An essay on life and death from The Bookshelf and The Poetry Moment frequent contributor, poet Dennis Held.

Glaciers is read by the auhtor, Alexis M, Smith. Her most recent novel, Marrow Island, won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her short fiction and other writings have appeared in The Portland Monthly, Tarpaulin Sky, Bon Appétit, Moss, and The Portland Review . She lives in Spokane and teaches at the MFA program at Eastern Washington University.

Glaciers is read by the auhtor, Alexis M, Smith. Her most recent novel, Marrow Island, won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her short fiction and other writings have appeared in The Portland Monthly, Tarpaulin Sky, Bon Appétit, Moss, and The Portland Review . She lives in Spokane and teaches at the MFA program at Eastern Washington University.

Glaciers is read by the auhtor, Alexis M, Smith. Her most recent novel, Marrow Island, won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her short fiction and other writings have appeared in The Portland Monthly, Tarpaulin Sky, Bon Appétit, Moss, and The Portland Review . She lives in Spokane and teaches at the MFA program at Eastern Washington University.

Glaciers is read by the auhtor, Alexis M, Smith. Her most recent novel, Marrow Island, won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her short fiction and other writings have appeared in The Portland Monthly, Tarpaulin Sky, Bon Appétit, Moss, and The Portland Review . She lives in Spokane and teaches at the MFA program at Eastern Washington University.

Glaciers is read by the auhtor, Alexis M, Smith. Her most recent novel, Marrow Island, won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her short fiction and other writings have appeared in The Portland Monthly, Tarpaulin Sky, Bon Appétit, Moss, and The Portland Review . She lives in Spokane and teaches at the MFA program at Eastern Washington University.

Glaciers is read by the auhtor, Alexis M, Smith. Her most recent novel, Marrow Island, won a Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award and a Lambda Literary Award. Her short fiction and other writings have appeared in The Portland Monthly, Tarpaulin Sky, Bon Appétit, Moss, and The Portland Review . She lives in Spokane and teaches at the MFA program at Eastern Washington University.

Jess Walter's new novel, The Cold Millions is set in Spokane during the labor disputes of the early 20th century. Hailed by The Philadelphia Inquirer as "A Scorsese-esque period piece, populated by cops, drunks, variety girls, temperance ladies, job sharks, Pinkertons, and Wobblies” The novel follows two adventure seeking brothers, the wealthy enemies who threaten them, and the women who reveal to them an unjust world on the brink of upheaval. Jess Walter lives in his hometown, Spokane, and he

How to Be a Sister: A Love Story With a Twist of Autism is read for The Bookshelf by the author, Eileen Garvin. It was first broadcast in 2011. Garvin's debut novel, The Music of Bees , is forthcoming from Dutton in 2021. She lives in Oregon with her husband and their critters. More information at www.eileengarvin.com Eileen Garvin is the author of How to Be a Sister: A Love Story With a Twist of Autism . Her debut novel, The Music of Bees , is forthcoming from Dutton. She lives in Oregon with

How to Be a Sister: A Love Story With a Twist of Autism is read for The Bookshelf by the author, Eileen Garvin. It was first broadcast in 2011. Garvin's debut novel, The Music of Bees , is forthcoming from Dutton in 2021. She lives in Oregon with her husband and their critters. More information at www.eileengarvin.com Eileen Garvin is the author of How to Be a Sister: A Love Story With a Twist of Autism . Her debut novel, The Music of Bees , is forthcoming from Dutton. She lives in Oregon with