The 19 stories in the collection, coming out in October, explore motherhood, desire, violence, and celebration of the misfit -- themes found in other work by the late Portland author.
July 17, 2025Jim Redden
Before "Geek Love," Dunn was active in an avant-garde group of writers and performers known for rowdy readings and a publication that challenged authority and reality.
July 12, 2025Bobby Bermea
Oregon author and editor Wendy N. Wagner talks with Bobby Bermea about her new novel, a "true crime/climate horror phantasmagoria" that The Library Journal calls "a tightly written master class in horror."
July 9, 2025David Bates
The elegant volume is published in connection with a retrospective show at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art in Salem.
July 7, 2025Amy Leona Havin
The Portland author of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry says writing about her family's history was fantastic, painful — and hard.
July 1, 2025Elizabeth Mehren
The nonprofit used bookstore is as much about community as it is about bargain books.
June 30, 2025Amy Leona Havin
Authors appearing around the state will talk about the female body and evolution, hikes around Mount Hood and the Columbia River Gorge, and Jack Kerouac's Buddhist years.
June 30, 2025David Bates
McMinnville's Atticus Hotel, in partnership with Linfield University's Creative Writing Department, gives Northwest authors time and space to meet, mix, and work on their book projects.
June 21, 2025Lori Tobias
The book, due out this summer from the Neskowin Historical Foundation, captures 100 years of life in the small Oregon Coast town.
June 20, 2025Amanda Waldroupe
Senate Bill 1098, signed this week by Gov. Tina Kotek, is based in Oregon’s discrimination law related to protected classes.
June 17, 2025Amy Wang
The Portland writer says she drew inspiration for the book from a California surfing school run by Dorian ‘Doc’ Paskowitz, who lived off-the-grid with his family.
June 12, 2025Fran Gardner
The tale of a 17-year-old riding the train weekdays from Gresham to Hillsboro is an entrancing read, full of teenage trauma and yearning.
May 30, 2025Amy Leona Havin
Cygnet Salon presents a one-night performance by Bruce Burkhartsmeier, David Meyers, Vana O’Brien, and Kathleen Worley on the work and friendship of the two men.
May 29, 2025Amy Leona Havin
Summer arrives with a week of bookstore events and appearances by Karen Russell, Bill Ayers, Jane Kirkpatrick, and queer storytellers.
May 28, 2025Fran Gardner
The Portland writer’s debut novel is a journey into the unimaginable, told in relentless, scathing prose.
May 20, 2025Richard W. Etulain
The author of ‘The Cabin at the Trail’s End’ strove to convey a more authentic West than that depicted by popular novelists Owen Wister, Zane Grey, and Max Brand.
May 17, 2025David Bates
More than 200 people gathered at the Chehalem Cultural Center in Newberg to hear writers read their work appearing in the 32nd annual anthology.
May 15, 2025Bob Hicks
Michael N. McGregor doubles up with his novel "The Last Grand Tour" and memoir "An Island to Myself," and Doyle's lavish Oregon Coast novel goes to the theater. Plus: Willie Vlautin's big prize; an Oregon Book Awards finalist stages a musical.
May 15, 2025William C. Stack
Sides closes the Oregon Historical Society's Hatfield Lectures season with tales of Cook's adventures in the 1770s among the people and places of the Pacific.
May 12, 2025Lori Tobias
The poet, a MacArthur “genius” grant and National Book Award winner, has made her signature project to connect poetry to the natural world via installations in national parks.
May 11, 2025Amy Wang
The Beaverton author says she hopes readers will come away with an appreciation of what Native Hawaiians — the Kanaka Maoli — are facing today.
May 5, 2025David Bates
The appearance by the poet and memoirist is part of the school's “Learning Across Boundaries” program, which also includes a literary and visual art display.
May 1, 2025Lori Tobias
The Portland artist and author will be at Powell’s Books on May 10, followed by visits to Cloud and Leaf in Manzanita, and A Sometimes Gallery in Portland.
April 30, 2025Amy Leona Havin
Also this month: Amanda Knox tells her story, trans nature writing, journalists on Asian Pacific America, mountain rescue, and many poets.
April 28, 2025Amy Wang
Other winners at Monday night's ceremony include poet Charity E. Yoro, nonfiction authors Rebecca Clarren and Jaclyn Moyer, writers for young readers Anne Broyles and Makiia Lucier, and playwright Brianna Barrett.
April 23, 2025Lori Tobias
The 10th edition of the publication will accept written and art submissions from those with "strong connections" to the North Oregon Coast starting May 1.
April 20, 2025Richard W. Etulain
The historian’s first work, published in 1938, recounts lives that consisted of “booze, bawds, battle, and plenty of timber.”
April 15, 2025Amy Wang
Townsley, longtime reporter for Portland-area community newspapers, will launch her first novel April 22 at Broadway Books.
April 10, 2025William C. Stack
In his Hatfield Lecture Series talk, National Public Radio’s Steve Inskeep discusses his new book on Abraham Lincoln and makes some surprising comparisons to today’s politics.
April 6, 2025David Bates
The Portland poet will read Thursday at the McMinnville Public Library, in advance of their new collection, "Beautiful Outlaw."
