BRIEFLY.Byline: The Register-Guard Nobody Messes With My Right to Dye By Jesse Springer (Otis Productions, 176 pages, $12) Japan has living treasures. Eugene has a living bargain. Jesse Springer draws editorial cartoons that are good enough to run in any paper in the country, but generally don't. That's because they've been primarily local, most often seen in Eugene Weekly The Eugene Weekly is an alternative weekly newspaper published in Eugene, Oregon. The paper, published every Thursday, has a circulation of 39,850.[1] It publishes an annual "Best of Eugene" list, a restaurant guide ("Chow!"), and special sections on festivals, and The Register-Guard. His first collection, in fact, was titled "Only in Eugene." In this new collection, Springer branches out, commenting graphically on some state and national issues, sometimes where the two intersect. The title and cover cartoon, for example, refer to U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft's determination to invalidate Oregon's assisted suicide assisted suicide: see euthanasia. law. Another cartoon shows Ashcroft in a hospital room, furtively fur·tive adj. 1. Characterized by stealth; surreptitious. 2. Expressive of hidden motives or purposes; shifty. See Synonyms at secret. pulling the plug on a prostrate pros·trate tr.v. pros·trat·ed, pros·trat·ing, pros·trates 1. To put or throw flat with the face down, as in submission or adoration: patient who is labeled "Will of the Oregon People." Springer's cartoons make it clear that he's no fan of Ashcroft or of local land speculator/developer John Musumeci and the briefly infamous Gang of Nine. But other than that he seems to grind few axes. He just has a keen eye for the quirks, contradictions, outrages and goofiness of local politics and other news. And he draws 'em as he sees 'em. In this collection, he cleverly uses pseudo newspaper headlines and clippings to provide "instant context" for his drawings, which range from Sept. 2000 to Sept. 2003. Describing them verbally is pointless. Here's one to look at: - Paul Denison, The Register-Guard Haven By Irene Bennett Brown (Five Star Publishing, 264 pages, $26.95) Irene Bennett Brown has written a series of historical novels (``The Women of Paragon Springs'') set in Kansas, her native state. But she has lived most of her life in Oregon and currently resides in Jefferson, giving her the background she needs for this historical romance Historical romance is a subgenre of the romance novel literary genre. Definition Historical romance is set before World War I.[1] Many historical romances include contemporary attitudes, as, for example, the heroines often have far more education than was the . It's set in the 1890s in the Snake River Canyon Snake River Canyon may refer to one of three geographical areas on the Snake River in the western United States:
quest after, go after, pursue look for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the her last living relatives. - Paul Denison, The Register-Guard |
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