Books It seems like no one played soccer in Portland before 1975. The next year, kids crowded parks and fields to try this undiscovered sport. My middle school was unprepared for the onslaught. “We More
Michael Orr, The 1975 Portland Timbers
Ouch, my groin.
Books It seems like no one played soccer in Portland before 1975. The next year, kids crowded parks and fields to try this undiscovered sport. My middle school was unprepared for the onslaught. “We More
Mattilda Sycamore, Why Are Faggots So Afraid Of Faggots?
Queering consumerist culture.
Books Some gay people prefer to be called faggots. Well, let me rephrase that—some queers prefer to be called faggots. The word “faggot,” much like “queer,” has been reappropriated as a word o More
The New Hate, Arthur Goldwag
Haters gonna hate.
Books We love to hate. Reality television aside, few arenas highlight our hatred better than politics. In the 1800 presidential election, Thomas Jefferson’s campaign called John Adams “a hideous h More
Ben Marcus The Flame Alphabet
Children should be seen and not heard.
Books My favorite short story of last year was a New Yorker piece by Ben Marcus, “What Have You Done?,” that never answered its title question. It related the homecoming of a 40-year-old man who t More
Honey Badger Don’t Care
Ew, this book is nasty. Randall don’t give a shit.
Books The Honey Badger is a tenacious beast indeed. The meme, originated in a YouTube video that channeled the Crocodile Hunter through South Park’s Big Gay Al, has spread like germs in a grade-scho More
Crazy Enough, Storm Large
Books Storm Large is not a stranger to anyone with tenure in Portland’s music and arts scene. Her new memoir, Crazy Enough (Free Press, 288 pages, $25), painstakingly details how Large came to be the More
Book Review: Glaciers
Memories, like corner thrift-store finds.
Books Book-loving, twentysomething thrift-store shoppers will find local author Alexis Smith’s Glaciers at home in their hands. Smith’s debut novel’s main character, Isabel, is the epitome of the More
Top 10 Local Books From 2011
Books Portland is a city of writers and readers. It’s sometimes overwhelming how much talent we’ve got crammed into this town. To wrap up 2011, I thought I’d offer a list of 10 very notable titles More
How Georgia Became O’Keeffe
Not to mention how Karen became Karbo.
Books Bookstores already dedicate whole shelves to Georgia O’Keeffe. That didn’t stop Portland author Karen Karbo from adding one more book, How Georgia Became O’Keeffe: Lessons on the Art of Livi More
Queen of America
A Mexican faith healer rules in the EE.UU.
Books Luis Alberto Urrea spent some 26 years on Queen of America (Little, Brown and Company, 496 pages, $25.99). The novel is understandably precious to the Mexican-American author as it borrows heavi More
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Funny, Maddox already graded his book for us. The Write Stuff
Field Notes makes paper fashionable again. Just don’t tell the designer. Paul Collins Murder of the Century
Dying to be famous. Portland's Goose Hollow Tracy J. Prince with Bud Clark
Top 10 Local Books From 2011
Anders Nilsen Big Questions
The bird gods must be crazy. Larry Flynt and David Eisenbach One Nation Under Sex
The political history of presidents’ pants. Harriet Fasenfest A Householder’s Guide To The Universe
Greg Graffin Anarchy Evolution
We’re here, it’s weird, get used to it. Honey Badger Don’t Care
Ew, this book is nasty. Randall don’t give a shit.
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