Can You Feel it? Stories from North Coast Pinball
“You deserve the hug that is this book.”
—Kathryn Harmon
“I didn’t know there was a way to bottle Will Irace’s specific kind of magic, but this is it. You deserve the hug that is this book.”
—Kathryn Harmon
“Like the shop itself, this book ignites a spark of curiosity and wonder, and makes me want to peek around the corners, explore more, and find treasure. It makes me want to hug all the hearts in the world! AH! Also how are you like this? Is your book written in first and second person simultaneously?”
—Ariel Wolf
“Selfless yet belonging to everyone; unique yet intimately relatable.”
—Harout Akdedian
“In here it is Will's voice, his choices, his printed messages that tell the story of what kind of small world you’ve just entered. If you’re curious, if you stick around, you just might find that the story of this little world along the Nehalem actually is for everyone, as much as the story of a pinball arcade in a small river town can possibly be. This is a beautiful book by a kind, creative and intelligent man.”
—Carl Whiting
“I am crying the happiest, most wholehearted tears.”
—Ezra Caravaca
“It’s just the kind of book the world needs. Especially now.”
—Marily Evans
Can You Feel It? Stories from North Coast Pinball
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View on Goodreads“…another day, you may write in your journal that three people, who did not know each other a month ago, who live in three different towns, and who met each other playing pinball in your place, are now out on a hike together. Your journal will reflect a feeling that the purpose of your life has been fulfilled.”
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“…five years later you'll write a weird little book. A book that's not so much about pinball as it is about how it feels at North Coast Pinball in Nehalem, Oregon, with hints to why it feels the way it does.
“A book about what it's like for the five-year-old peering through the window as you prepare to open. What it's like for your ten-year-old regular, back once again to improve on his high score. What it's like for the sullen teenager, dragged against their will on an obligatory family trip and finding some respite to sit quietly on your oversized beanbag and read from your mom's book of William Carlos Williams poems (oh! how she would love that) while their parents and siblings fawn over the games. What it's like for the sixty-something beach bum who comes in weekly for $20 in tokens, plays each game exactly once, and leaves her leftovers in the community donation jar. What it's like to spend your days on labor that aligns with your values. A book about what it's like to try and send people out into the world happier and more wholehearted than when they arrived.
“Not quite a how-to book: how it feels to make and be in a place that feels like this.”