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The graphic memoir about the Portland writer’s rape as a teenager is a pseudo-sequel to “Brontosauraus: Memoir of a Sex Life.”
Johnson and Congress’s great achievement of almost 60 years ago is under attack, the noted historian tells an Oregon Historical Society audience.
Must be something in the water, or the creative talent pool: We talk with five of this year’s seven Oregon winners of Eisner Awards, the Oscars of the comics industry.
In a city that revels in the art of the book, bookbinder Jason Patrician revives and restores the beauty of printed history.
Spooky books and sweet books to help set an autumn mood; a festival in Cannon Beach; readings to write home about.
The Nov. 5 festival, presented by Literary Arts, is back to full in-person programming with 80 writers and presenters.
The Portland author says he was surprised to find himself writing about Moms Mabley and Minnie Pearl as he chronicled influential women comedians.
Mancini, whose legacy includes work with Literary Arts, Writers in the Schools, Mercy Corps, and the Children’s Institute, was known for her creativity and being “pretty much unstoppable.”
The Corvallis author of “Count On Us!” says she works through plot problems on long walks and has been inspired to activism by her daughter.
This month’s lit calendar is chock-full of free author readings from the likes of Lidia Yuknavitch, Wendy Red Star, Leanne Grabel, and others.
The author of “The Satanic Verses,” living under a death threat since 1989, is stabbed onstage in western New York. Grievously injured, he remains a profile in courage.
Other literary events feature authors Carey Wong, Brittney Corrigan, Casey Parks, and tunes on a beloved Eugene piano.
With his new novel, the writer known best for his Oregon-set movies with director Kelly Reichardt ventures beyond our borders and into the future.
Stage and Studio: Dmae Lo Roberts has a timely pro-choice conversation with Portland writer Judith Arcana, a veteran of the pre-Roe v. Wade fight for abortion rights.
A new book of collages, “I Made an Accident,” celebrates the Portland novelist and memoirist’s creative second act.
Adams tells a Columbia River Maritime Museum audience of her adventures on the seas, including storms, loneliness, and (maybe) cannibals.
July heats up with a revisionist anthology reconsidering “Sex and the Single Girl” and a panel discussion of Oregon author Ursula K. Le Guin.
Multi-disciplinary ‘Glass Stories’ project leads the Portland jazz musician to other times, places, and art forms.
The Special Collections Room at Central Library is a place for serious research amid a trove of rarities, from 13th century Bibles to early-edition copies of Beatrix Potter’s children’s tales.
On July 9, poets will read their work around town, and the event culminates with a July 31 reading by Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani.
The Maupin therapist and Oregon Book Award finalist says both poetry and psychotherapy are about discovery.
Marilyn Milne and Linda Kirk have written a journalistic memoir about the 1960s battle that followed changes in the local dairy industry.
The Bend poet and author of Oregon Book Award-nominated “spare change” says the most essential quality for a writer is perseverance.
Summer is on the way, with authors discussing hikes and Central Oregon day trips, and an outdoor workshop will show participants how nature can help inspire writing.
The multi-genre literary artist talks about process, perspectives, and her hybrid poetry work, “Instrument.”
Booklovers itching to hit the road will find plenty to read – and sometimes coffee and friendly shop dogs – at 13 independent stores east of the Cascades.
Broadway Books throws a party, a traveling bookstore stops in Portland, and writers Karl Marlantes, Shawn Levy, Emily St. John Mandel, and Peter Rock talk books.
Cynthia Whitcomb is honored for her literary legacy during the ceremony marked by thanks and a sense of wonder at the weirdness of the past two years.
As the nation celebrates the art of language, K.B. Dixon photographs ten leading Oregon poets.
The calendar holds multiple readings by book award finalists, and an exploration of the question: Do bookstores matter?
The Hillsboro-based writer talks about her work, her love of Sylvia Plath, and Indigenizing the tarot deck.
Portland psychobiographer William Todd Schultz’s book “The Mind of the Artist” demystifies the driving forces behind creative inspiration.
Lloyd and Myrtle Hoffman, who offered classes and opened their home to friends and strangers, left as their legacy a gathering place for art lovers.
The Portland author will discuss her Victorian tale of necromancy Tuesday in a virtual event presented by Powell’s Books.
The retired college professor says her Irish chambermaid hero appeared to her on a road trip.
A conversation with writer Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, whose choreopoem “In the Name of Forgotten Women” is debuting at CoHo.
This year’s Soapstone Bread and Roses Award recipient discusses hosting successful reading series and life on the Oregon Coast.
Excerpt: The Eugene author, poet and teacher’s new memoir reveals a life continually inspired by the music that accompanied his journey.
This month brings a feminist book club, a look back at the Rajneeshees, plenty of author readings, and Oregon Book Award finalists
February brings us the love poems of Pablo Neruda, a celebration of Black History Month, and numerous virtual readings.
A new all-Latinx comic anthology is the latest from the award-winning Portland independent comics publisher P&M Press.
Virtual readings, author conversations, a workshop for beating writer’s block, and a Merry Prankster book release fill the new year’s calendar.
On the move: Memoirs by Mark Morris and Carol Rich, Victoria Fortuna’s exploration of dance and violence in Buenos Aires, the legacy of a Russian master.
Looking back at the authors we lost and the bookish events that cheered us this year.
The Portland poet sees his classroom role as more coach than teacher: “I am very good at pumping people up, listening, and helping them execute their vision…. I’m not hitting people with maxims to live by.”
Joan Didion, acclaimed writer revered for her captivating prose and era-specific essays, both outlined and shaped a nation. Amy Leona Havin says goodbye to a personal hero.
Portlanders reading around town recommend gift books ranging from Clive Barker to classics by James Baldwin and Toni Morrison.
Cygnet Productions’ radio satire of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” streaming through January, pokes feminist fun at the literary classic.
December’s festive calendar includes author conversations, poet lectures, Passages Bookshop’s moving sale, and a pair of book fairs.
The Oregon author talks about his love for noir, his writing process, and his fondness for Sam Shepard and Myrna Loy.
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