Portland Monthly Book Exerpt

Human/Nature

In a new autobiography, renowned Portland conservationist Spencer Beebe charts his 40 years of balancing civilization and the natural world.

11/18/2010 By Spencer Beebe

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5 Questions for Viva Las Vegas

The stripper/author exposes her passions, motivations—and "Lutheran ethnicity."

11/03/2010 By Anne Adams

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Text Appeal

The 5th Annual Text Ball to benefit the Independent Publishing Resource Center

10/20/2010 By Georgia Perry

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Slide Show: Text Appeal

10/20/2010

Mudroom

30 Seconds With…Phil Stanford

Author of The Peyton-Allan Files, a true crime story about a brutal, mysterious Portland double homicide.

10/11/2010 By Randy Gragg

Fiction

Grass At My Feet

Gretchen Flesher Duggan’s "Grass at My Feet" is the winner of the 2010 Wordstock Short Fiction Competition.

09/13/2010 By Gretchen Flesher Duggan

Preview

Mother Nature's Bad Boy

The Wolverine Way offers an unforgettable look at one of the world’s surliest predators

06/15/2010

Bright Lights: Discussions About the City

Bright Lights with Mike Houck

The future of Ross Island and other new frontiers of nature in the city

05/18/2010

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Slide Show: Checked Out

05/17/2010

Mudroom

Checked Out

05/17/2010 By Taryn Wheeler

Now Read This

Putting Away Childish Things

04/23/2010 By Graham Bell

VIDEO

Bright Lights on Metro

Rex, Tom & Bob: a conversation with the next president of Metro

03/17/2010

Now Read This

Lean on Pete

Willy Vlautin's latest tale finds its 15-year-old protagonist searching for a family connection at Portland Meadows.

03/16/2010 By Randy Gragg

Bright Lights

Branding Oregon

Dan Wieden on the future of Oregon’s creative culture.

03/02/2010

Now Read This

Without Mercy

Discussion and signing with Lisa Jackson, April 1, 7 p.m. at Barnes & Noble (12000 SE 82nd Ave)

02/15/2010 By Amber Villa-Zang

Mudroom

Atheist on the Rocks

If you think Christopher Hitchens comes on strong onstage, you ought to meet him at the dinner table.

02/04/2010 By Randy Gragg

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Bright Lights, European City

Is Portland America’s Most European City?

02/03/2010

NOW READ THIS

The Lunatic, the Lover, and the Poet

12/16/2009 By Veronica Martin

30 Seconds With…

Tom Krattenmaker

[Portland based religion columnist for USA Today]

11/09/2009

Literary Life

Oregon Book Awards: Honors Highlight Dark Horses

Politician edges out Skloot, Gaston and Gwartney with his nonfiction legal offering

10/27/2009 By Helyn Trickey