Portland is a city known for being well read, highly literate, and highly supportive of the literary arts in general. This reputation seems well deserved. Portland is home to the world’s largest bookstore, Powell’s City of Books,boasts one of the best-attended writer’s lecture series in the nation, Portland Arts and Lectures, and houses a great […]
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Backlist to the Future: American Scream: Palindrome Apocalypse
By Margaret Schimming
Everyone dreams of something. Winning the lottery. Starting their own business. Publishing a book. From little children to adults, dreams fly through our heads, but what doesn’t are the potential detours we take when on our way to realizing these dreams. Where we end up is not necessarily the place that we intended to be, […]
Backlist to the Future: Killing George Washington
By Tyler Mathieson
Lets starts with a bit of honesty; I don’t usually read poetry. In fact, I’ll go ahead and admit I don’t care for it. I’m a fan of books beginning to end. Intro, climax, resolution, ending. Character development and intricately described settings are what make me flip from page to page, and I have never […]
Where Poetry Month is Year-Round
By Ellie Piper
National Poetry Month was initiated by the Academy of American Poets in 1996 to “increase the visibility and availability of poetry in popular culture while… celebrating poetry’s ability to sustain itself in the many places where it is practiced and appreciated.” The website for this annual celebration suggests many ways to participate, including “put a […]
An interview with Adam Salazar, interior designer for “We Belong in History”
By M. F. Corwin
Adam Salazar, the former marketing team lead with Ooligan Press, is finishing up his time in the publishing program this term; a man of many talents, he designed the interior for We Belong In History. We welcomed the chance to sit down with him before he graduates, and took the opportunity to chat with him […]
We Belong in History at Broadway Books
By Kurt Spickerman
On February 12, We Belong in History: Writing with William Staffordwas honored with a reading at Broadway Books. Every seat in the house was full and, after a brief introduction by Michael Berliner, Kim Stafford entertained all in attendance with a story about his father’s attempt at writing an autobiography. It seems that Stafford discovered, […]