Spring 2023
Empire of Ice and Stone: The Disastrous and Heroic Voyage of the Karluk
A review of the Arctic adventure by Buddy Levy » More ...
Adriana Janovich
Spring 2023
From Refugee to Consul: An American Adventure
Review of a memoir by Helen Szablya » More ...
Spring 2023
Seattle’s Streetcar Era: An Illustrated History, 1884–1941
Review of book by Mike Bergman, published by WSU Press » More ...
Spring 2023
The biggest reunion
In 2023, the WSU Alumni Association will host a record-breaking number of class reunions. » More ...
Spring 2023
Scapes and scallions
Garlic scapes and their younger cousins scallions offer a hint of what’s to come in the garden. » More ...
Winter 2022
Making Space for Women: Stories from Trailblazing Women of NASA’s Johnson Space Center
Edited by Jennifer M. Ross-Nazzal ’04 PhD History
Texas A&M University Press: 2022
One made the coffee every morning. “That was just standard operating procedure,” she explains, noting one boss never called her by her name. It was always “Young Lady.”
Another, in her first job out of high school, babysat for astronauts after work. Still another, a mathematician, was asked to fill in for two weeks for a secretary who was on her honeymoon. When she … » 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 …
Winter 2022
Hometown health
A win-win-win for rural healthcare » More ...
Winter 2022
Hospitality is what I know
Anthony Anton navigates some tricky times as CEO of the Washington Hospitality Association. » More ...