\nDear\nFriends of Oregon Books:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nIn\n2003, I established Nestucca Spit Press (NSP) to publish books about\nOregon, mine and other authors and poets. With this venture, I wanted\nto practice what I called \u201csustainable literature,\u201d meaning the\nbooks were written by Oregonians, printed in Oregon, and sold\nexclusively at Oregon independent bookstores and live events. Since\nits formation, NSP has published 30 books and sold over 30,000 books\nacross the PNW. And we’re still going strong. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\nNSP\nhas released three books this spring, The Bonnie and Clyde Files<\/em>\nwritten by me, and two others, a collection of poems titled She\nOregon<\/em> and a novel, Alberta\n& The Spark. <\/em>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nMany\nof my FB friends have generously supported NSP books over the years,\nI urge you to continue to support independent Oregon publishing by\npurchasing these titles direct from the Nestucca Spit Press web site\nof from independent bookstores. We need good stories and poems more\nthan ever, and I am honored to have worked with the writers of these\nmagnificent books. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nAbout\nShe\nOregon<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n In\nhis first volume of dramatic verse, She\nOregon<\/em>,\nGold Beach poet Earl Mohr presents his version of awakening to his\nrelationship to Oregon. In this collection of poems, Mohr explores a\nvariety of themes, including the exploitation of Oregon, its land,\nwater, indigenous peoples, even its myths. The book, first in a\nprojected trilogy of verse, contains 38 poems, the first written in\n1966, the last one in 2018. Three voices, She Oregon, Scene Speaker\nand Echo interact with one another in each poem. The poems’ settings\ntake place in a variety of Oregon places, including the Columbia\nGorge, Willamette Valley, High Desert and Oregon Coast. \u201cShe\nOregon <\/em>is\nthe most remarkable book of verse I’ve come across in Oregon literary\nhistory,\u201d said Nestucca Spit Press Publisher Matt Love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n About\nAlberta\n& The Spark:<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n In\nher charming debut novel, Astoria author Jennifer Nightingale\npresents an unforgettable character, 13-year-old Alberta Evans, whose\nlove of nature is as boundless as her belief in the goodness of all\npeople. Set in a Pacific Northwest oyster town in the 1970s, Alberta\nstruggles with adolescence and finds\ncourage through her unique friendship with 15-year-old Felix, a\nkindred spirit who approaches the natural world as a scientist, while\nshe reveres it with magical wonder. Together, they confront bullies,\nracism and disorienting family changes. They persevere and help bring\ntheir fractured coastal community together. \u201cAlberta\n& The Spark <\/em>is\nthe best Pacific Northwest coming-of-age novel since Jim Lynch’s The\nHighest Tide<\/em>,\u201d\nsaid Nestucca Spit Press Publisher Matt Love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \nTo\norder direct go to nestuccaspitpress.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Dear Friends of Oregon Books: In 2003, I established Nestucca Spit Press (NSP) to publish books about Oregon, mine and other authors and poets. With this venture, I wanted to practice what I called \u201csustainable literature,\u201d meaning the books were written by Oregonians, printed in Oregon, and sold exclusively at Oregon independent bookstores and live […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5148,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,28],"tags":[956,1021,9,694,1028,1024,1025,1022,1019,1026],"class_list":["post-5147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-meditations","category-writing","tag-earl-mohr","tag-jennifer-nightingale","tag-nestucca-spit-press","tag-oregon-books","tag-oregon-coast-writers","tag-oregon-publishers","tag-oregon-ya-fiction","tag-poetry-books","tag-she-oregon","tag-summer-reading","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5147"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5150,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147\/revisions\/5150"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nestuccaspitpress.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}