Rockaway Writers Rendezvous – EST. 2023 WHAT/WHERE/WHY The Rockaway Roastery, at 2nd & Miller in Rockaway Beach) in conjunction with local published authors, are creating an annual educational fun event around all…
Category: Books
Tillamook County Retired Educators and Teachers/TREAT Newsletter Special Edition: Books and Book Bans – Do You Read Books?
Two out of five Tillamook school board members reveal they don’t read books At the April 10th Tillamook School District board meeting, a group of 3rd graders from South Prairie Elementary shared…
BOOK REVIEW: Contract to Unite America – Ten Reforms to Reclaim Our Republic
By Jim Heffernan Shortly after the 2020 election I began a reading binge. It was a strange compulsion I did not truly understand. I understand now that I was seeking to “bridge…
BOOK REVIEW: A Gentle Answer – Our “Secret Weapon” in an Age of Us Against Them
By Jim Heffernan Braver Angels has a library* of sorts. There aren’t any real books there, but there’s a growing list with summaries and reviews for about 130+ books. These are books…
BOOK REVIEW: Bayocean – Atlantis of Oregon
By Neal Lemery Bayocean: Atlantis of Oregon offers a comprehensive examination of a massive real estate development in one of the Northwest’s most scenic and pristine ocean beaches. The many tales of…
BOOK REVIEW: “The Politics Industry”
By Jim Heffernan I usually wait until I finish a book before I begin to write my review, but this one is different. I’ve read a lot of books about contempory politics…
BOOK REVIEW: “I Have the Right to Remain Silent—But I Lack the Ability” by Madelaine Brauner Landry
By Jim Heffernan I think perhaps I might have a “book guardian angel” who sits on my shoulder and prods me when she sees a book she thinks I “need” to read….
BOOK REVIEW: Listen, Liberal: or Whatever Happened to the Party of the People? –
By Jim Heffernan This is a book I started reading 8 days after the 2020 election, once my shell-shock had dissipated. It started a reading binge that has continued until the present…
BOOK REVIEW: Strangers in Their Own Land
By Jim Heffernan This is Arlie Hochshcild’s 9th and latest book. It was a finalist for a National Book Award. It the result of 5 years research in rural Louisiana into the…
BOOK REVIEW: I’m Still Here – Black Dignity in a World Made for Whiteness
By Jim Heffernan This month (February) is “Black History Month” and I chose this book because it represents a different take on the black experience. The book is a memoir of a…