Alright, Alright, Alright: The Oral History of Richard Linklater's Dazed and Confused
by Melissa Maerz
I should say first that Dazed and Confused is one of those movies that went straight into my bloodstream when I first saw it and has never left, a miracle of ensemble acting and pitch-perfect attentio... (Tom)
An Owl on Every Post
by Sanora Babb
When she was six, in 1913, Babb's father brought their family from their Oklahoma town to an isolated homestead in eastern Colorado, a sod house dug out of a dry land, with the nearest water two miles... (Tom)
Matrix
by Lauren Groff
The story of Matrix kept reminding me, strangely, of its fellow National Book Award finalist, Laird Hunt's Zorrie, which also compresses the full scope of a woman's life, cloistered and full of work a... (Tom)
The Camping Trip
by Jennifer K. Mann
It may not be the best time of year for camping, but Mann's picture book, a recent winner of the Washington State Book Award, is a warm, funny, and relatable story of just what its title says, young E... (Tom)