An Embarrassment of Riches: The Powell’s Interview with Kevin Sampsell
Kevin Sampsell is known around Portland as a big fish in the small-press pond. He's been publishing rad, racy, experimental authors under his publishing company, Future Tense Books, for almost two...
View ArticleBook News: The Rooster Awakens, Jolie Becomes Scarpetta, and More
Here Come the Rooster Jokes: Of all the yearly book awards, the one we most look forward to is always The Morning News's Tournament of Books. (We've even had Powell's staff participate in past...
View ArticleBook News Wednesday: Skloot Headed to HBO, Bush vs. Palin, and More
Immortal: Recent guest blogger Rebecca Skloot's bestselling book The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks looks to be headed to HBO, with some big names attached. Oprah Winfrey is joining with Alan Ball to...
View ArticleBook News Thursday: The Facebook Movie, When Sampsell Met Grisham, and More
"I Want You to Friend Me as Hard as You Can": Have you always wanted to see the director of Seven and Fight Club and the writer/creator of The West Wing team up to create a major motion picture...
View ArticleBook News Friday: Franzen Frenzy, Birthdays for Bradbury and “Green Eggs,”...
Hard to believe it's been nearly ten years since Jonathan Franzen made a splash with his novel The Corrections. I don't have a clue how well it has held up (one problem with socially relevant novels is...
View ArticleBook News Wednesday: Carter Hospitalized, MacArthur “Genius” Grants, and More
Hale to the Chief: Former President Jimmy Carter has been hospitalized with a stomach ailment in the midst of the tour for his latest book. About 500 people had waited in line Tuesday afternoon at...
View ArticleLet Me Introduce to You: Kevin Sampsell
Just had a good conversation with writer (also Powell's employee/small-press-room curator) Kevin Sampsell. I told Kevin about the dream I had last night in which he read from his forthcoming novel...
View ArticlePowell’s Q&A: Kevin Sampsell
Describe your latest book. This Is Between Us is a novel about the many dimensions and moods that a love affair can take on. It's told in about 200 short scenes, each detailing the highs and lows of...
View ArticleKevin Sampsell: What I’m Giving
In this special series, we asked writers we admire to share a book they're giving to their friends and family this holiday season. Check back daily to see the books your favorite authors are gifting. ÷...
View ArticleThis Is Between Us
Sampsell's gorgeous novel is an intricate and layered account of a relationship on its trajectory of either success or failure. The tiny snippets of interaction between the nameless couple begin to...
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