Books & Talks

POLITICS + MUSIC

Q&A: NPR's Ari Shapiro

Culturephile picks the multitalented brain of NPR White House correspondent, occasional Pink Martini singer, and former Portlander Ari Shapiro.

11/15/2012 By Jonathan Frochtzwajg

Books

Review: Hop in the Saddle

Like beer? Like bikes? The two come together in a new PDX guide book. Release party tonight.

11/15/2012 By Meaghan Morawski

Scene and Heard

Review: Sherman Alexie's Blasphemy

The decorated Northwest Native American author visited Portland to read from his new book, Blashphemy; razz Portland hipsters; and generally share his trickster genius.

11/07/2012 By Kit Mauldin

get jiggy with lit

PoMo's Wordstock Guide

We offer up a dozen do-not-miss panels, events, and readings for the annual lit dream fest, Wordstock, this weekend at the Convention Center.

10/11/2012 By Aaron Scott

Book Review

Ironskin by Tina Connolly

09/21/2012 By MeiLin Miranda

Wordstock Fiction

Time Until There Isn’t

09/20/2012 By Danielle Vermette

ticket giveaway

Win Tickets to Food Guru Mark Bittman

The author and New York Times food visionary is kicking off the new blockbuster foodie fest, Feast, with a talk on Sept. 20. And we've got tickets for you!

09/05/2012 By Aaron Scott

Happenings

Portland Undressed: Dinner and Conversation with New York Author Elizabeth Cline

Elizabeth Cline, author of Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion comes to Portland Tuesday night for a round table discussion on the importance of supporting your local fashion industry.

08/30/2012 By Eden Dawn

Bookshelf

Review: Dora: A Headcase by Lidia Yuknavitch

Based on a famed Freud case, the novel is as a razor-edged scalpel dissecting what it means to be categorized, typed, and diagnosed.

08/23/2012 By Roxanne Myslewski

On The Town

Long Distance Love

Tin House magazine cultivates a transcontinental bond.

08/23/2012

Post

Excerpt: The Mighty Gastropolis

A journey through the center of america’s new food revolution

08/23/2012 By Karen Brooks

5 MINUTES WITH

Adrienne Barbeau

07/24/2012 By John Chandler

Now Read This

Book Review: Kill You Twice

By Chelsea Cain [Minotaur Books]

07/20/2012 By Amber Villa-Zang

Mudroom

Five Questions With Celeste Brash

Portland-based travel writer Celeste Brash has written more than 30 Lonely Planet guidebooks. Her new title, Southeast Asia on a Shoestring, appeared this summer.

07/18/2012 By Heather Strang