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Cruisin’ With Susan
Susan Orlean’s memoir Joyride is among the Portland literati’s can’t-miss fall readings and releases.
Sapphic Sports Fans Score Big With Samantha Saldivar’s Basketball Romance Novel “Play You For It”
Saldivar tapped into her experience as a former KGW broadcast journalist.
Preview Portland Book Festival’s 2025 Lineup
In between its headliners, PBF will include talks on poetry & pop culture, young love and Native American cultural survival.
Reading Roundup: Your Guide to This Fall’s Can’t-Miss Book Talks
Local authors will dive into sports history, alternative POVs and walking poetry.
East Burnside Comic Book Shop Future Dreams Approaches 50 Years of Fan Service
Donald Riordan’s store has spent 17 of its 46 years in the same warehouse.
New Orlean: An Excerpt From “Joyride”
The celebrated author will discuss her memoir with Literary Arts executive director Andrew Proctor at the Portland Book Festival.
Author and New Yorker Writer Susan Orlean Drives Down Memory Lane in “Joyride”
Orlean also reflects on Portland and “Willamette Week” from 1978–1982.
Publishing Collective Pile Press Needs Two Literary Journals to Print Its Creative Submissions
The namesake “Pile Press” is open to national writers, while “Chunk” celebrates Oregon’s art scenes.
Michelle Tea and Brooke Palmieri Explore the Magic (and Magick) of Queer Joy
The cult classic writers will discuss their latest works together at Powell’s on Oct. 27.
Erica Vanstone’s Roller Derby Memoir “Don’t Let Them Eat the Baby” Looks Back on the Sport’s Guts and Glory
Vanstone remains unflinchingly honest about her shortcomings and successes amid roller derby’s rise to national prominence.
Milwaukie Man Says ICE Abducted and Held Him for Hours Despite His Proving Citizenship
The case may be the first incidence of a documented Oregonian and U.S. citizen being swept up by ICE in an immigration raid.
“Near Flesh” Centers the Late Katherine Dunn’s Short Form Work
Dunn’s editor Naomi Huffman included a story about boxing in the new anthology.