Books & Talks

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Glamour in Glass

Magic meets Jane Austen in a new novel by award-winning fantasy author Mary Robinette Kowal—reviewed by award-winning fantasy author Jay Lake!

03/23/2012 By Jay Lake

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The Cleary Century

Happy 96th to Portland’s epoch-spanning kids' author

03/23/2012 By Will Lambeth

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Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail

By Cheryl Strayed

02/23/2012 By Brian Barker

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Five Questions For… David Wolman

The Portland author’s new book, The End of Money, argues that cash should vanish.

01/26/2012 By Zach Dundas

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Crazy Enough

By Storm Large

12/23/2011 By Anne Adams

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Milk Bar, By (Buy) the Book

An irreverent yet exacting new baking bible reveals how to make your own Crack Pie (and other secrets).

11/22/2011 By Kristin Belz

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Portland’s Future

Mayoral candidates sit down with Portland Monthly to discuss their visions for Portland’s future

11/18/2011

Appreciation

Apple Season Indeed

RIP design guru Steve Jobs, not your average computer type.

10/07/2011 By Kristin Belz

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Aftermath

By Scott Nadelson

09/21/2011 By Martin Patail

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Five Questions For… Deborah Reed/Audrey Braun

Portland novelist Reed—with help from her gory-thriller-writing alter ego braun—discovered a path to self-publishing success.

09/21/2011 By Heather Strang

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There is A Certain Kind of Woman

Fiction by Monona Wali.

09/21/2011 By Monona Wali

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Portland Zine Reader’s Guide

Just in time for Zine Symposium, Floating World Comics owner Jason Leivian shares a few favorite titles.

08/06/2011 By Anne Adams

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Poetry in Place

Forget the workaday functionality of ordinary maps; in this book, author Denis Wood redraws and redefines his neighborhood based on everything from radio waves to sidewalk graffiti.

06/27/2011 By Amara Holstein

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Handcrafted Images and Words on Modernism

This book is eye candy for anyone who loves modern domesticity. Leslie Williamson captures the intimate interiors of well-known designers in her book: Handcrafted Modern.

06/14/2011 By Teri Gelber