I’ve had some time on my hands this summer. @propellerbooks.bsky.social

Didn’t win but was a boss at Photo Booth. @propellerbooks.bsky.social @literaryarts.bsky.social

Show me your #independentbookstoreday #indiebookstoreday pics! Here’s me in my guest bookseller uniform at Cottage Groove Book.

Tuesday poem #629 : Louise Akers : To a career hunter / @propellerbooks.bsky.social ; dusie.blogspot.com/2025/04/tues...

12 or 20 (second series) questions with Louise Akers / @propellerbooks.bsky.social ; robmclennan.blogspot.com/2025/04/12-o...

I wrote about Title VI, a Department of Ed program that changed my life & gave students across the country a chance to learn about the world. Some asshole lawmakers have always hated it. Thanks to DOGE, it's basically dead. Don't count on university admins to fill the void. time.com/7269589/depa...

Baby’s first birthday! @propellerbooks.bsky.social

Today's small good news: SURVIVAL TIPS (@propellerbooks.bsky.social) is a library ebook. I didn't know it was a library ebook! Available on @libbyapp.bsky.social & Library 2 Go, at least in Oregon.

A packed house in Seattle to launch "Criminals," Ben Masaoka's novel of a postwar Japanese American family published by @propellerbooks.bsky.social of Portland. Ben felt a connection with novelist John Okada, and we could hear it in our readings today of Ben's work. resisters.com/2025/02/02/c...

Our reading assignments are set. Come down this Sunday 2/2 at 2:00 pm to mam's books in Seattle Chinatown to learn about a Seattle author you've never heard of before and his novel from @propellerbooks.bsky.social and his admiration for the work of John Okada. There will be food! Catered by Sophon.

So frigging thrilled about this news. TY, @literaryarts.bsky.social! TY, @propellerbooks.bsky.social & the brilliant Dan DeWeese.

Congratulations, @miriamgershow.bsky.social! Survival Tips has been named an Oregon Book Award finalist for the Ken Kesey Award for Fiction.

Join us in one week at mam's books in Seattle Chinatown for WRITERS READ BEN MASAOKA’S posthumously-published debut novel, “CRIMINALS” Sunday, February 2, 2025 2:00-4:00 pm PST Mam’s Books Free and open to the public. Join Frank Abe, Lucy Tan, Carla Crujido, Bruce Rutledge, and Dan DeWeese.