“Keep Portland Weird” by Tom Larsen
“Keep Portland Weird.” I see it on signs all over town, but what does it even mean?
Tag: Oregon
EVENT ALERT: Jessica Luther/Unsportsmanlike Conduct
Find out if Unsportsmanlike Conduct author Jessica Luther is coming to a city near you.
“The Food Truck Owner” by Cedrick Mendoza-Tolentino
You sit with your back against the bronze statue of Ken Kesey in the square bearing his name, a box of Voodoo Doughnuts between your feet and an aluminum baseball bat leaning against the inside of your right leg . . .
Carrie Howland on The Shark Curtain
To celebrate the release of The Shark Curtain — a powerful and unique look into a young creative mind by debut novelist Chris Scofield and the latest release from Akashic’s Black Sheep imprint for young readers — we’re very pleased to bring you a guest post by Carrie Howland, literary agent at Donadio & Olson, on what makes The Shark Curtain such a special book.
“A Better Life on San-Bay-O” by Hallie Price
After Dad went to prison for running over a six-year-old girl while driving home from the Sandbar, I had to make money fast so Mom could feed her prescription pill habit—as well as my younger brother—and pay the rent . . .
“Hell’s Spell” by Jeff Brewer
The last time we moved was because she said an ex of hers had shown up and zigzagged a razor through her wrists. The time before that she said a pair of meth heads broke in during the day and left her barely living after wrapping a shower curtain around her neck . . .
“Dinner at Omar’s” by Robert Arellano
Ashland, deep summer. It’s the one month the sun sets over steep Lithia Park only one hour earlier than everywhere else in Oregon, but at the jagged edge of town the hulking green shadows still pile up like a forest clear-cut. It’s the lull after Big Al’s Tennis Tournament, and it’s still a long haul ‘til Labor Day . . .