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Introducing Thrice All American's Tacoma Book Club

· Posted Monday June 12, 2006 by jamie

Well, Melissa’s done with school for the quarter and things are simmering down here at Thrice All American headquarters, so I thought I’d announce a little venture we’ll be starting in the upcoming weeks: Tacoma Book Club.

There really are a remarkable number of books out there about Tacoma, both fiction and nonfiction. It is always fascinating to read about familiar places through someone else’s eyes: it helps to enhance our understanding of the places around us, and in many cases to place that in a historical context in a way that, say, my day-to-day writing can’t do.

We’re going to read as many of these books as we can find. We have a big stack at home to get through and will undoubtedly be finding more as we go. Some will be good, some will be bad, but we’ll be sharing our thoughts with you, and hope that you will think about reading the books and commenting with your own insights. Suggestions for books to include are also appreciated!

So without further ado, our first selection: “Streets of Tacoma” by Billy. This book appears to be out of print, but Amazon has several used copies, it is available at the library, and I imagine it is available in some of the local bookstores as well.

Look for our write-up in a couple of weeks.


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  1. What a great idea! I just ordered a copy from Amazon. Will try to keep up here (although I’ve had trouble getting into your site recently—seems better now).

    — Kristy    Jun 14, 01:49 PM    #