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award for his contributions to Oregon history and literature. He lives in Astoria and teaches at Astoria High School.