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I t's a testament to Kate Lebo's curiosity, knowledge and sheer writing chops that she can spend a chapter describing a fruit called a durian as tasting like "peaches laced with onions and garbage" and smelling "a little like turpentine" yet leave you wanting to merrily try some for yourself — laughing all the way. The durian is just one of the featured foods in Lebo's new The Book of Difficult Fruit: Arguments for the Tart, Tender, and Unruly (With Recipes), and while you might not actually try her recipe for durian ice cream, there's plenty more-pleasing fruits along the way that c...

Kate Lebo: The Book of Difficult Fruit review - a rich, juicy delight | reviews, news & interviews Kate Lebo: The Book of Difficult Fruit review - a rich, juicy delight Kate Lebo: The Book of Difficult Fruit review - a rich, juicy delight Essays on tricky and fascinating fruits, food and medicine, pain and care by Jessica PaynTuesday, 27 April 2021 Essayist, poet and pie-lady Kate Lebo, who lives in Spokane, Washington© Heather Malcolm Two years ago, I became preoccupied with beetroot. I didn’t want to eat it, particularly, or learn new ways to cook this crimson-purple veg. I...

New Books by NER Authors It’s been a busy publication month for NER authors! Emily Pittinos, published in NER40.1, released her debut book of poems, The Last Unkillable Thing (University of Iowa Press), a compilation of tender reflections both elegiac and ecological rooted in the domestic and natural worlds. Essayist, poet, and pie lady Kate Lebo recently published The Book of Difficult Fruit (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), a collection of twenty-six lyrical essays (with recipes) centered on fruit, giving “insights into relationships, self-care, land stewardship, medical and botanical hi...

Five PNW memoirs to read for Independent Bookstore Day 2021 From Brandi Carlile’s ascent to stardom to an aching memoir of love in times of war, add these books to your spring reading list. by From left, Northwest writers Kate Lebo (photo by Melissa Heale), Mortada Gzar (Jonathan Reibsome), Sonora Jha (Ellie Kozlowski), Brandi Carlile (Austin Hargrave) and Elissa Washuta (Marcus Jackson), all of whom have new memoirs out this spring. Itching to connect with humanity again? Maybe even meet some people outside your pod? Public health officials are still urging us to keep our (social) d...

ever is coming to Washington. Half a year after its theatrical release in Japan, Demon Slayer: Mugen Train will tour American theaters. Yes! Movie theaters. We can go to those now. The movie is based on Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the wildly popular anime and manga series that follows Tanjiro Kamado, a teen who turned to demon-slaying after a demon killed his entire family and turned his sister, Nezuko, into a demon. In season one, Tanjiro and a pacified Nezuko comb Japan looking for a way to turn Nezuko human again, fighting a lot of demons along the way. The movie picks up where seaso...