Photographers invited for Blue Book contest - Statesman Journal
Oregon's amateur photographers are invited to submit photographs for the front and back covers of the Oregon Blue Book, the state's official fact book, which observes its 100th anniversary in 2011. The State Archives, which publishes the Oregon Blue

Book review: Prose. Poems. A Novel by Jamie Iredell - Examiner
Any time I read a book that experiments with form I’m both excited and skeptical: Is it new and necessary or is it dressing on a window with no view? Jamie Iredell’s first book, Prose. Poems. A Novel. , published by Chicago-based fledgling Orange

Liberal Author Now Bashes Sarah Palin's 'Ability to Incite Hatred' Over His Moving In Next Door - News Busters
As if it wasn't shameless enough to rent the house next door to the Palins in Wasilla while he works on a Palin-exposing book, liberal author Joe McGinniss starred in a Saturday Washington Post report  by David Weigel about how he's a good neighbor, but he's learned that Palin's "ability to

Events to observe Memorial Day - Everett Herald
Lynnwood: VFW Post No. 1040 Memorial Day Celebration, 11 a.m., Lynnwood Veterans Park, 19300 44th Ave. W. Book discussion, “The Things They Carried,” 2 p.m. Vietnam veterans from VFW Post No. 1040 share war experiences. Arlington: American Legion