Summer 2023
Cashup Davis: The Inspiring Life of a Secret Mentor
A biography by By Jeff Burnside and Gordon Davis » More ...
Libraries
Summer 2023
Briefly Noted
Books and podcasts by WSU alumni, faculty, and staff » More ...
Winter 2022
Pioneering Death: The Violence of Boyhood in Turn-of-the-Century Oregon
Peter Boag
University of Washington Press: 2022
His father slapped him, commanding him to tend to his chores. Instead, the 18-year-old marched into the farmhouse where he lived with his parents and siblings, grabbed his father’s rifle, and shot him in the back of the head before turning the weapon on his mother and a community member who had stopped to chat.
The more historian Peter Boag learned about the killing in west Linn County—and its place in the larger social … » More …
Winter 2022
The Cascade Killer: A Luke McCain Novel
Rob Phillips ’78 Comm.
Latah Books: 2020
A father and son snag a black bear near Chinook Pass during their first hunt of the season and come across human remains—an ear among the animal’s stomach contents. Luke McCain, a Yakima-based Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife officer who also just happens to be a WSU alum, is called to the scene along with his trusty sidekick.
Jack, a yellow Labrador retriever, leads McCain and a crew of sheriff’s deputies … » More …
Fall 2022
The Genius of Bob’s Burgers: Comedy, Culture and Onion-Tended Consequences
Review of book The Genius of Bob’s Burgers by Margaret France » More ...
Summer 2022
What to do with a Bernoulli Box?
With today’s information being digital and not physical, preventing a “digital dark age” becomes crucial. » More ...
Winter 2021
Gallery: The papyrus collection
Winter 2021
Collecting
Stories from the Winter 2021 issue of Washington State Magazine feature collecting, from books in archives to plastic waste for recycling. » More ...
Winter 2021
A rich context
Small and mostly incomplete, WSU's papyrus fragments still tell many stories. » More ...
Winter 2021
How Virginia Woolf’s library came to WSU
Washington State University’s collection of titles from Virginia and Leonard Woolf is among the most extensive in the world. » More ...