Katie Ellison

Dec 28, 2024 | thestranger.com | Katie Ellison

Best, schmest. Says who? But of the many incredible books there are to choose from that emerged from the minds, hearts, and souls of PNW writers this year, here are ten I couldn’t sleep at night and not put on this list. But please don’t miss the honorable mentions at the bottom—you’d have an equally incredible reading list from those!  These ten are in no particular order, and I recommend them based on what you need most. To learn which is for what, please read on.

Nov 25, 2024 | thestranger.com | Katie Ellison

I was lucky enough to meet Mike Fu in a crowd of brilliant writers, translators, and publishers in Tokyo. Lucky particularly because he's not from Japan, but Chinese-American, and because we instantly found things in common: a youth partly spent in New York, and connections to Tin House, his publisher, and therefore, to Portland and the Pacific Northwest. I understood quickly after meeting him is that Fu, both in writing and conversation, is deeply considered and always pushing forward.

Nov 11, 2024 | onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Katie Ellison |Kimberly Smith |Jose Fernandez |José Fernandez |José Fernández |Eric P. Plaisance

1 Introduction Obesity is one of the most detrimental diseases routinely seen in primary care and there is clear evidence that it is causally related to heart disease, type 2 diabetes, stroke, and some cancers [1]. Weight loss of 5% is generally accepted as the minimum threshold for clinical significance, but the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (AACE) and American College of Endocrinology (ACE) recommend 10%–15% weight loss for those with comorbid conditions [2].

Oct 2, 2024 | thestranger.com | Katie Ellison

I bought the marketing for Daniel Saldaña París’s book, Planes Flying over a Monster, hook, line, sinker. A collection of translated essays about the many selves a single person can be over the course of their twenties? Drugs, travel, and the conviction that literature is a path through the greatest pains and toward understanding? And it’s in translation from the Spanish original? Wrap it up, cause I’m sold.

Jun 20, 2024 | electricliterature.com | Katie Ellison

Skip to content Interviews The author of "Born to Be Public" on crafting a persona to combat insecurity and his journey to becoming a celebrated indie author I found Greg Mania through the magic of the algorithm somewhere deep in quarantine, and the feeling I had was that I was late to the party. You could say I was right given their long list of bylines, but you could also say he curated that feeling via brilliant and relentless marketing tactics. Born to Be Public, released by Clash Books...