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Portland poetry

In the summer of 1995, Walt Curtis and Bill Plympton drove around Portland while Curtis talked about poetry and ideas. The result was a one-hour documentary, "The Peckerneck Poet."

Walt Curtis, unofficial poet laureate of Portland, dies at 82

Amy Leona Havin August 26, 2023

The poet, painter, and writer, whose novel “Mala Noche” was turned into a film by Gus Van Sant, was a fixture of Portland’s poetry-reciting club scene in the 1970s and ’80s.

October LitWatch: Welcoming Fall

Amy Leona Havin September 29, 2021

October is ripe with virtual readings, workshops, and Lan Su Chinese Garden’s Autumn Poetry Series.

Barbara LaMorticella: a woman of her words

Bob Hicks March 2, 2019

On a recent Monday night a familiar voice returned to the airwaves of Talking Earth, KBOO community radio’s long-running interview show about poets and other writers and reading aloud. The voice was soft and conversational, confiding, helpful, gently guiding the talk into

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