photo by Kendra Bettelyoun
publications
a blue string - Talking River Review, Issue 51
An essay on teaching and being taught. Print edition only.
The Life We Pay For - Oregon Humanities Magazine, Spring 2019
My sister and I both grew up in poverty. Why have our lives turned out so differently?
Steelhead - Oregon Humanities Magazine, Summer 2020
A summer in the woods with my father taught me that love means letting go.
Headstone- Northwest Book Lovers, February 2021
An essay of gratitude for the NW indie booksellers who made rough house a success.
news
Oregon Book Award Finalist
rough house is a 2022 finalist in the creative nonfiction category
Inland 360
read the Inland 360 feature on Tina here.
Rose City Reader Interview
read Tina’s interview with Gilion Dumas here.
Pacific Northwest Book Award
rough house is one of six winners of the Pacific Northwest Book Award!
One Book, One Community
Roseburg Public Library has selected rough house for their first ever community read program.
PNW bestseller
rough house has now been on the PNBA list for FIFTEEN consecutive weeks!
Author interview
look here to read
Holiday Bookfest 2020
rough house is a featured title at this annual celebration of regional authors.
PNW bestseller…still
rough house has now spent SIX weeks on the PNBA bestseller list!
Bookmonger review
rough house review by Barbara Lloyd McMichael.
PNW book award shortlist!
rough house is one of 12 books on shortlist, out of nearly 400 nominations. award will be announced in January.
Pacific Northwest bestseller!
rough house debuted at #3 on the 10.11 PNBA bestsellers list.
E-book published
rough house is now available as an e-book.
Powell’s Picks of the Season
Powell’s included rough house in their annual curated list of “the best books of the season.”
Shelf Awareness book trailer of the day
Shelf Awareness selected the rough house trailer for their book trailer of the day.
Oregonian Bookmarks
The Oregonian/Oregon Live featured rough house, along with the wonderful novel A Small Crowd of Strangers.
rough house book trailer
OSU Press releases the book trailer for rough house.
October 2020 Indie Next List
rough house has been chosen as one of twenty great reads for the October Indie Next List, a national list of top new release books recommended by independent bookstores!
Powell's Buyers Recommend Selection
The buyers at Powell's included rough house in their list of 40 titles they recommend for the fall 2020 holiday shopping season.
Chuckanut Reader features rough house
The Chuckanut Reader is a quarterly publication by the literary folks at Village Books. They included rough house in the fall 2020 edition, with two staff recommendations!
North Words Writers Symposium, September 2021
Tina will join the 2021 North Words Writers Symposium faculty September 3-5. Hosted in the beautiful town of Skagway, Alaska!