Molly Gloss

Molly has overcome her shoulder injury and weather woes and visits Auntie's to present her novel, The Hearts of Horses.

Molly Gloss, author of the novel "Wild Life," reads and discusses her work. $5. Co-sponsored by Richard Hugo House. www.nwmediaarts.com Cabaret

Fiction Book Club should have an interesting time this month. Molly Gloss will speak about her book on Saturday the 17th of January, giving everyone the chance to hear this very talented author’s perspective on her book. Molly is not scheduled to be with us for book club, we are grateful for her Saturday ... (meer)appearance. The Hearts of Horses is a wonderful story. Martha is more comfortable around horses than people. With the men off fighting in WWI she is able to find work in a small Eastern Oregon ranching community breaking young horses. As she teaches the horses what they need to know in life, she gets to know the people and becomes a part of the community.

"Gloss has made herself a permanent place on the shelf of American Literature which features tough, smart, independent women."Kent Haruf author of Plainsong "Deeply satisfying...There isn't a false move in this poignant novel, which demonstrates as much insight into the hearts of men and women as into ... (meer)the hearts of horses."Washington Post Book World Molly Gloss is the author of Wild Life, winner of the James Tiptree Award; The Jump-Off Creek, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award; and The Dazzle of Day, a New York Times Notable Book.

"Gloss has made herself a permanent place on the shelf of American Literature which features tough, smart, independent women."Kent Haruf author of Plainsong "Deeply satisfying...There isn't a false move in this poignant novel, which demonstrates as much insight into the hearts of men and women as into ... (meer)the hearts of horses."Washington Post Book World Molly Gloss is the author of Wild Life, winner of the James Tiptree Award; The Jump-Off Creek, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award; and The Dazzle of Day, a New York Times Notable Book.

Oregon Literary Review co-hosts First Wednesdays, a series of readings, performances and wine-tasting at the Blackbird Wine Shop, 3519 NE 44th off Fremont, 7-9pm. Readers and performers interested in participating should contact Julie Mae Madsen at maemadsen@gmail.com with an expression of interest and ... (meer)sample work.

The readers/performers for November 5 are Daniel Shach-Mills, Johnny Wow and Molly Gloss.

Daniel Skach-Mills was born in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, and raised in Portland, Oregon. He holds an undergraduate degree from Marylhurst University, Marylhurst, Oregon, and a graduate degree from St. Martin’s University in Lacey, Washington.

Daniel Skach-Mills award-winning poetry has appeared in a variety of publications and anthologies, including: The Christian Science Monitor, The Christian Century. Sojourners, Open Spaces, and Prayers To Protest: Poems That Center And Bless Us (Pudding House Publications, 1998). His chapbook, Gold: Daniel Skach-Mills’s Greatest Hits, 1990-2000, appeared in 2001 from Pudding House.

In and around Oregon, Daniel Skach-Mills has been a featured reader for events at Looking Glass Bookstore, Marylhurst University, Living Earth Gatherings, KBOO Radio, and The Friends of William Stafford. A psychotherapist and spiritual teacher, he has lived both as a Benedictine and a Trappist monk, and is currently a volunteer docent for The Portland Classical Chinese Garden. Daniel conducts contemplative workshops based on The Tao of Now. He and his partner live in Portland, Oregon.

Dr. JohnnyWow! has long been concerned with the disparities of assigned gender roles and consequent disparities in contemporary society. Filtered through his rather obscure biblical and classical themes, some strikingly provocative and inexplicable images have arisen.

JohnnyWow! has both a BA and MFA in Studio Arts from the University of Washington, acquired in the 60's. Recently he completed a program resulting in the acquisition of a Doctorate in Metaphysics. He spent over 30 years working as an offset printer, a field in which he had little talent and no interest. Now as Dr. JohnnyWow! he is free to explore the themes and issues that have haunted him for decades.

Most of the art works on display are destined to be part of the good doctor's rigorous Creation/Destruction Aesthetic. It may be your last chance to tell him how wonderful the paintings and drawings are. You may speak to the artist and comment on the work. Your humble and silent awe is misplaced in the presence of art. Johnny Wow! guarantees you won't depart without a piece of real art. When you attend an Art show, don't leave without some Art!

Molly Gloss is a fourth-generation Oregonian who lives in Portland.

Her novel The Jump-Off Creek was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for American Fiction, and a winner of both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers Award and the Oregon Book Award. In 1996 Molly was a recipient of a Whiting Writers Award.

The Dazzle of Day was named a New York Times Notable Book and was awarded the PEN Center West Fiction Prize.

Wild Life won the James Tiptree Jr. Award and was chosen as the 2002 selection for "If All Seattle Read the Same Book."

The Hearts of Horses, released in Fall, 2007, is the novel of a young woman breaking horses for several ranchers in Eastern Oregon in the winter of 1917.

Author Book Signing: Molly Gloss – “The Hearts of Horses”

Waucoma Bookstore is hosting Portland author Molly Gloss for a book
signing on Friday, August 1st at the bookstore (212 Oak Street). Gloss
will be signing her most recent book “The Hearts of Horses”.
541-386-5353 or www.waucomabookstore.com.

“The Hearts of Horses”

In the winter of 1917 many of the young ranch hands in this remote Eastern
Oregon county have been called away to war. When 19-year-old Martha Lessen
shows up at George Bliss’s doorstep looking for work breaking horses,
George glimpses beneath her showy rodeo costume a shy young woman with a
serious knowledge of horses, and he hires her on. Martha’s unusual, quiet
way of breaking horses soon wins her additional work among several of
George Bliss’s neighbors, and over the course of the winter she helps out
a German family whose wagon and horses have tipped off a narrow road into
a ravine; she gentles a horse for a man who knows he is dying—a last gift
to his young son; and she clashes with a hired hand who has been abusing
horses with casual cruelty. Against the backdrop of a horrifying modern
war, Martha gradually comes to feel enveloped by a sense of community and
family she's never had before. And eventually, against her best intentions
to lead a solitary cowboy life, she falls in love.

“Truly one of the best books you’ll ever read.” —Jane Kirkpatrick

“In all of Molly Gloss’ work, lyric descriptions and unforgettable
characters are supported by an open, wide-ranging intelligence and not at
all undone by dry wit and an open heart. 'The Hearts of Horses' is a
shining example of Molly Gloss’ gifts.” —Amy Bloom

About the Author
Molly Gloss is a fourth-generation Oregonian who lives in Portland. Her
novel “The Jump-Off Creek” was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for
American Fiction, and a winner of both the Pacific Northwest Booksellers
Award and the Oregon Book Award. “The Dazzle of Day” was named a New York
Times Notable Book and was awarded the PEN Center West Fiction Prize. Wild
Life won the James Tiptree Jr. Award and was chosen as the 2002 selection
for "If All Seattle Read the Same Book." In 1996 Molly was a recipient of
a Whiting Writers Award.

Location: Waucoma Bookstore 212 Oak Street, Hood River, OR 97031
Contact: Waucoma Bookstore 541-386-5353 or www.waucomabookstore.com

MOLLY GLOSS Due to a bad fall, Molly's tour has been cancelled. We hope to be able to re-schedule in the Fall.

Award-winning author Molly Gloss (The Jump-Off Creek) presents her latest novel, The Hearts of Horses. It was the winter of 1917 and, In those days, a lot of cowboys figured a horse wasnt broken until hed had the spirit entirely beaten out f him. Rancher George Bliss takes a chance on 19-year-old Martha ... (meer)Lessen, whose gentle ways work miracles on untrainable horses.