Small press recommendations from those in the know: some of Portland's finest small press authors pass along their favorite books. Kimberly Warner-Cohen (author of Sex, Blood and Rock 'n' Roll): Keith Rosson
(Avow zine): Jeremy Robert Johnson
(author of Angel Dust Apocalypse): Kate Lopresti
(author of The Constant Rider Omnibus): Carlton Mellick, III
(author of several books, including Punk Land): Mary Rechner
(author of Hot Springs): Erica Schreiner
(The Way Things Used to Be zine): Geronimo Tagatac
(author of The Weight of the Sun):
by Shawn Granton and Nate Beaty  Publisher Comments Shawn Granton (Ten Foot Rule) and Nate Beaty (Brainfag Comics) edited a really comprehensive guide of things to do in Portland, OR. Features tons of information on various neighborhoods, bridges, eateries, hangouts, bars, places that sell zines, and how... (read more) Your Price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies 
by Gary Lutz Review "Despite its brevity and zine-ish format, Gary Lutz's bold and original new story collection feels like one of the season's biggest books....This thin chapbook is currently the best way to get a lump of Lutz. Savor it." Michael Miller, Time... (read more) Your Price $6.00 (New - Pamphlet) check for used and sale copies
by Michelle Tea Publisher Comments In this gritty, confessional memoir, Michelle Tea takes the reader back to the city of her childhood: Chelsea, Massachusetts--a place where time and hope are spent on things not getting any worse. Told in Tea's trademark loose-tongued, lyrical style... (read more) Your Price $15.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Tom Blood 
Powells.com Staff Pick Blood's poems stand tall, arms wide apart, offering to embrace or engulf you. His words flutter and get stuck in your hair like static electricity. A delicate, abstract, and mysterious little book. Recommended by Kevin, Powells... (read more) Your Price $10.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Kevin Sampsell Publisher Comments Kevin Sampsell's largest and most ambitious collection to date, Creamy Bullets, captures the Portland author at the top of his game. Collecting everything from stunning flash fiction to his hilarious and intense longer stories, Sampsell's latest is a... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Mcsweeneys Publisher Comments Issue 15 is also known as the "Icelandic Issue." Printed in Iceland, half of the stories are written by actual Icelandic writers. And the kicker? It also comes with an Icelandic tabloid mini-mag filled with words you won't understand and images that... (read more) List Price $24.00 Your Price $7.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Graham Roumieu
Publisher Comments Roumieu, whose illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Progressive, reveals the hairy hominids's brave struggles with eating disorders, casual cannibalism, and philosophical quandaries ("Me once... (read more) Your Price $12.95 (New - Hardcover) check for used and sale copies
by Russell Kick
Publisher Comments You Are Being Lied Tois a massive collection of articles that ruthlessly destroy the distortions, myths, and outright lies that are fed to us by the government, the media, corporations, history books, organized religion, science and medicine, and society... (read more) Your Price $9.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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Wednesday May 14, 2008
by Joe Meno Publisher Comments "Features some of the liveliest characters that one is apt to meet in a contemporary novel. Vividly described."-Publishers Weekly "Extremely vivid. . . . Any number of novels have been written about unhappy childhoods and bizarre families, but this one... (read more) Your Price $14.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Karen Finley Publisher Comments Shock Treatment includes Karen Finley's most provocative and acclaimed performance monologues, essays, and poems, with "The Constant State of Desire,""We Keep Our Victims Ready,""It's Only Art,"and "The Black Sheep."Excoriating misogyny, homophobia... (read more) Your Price $3.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Julie Shigekuni Publisher Comments Fiction, poetry, and essays exploring the relationship between art and the viewer.... (read more) List Price $10.00 Your Price $6.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Daniel P Mannix Publisher Comments Memoirs of a Sword Swallower is Daniel P. Mannix's autobiography as a sword-swallower with a traveling sideshow, illustrated with photos from the 30s and 40s taken by the author. An example of Classic Americana, this book offers a portrayal of a vanished... (read more) Your Price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by J Lyn Chapman Synopsis Bear Stories is a series of investigations into the violences of erotic love, where violence is figured as a natural consequence of the body's vulnerability. These "stories" seek to describe, implore, and seduce their audience. But they are also the mind... (read more) Your Price $5.00 (New - Pamphlet) check for used and sale copies
by Dave Eggers Publisher Comments Dave Eggers launched Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern in 1998 as an outlet for writings by himself and his friends, such as David Foster Wallace, who had been rejected by other, established journals. Eggers’ irreverent approach included... (read more) List Price $42.00 Your Price $29.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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