Printed Matter -- Date Index 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2013, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002 and 2001
Elisabeth Sherwin
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October 13, 2024
'Two Nights in Lisbon' will keep you guessing
September 30, 2024
'The Art Thief' brings obsession to life
July 21, 2024
Two exciting memoirs about history and law enforcement
June 30, 2024
Colorado publisher offers books that describe transformation
May 12, 2024
Two lovely books about France
January 7, 2024
New Year’s Day 2024
October 1, 2023
The Longs Peak romance of adventurer Isabella Bird
August 6, 2023
Erma Bombeck reflects a certain time and place, now gone.
June 4, 2023
Liz-the-dog.
December 25, 2022
Christmas memories can be good or bad but rarely indifferent
December 4, 2022
Now that winter has settled in, people in Ukraine need our help more than ever
September 25, 2022
'Corrections' tells us more than we want to know, but things we must know
August 21, 2022
Support friends in Ukraine with food boxes...or stuffed animals
February 6, 2022
Helpless but not hopeless in Allenspark
November 28, 2021
A good trip across country, but there's no place like home
June 27, 2021
"A mountain luncheon on the deck"
March 21, 2021
"Artist finds joy in work despite obstacles"
February 21, 2021
"Don Gibbs publishes book of photos on important year in China's history"
July 5, 2020
"How have you spent your winter/spring confinement?"
December 24, 2019
"Hacks: Eleven suggestions for a better, possibly easier life"
November 24, 2019
"Greece: Visiting old friends in a new setting"
October 27, 2019
"Greece: Land of litter and wild cats"
August 4, 2019
"Make your bed"
June 23, 2019
"Follow the Truck"
June 2, 2019
"Copeland, The Marsh raise money to fight depression on stage"
May 26, 2019
"What is your favorite comfort food?"
February 28, 2019
"Visit to Davis and Sacramento shows that you can't go home again"
December 22, 2018
"How San Francisco recharges the psychic batteries"
November 25, 2018
"San Francisco’s Chinatown opens doors to history, good and bad"
June 22, 2018
"Times have changed when it comes to treating snake bites"
May 20, 2018
"10 Days in Paris -- C'est Magnifique"
January 1, 2018
-- The story behind the LBJ marriage is amazing
December 10, 2017
-- "Sandy My Name": A Sad and Important Memoir about Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
October 22, 2017
-- Get to know Charles, the man who will be king, in this new book
June 18, 2017
-- From out of the past come bittersweet memories of Dad
May 15, 2017
-- Remembering the Patty Hearst kidnapping and the 1970s
March 19, 2017
-- Race matters, it is a problem, so deal with it honestly
February 3, 2017
-- Everybody Behaves Badly: The True Story Behind Hemingway's Masterpiece 'The Sun Also Rises' by Lesley M.M. Blume.
January 1, 2017
-- Christmas Day in the mountains 2016
December 11, 2016
-- A simple plan leads to a much richer life
November 19, 2016
-- A Poet in Exile
October 9, 2016
-- Three excellent books perfect for international reading
September 4, 2016
-- From November 12, 1999: UC Davis graduate publishes first novel
August 28, 2016
-- From June 2005: "The Tudor Tailor: Reconstructing the 16th Century Dress"
August 21, 2016
-- From December 1, 2003: Books are always the perfect present from McPhee to Landau
August 14, 2016
-- From October 1, 2002: Woodland warmly welcomes author Jimenez
August 7, 2016
-- From January 7, 2008: Bilingual poet Francisco Alarcón takes his artform to talented next generation
August 2, 2016
-- From April 11, 2004: Kaleidoscopic Vietnam voyage uses history, lit, film, oral interviews
July 27, 2016
-- Memoir writing in the mountains requires tissues and time
May 1, 2016
-- Styron and Cheever have talent, daughters and demons
April 1, 2016
-- Printed Matter mourns the loss of four great writers
April 1, 2016
-- Lucky No. 6 of Henry VIII's wives was Catherine Parr
March 1, 2016
-- Winik's book '1944': excruciating but brilliant
January 24, 2016
-- Transplanted Californian puts down roots in Colorado mountains
August 21, 2013
-- Adair McPherson is full of energy – again
September 1, 2011
-- Frazier’s use of old-fashioned words, patterns delights native speakers
August 1, 2011
-- Book on devastating Irish famine rich in unhappy detail
July 1, 2011
-- Forget ‘Wife,’ go straight to ‘Prayer for Dying’
June 15, 2011
-- Printed Matter resumes after a long absence
December 31, 2008
-- George Herbert and Robert Gayda
October 22, 2007
-- Mark Twain's happiest years were at home in Hartford, Conn.
August 6, 2007
-- Former Mudhen Shane says baseball teaches success, failure
June 11, 2007
-- Davis man’s gift of sight challenges an already good life
May 21, 2007
-- Kids find an awesome place in the natural world
April 23, 2007
-- Kids find an awesome place in the natural world
April 9, 2007
-- Vaught's book describes hard history of early Putah Creek landowners
March 26, 2007
-- Audio book brings abolitionist Frederick Douglass to life
February 26, 2007
-- Lewis Carroll reputation 'cleared' by members of Woodland Shakespeare Club
February 12, 2007
-- Book on Harper Lee finally answers puzzles about writer's life
January 21, 2007
-- Brennan delivers fun food to Seuss empire
November 27, 2006
-- "Going to Beijing this month? Catch ‘A Christmas Carol’"
November 13, 2006
-- A free-lancer's life is paying off in book titles
October 30, 2006
-- Robinson’s early life was a sci-fi novel in Orange County
October 16, 2006
-- Movie memorializes dedicated, foolish bear-lover
September 18, 2006
-- McDonald celebrates her childhood in picture book about apples
September 5, 2006
-- Sisters share love, fear and pain of obesity
August 21, 2006
-- Author Grandbois aims to become a true Davis citizen
May 8, 2006
-- ‘Guanxi’ tells story of business, China, Bill Gates
December 19, 2005
-- Intelligent design answers more questions than evolution
December 4, 2005
-- Pet Chef: Home cooking results in happier, healthier dogs and cats
November 6, 2005
-- Teacher's mission -- put a special book in a pen-pal's hand Stories to travel from Davis to Uman
October 9, 2005
-- Israel writes book about World War II atrocities
October 1, 2005
-- Happy Birthday, KDRT. Community public FM radio in Davis, CA
September 12, 2005
-- Keep Will Baker's memory alive by supporting the arts
August 29, 2005
-- Three books on India put local problems in perspective
August 15, 2005
-- Remembering V-J Day and the pilots who flew in the Pacific
August 1, 2005
-- Meet Countess Felicia, 'The Richest Girl in the World'
July 18, 2005
-- Davis residents plan international best-seller
July 11, 2005
-- Kennedy has written a love story for foodies and travel junkies
June 20, 2005
-- Librarian by day, poet by night Clark hides second self
June 5, 2005
-- The Balloon Boy of San Francisco
May 23, 2005
-- On-line auctioneer Tobias raises extra money for Friends
May 8, 2005
-- Change in foreign policy will avoid an 'American Hiroshima'
April 24, 2005
-- The solution to this problem (memory loss), says Adam Rosenbaum, is talking to yourself
April 10, 2005
-- Laura Du Priest: Importance of beauty is more than skin deep
March 31, 2005
-- Remember Frank del Olmo, great Latino, great journalist
December 24, 2004
-- Here’s a good holiday present for the whole family – saving a life
October 29, 2004
-- One man can make a difference
May 29, 2004
-- Marines remembered, war decried at night-fighters' reunion.
May 9, 2004
-- Brit captivated by sunny SF, Yosemite.
November, 2003
-- I may be a minority voice on this, but I like Paris.
October, 2003
-- A 12-step meeting in Uman, Ukraine
September, 2003
-- Georgia to Armenia 2003
April 18, 2003
-- What to do in The City with a Teen-ager? Everything
December 30, 2002
-- Vietnam War veteran organizes emotional 34-year reunion
October 15, 2002
-- UC Davis campus says goodbye to writer, friend Louis Owens
August 9, 2002
-- French artist finds his muse in Davis or Peaceful lifestyle hides exciting inner life
June 16, 2002
-- Finding A Father: Father's Day Essay 2002
June 2002
-- Russians pick up business tips on Davis visit
April 2002
-- 'To Africa With Spatula' takes joyful look at Africa, Peace Corps
March 14, 2002
-- Meallet's 'Edgewater Angels' takes a unique look at San Pedro
March 13, 2002
-- The chicks love writers Elizabeth Berg, Barbara Samuel
December 28, 2001
-- Can a unicorn movie be as successful as a hobbit or boy wizard?
December 23, 2001
-- Elizabeth Berg combines wit, domesticity, joy, tears
October 29, 2001
-- He preaches the gospel according to Archimedes
October 23, 2001
-- Applegate says weekend golfers are athletes, too
October 15, 2001
-- How Bauer fell in love with Latin American history
August 26, 2001
-- What it's like to spend a life behind bars in Hawaii
August 20, 2001
-- Best-selling author should celebrate birthday with 3 cakes
August 12, 2001
-- Take a trip to Havana, Cuba, via Martin Cruz Smith
August 7, 2001
-- Clarence Walker encourages black Americans to discard Afrocentrism
June 12, 2001
-- Oakland children's book writer/illustrator finds inspiration in Midwest
May 14, 2001
-- Neil Henry investigates his past in 'Pearl's Secret'
April, 2001
-- Raphaela Pope talks to animals telepathically, and they talk back
March 18, 2001
-- Collection of short stories shocks, disturbs
March 11, 2001
-- Macdonald's novel 'The Mind Game' kin to 'The Magus'
March 4, 2001
-- New series of art books fills a publishing gap
February 25, 2001
-- 'Chicana Falsa' Serros doesn't hit a false note
February 18, 2001
-- Looking for a good book? "American Fuji" is it
February 11, 2001
-- First, read classic 'Kindred' by Octavia Butler
February 4, 2001
-- Poet explores meaning of a 'Portable Planet'
January 2001
-- Feature Article: Hance creates 'Book of Science Days' for layman, scientist, everyone in between
January 28, 2001
-- Tim Rundquist writes tour guide/novel about Alaska
January 21, 2001
-- Hays: Ernest Hemingway back in fashion again
January 14, 2001
-- 'Ice House' is a dark place, not without humor
January 7, 2001
-- Davis treated to eclectic lectures by literary locals
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