Blue Ear Books publishes selected new and reprinted nonfiction books of particular global or topical interest, including personal accounts by American military veterans. Subscribe to our Substack newsletter for excerpts and articles by our authors.
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Book launch: The Mithuns Are in Seattle
Portland-based author Edith Mirante and Blue Ear Books launched her new volume, Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts, in Seattle on April 10. The event was held in the warm, welcoming community meeting space of Couth Buzzard...
Blue Ear Books Zoom meeting rescheduled!
Good evening (or good morning) to everyone within the Blue Ear Books Community. I hope this finds you all doing well.
We’ll be moving our scheduled conversation (April 27th) to a later date in May of 2026 in order to accommodate our speake...
Seattle book talk: essays from Burma and far afield
Dear Blue Ear Books community,
If you’re in or near Seattle, please join us next Friday, April 10, at the wonderful Couth Buzzard bookstore in the Greenwood neighborhood for a talk by Edith Mirante, author of Where the Mithuns Are: Essays...
Never again is still now: join us again April 27
On March 2, Blue Ear Books welcomed a handful of its own in a Zoom event that was equal parts reunion and reckoning. The reunion included friends and authors both old and new, spanning fields as diverse as business, global economics, vetera...
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I am fighting an honorable fight against the concept of “remaindering.” Last week I celebrated my 64th birthday, and I write with a nice fire in the woodstove, Nick Drake on the speaker, and an absolutely delish espresso on my aptly-named c...
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Book publisher, writer, editor. Most recent books: veterans' anthology, Jonestown memoir, account of innovative international education.
Patrick Rutikanga is a Rwandan author dedicated to sharing the Gisimba Memorial Center’s story of resilience and healing, blending history and trauma-informed care to show how compassion and connection can transform lives and communities.
Author of "Where the Mithuns Are: Essays on War, Art and Beasts"
I'm interested in SE Asia, human rights, financial activism and bicycles!
Retired USAF Colonel, Latina, Poet, Writer, and Higher Education professional
Emeritus Professor in the School of Journalism and Media at the University of Texas at Austin and a founding board member of the Third Coast Activist Resource Center.
Author, postmodern hillbilly, collector of junk (mostly rocks), researcher, living/rediscovering an old family homestead in Southwest Appalachia.
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