Mairs, Alana

The Evolution of Kids' Books

Sun, 06 Mar 2011 08:00:00 GMT

Two Things I Learned After Eating Perogies at the PNE

Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Bottle House Memories

Sun, 08 Aug 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Dear Internet, Where is Canada?

Wed, 30 Jun 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Supper vs. Dinner

Thu, 13 May 2010 07:00:00 GMT

How to Tugboat

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Tiger Eyes

Mon, 05 Apr 2010 07:00:00 GMT

Alana Mairs reviews Tigers Eyes by Judy Blume (Bradbury Press).

After the Cold Rush

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:00:00 GMT

Where is Back East?

Sun, 18 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

See the results of Mairs' unscientific study, and find out the difference between "back east" and "down east."

Margaret Atwood: Trying Something New

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Lost art

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 07:00:00 GMT

Salal: Listening for the Northwest Understory

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 19:21:00 GMT

Near the beginning of his book, Ricou states that his intention in writing about this ubiquitous plant was to answer the question: “Could a regional culture be found by focusing on a single, native, uncharismatic species?” More simply, he wanted to find out “where salal might lead.” Salal leads him from forestry experts in Washington State to harvesters on Vancouver Island who pick salal for a living and know the plant so well they can weigh it by feel.

Certifiable

Tue, 24 Jul 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The cover blurb on Certifiable, a collection of short stories by David McGimpsey (Insomniac), describes it as “funny and twisted stories of American culture.” Topics range from the biological makeup of the McDonald’s character Grimace to fragmented lecture notes for a college seminar on Elvis. McGimpsey’s pairing of couch-potato vernacular with academia is an awkward marriage at times—the correspondence between Fonzie’s jacket and Christina Aguilera is neither funny nor twisted.