Books & Talks

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

Slideshow

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

Article

Bright Lights, European City

Is Portland America’s Most European City?

02/03/2010

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

FICTION

The Grocery Store Cart

With her short story "The Grocery Store Cart," Marian Pierce won the 2009 short fiction competition of the Wordstock book and literary festival. Chosen by Oregon writer Barry Lopez, this story won her $1,000 and publication in Portland Monthly.

09/10/2009 By Marian Pierce

WINTER READING

"Calendar Girl, Arrested. Freed"

Winner of the 2008 Wordstock short fiction contest

05/19/2009 By Kurt Rheinheimer

5 MINUTES WITH…

Paul Krugman

05/19/2009 By John Chandler