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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.
“How to Be Golden: Lessons We Can Learn From Betty White” chronicles the actor’s life and allure as she approaches her 100th birthday.
Festival authors, science fiction, and cookbooks: A look at what visitors to last week’s festival had tucked under their arms.
The festival, scaled back due to COVID, is deemed a success by both Literary Arts organizers and visitors with arms full of books.
The three writers, participating in a live virtual event from Annie Bloom’s Books, explore topics ranging from the pandemic, to immigration, to climate change.
If you’re a writer, do things look different here? Dao Strom, J.C. Geiger, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr., Amelia Díaz Ettinger, Laura Moulton, Ben Hodgson, Teresa K. Miller, and Rene Denfeld weigh in.
Pulitzer Prize winner Louise Erdrich will headline the Nov. 13 in-person festival, put on by Literary Arts, preceded by virtual events featuring more than 100 writers.
ArtsWatch’s Amy Leona Havin talks with poet, author, and Reed College professor Lisa Steinman about reading, writing, community, and the landscapes of her childhood.
The new month brings book festivals aplenty and other events offering virtual and in-person talks, workshops, and author readings, from Louise Erdrich to Eric Kimmel.
PICA’s TBA:21 Festival featured a diary-like, released-by-mail mini zine created by Eileen Isagon Skyers.
Cygnet Productions takes to the airwaves with “The Wild Party,” a risqué and salacious 1920s narrative poem.
A new collection of short stories finds loss, love, desperation and humor in the lives of people on the edge.
October is ripe with virtual readings, workshops, and Lan Su Chinese Garden’s Autumn Poetry Series.
The Waldport cartoonist has been a cartographer, written a book about an Oregon cult, and traveled the world.
A cup of coffee, someplace to sit, a great book: A dive into the books that Portlanders are reading on the town.
Judy Fleagle, co-founder of the Florence Festival of Books, which begins Friday, says organization is key to the event.
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