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The Zinester's Guide to Portland (2007): A Low/No Budget Guide to Visiting and Living in Portland, Oregon
The Zinester's Guide to Portland (2007): A Low/No Budget Guide to Visiting and Living in Portland, Oregon
by Shawn Granton and Nate Beaty
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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)

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    McSweeney's #12

    Dave Eggers
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    Book of Ruth a Novel

    Frank Lentricchia
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    Grrrl

    Jennifer Whiteford
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    Seige of Gresham

    Ray Murphy
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    You Can't Win

    Jack Black

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Light Boxes
Light Boxes
by Shane Jones
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Novel about a war waged by a group of balloonists against the month of February.... (read more)

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Fiction and Prose
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Stories in the Worst Way
Stories in the Worst Way
by Gary Lutz
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"In a world of literature that is sometimes too bogged down in style or overwrought with manipulative emotion, the work of Gary Lutz is dazzling and deeply entrenched in the realistic comedy of the human body. Thankfully, it was recently republished... (read more)

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Conjunctions 52: Betwixt the Between (Conjunctions #52)
Conjunctions 52: Betwixt the Between (Conjunctions #52)
by Bradford Morrow and Brian Evenson
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Post-fantasy fiction that defies definition is at the center of a groundbreaking issue edited by Bradford Morrow and Brian Evenson in the Spring 2009 edition of Conjunctions. Imagine an everyday world in which meat is grown in vats by men called... (read more)

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In Me Own Words: The Autobiography of Bigfoot
In Me Own Words: The Autobiography of Bigfoot
by Graham Roumieu
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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)

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McSweeney's #12
McSweeney's #12
by Dave Eggers
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Issue 12 is made up of three parts. The first and largest section consists entirely of new writers?new to us, probably new to you, and not even well-known by their own families. Part two is a new story from Roddy Doyle, featuring Jimmy Rabbitte of... (read more)

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Cool Gardens
Cool Gardens
by Serj Tankian
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From Serj Tankian, lead vocalist for critically acclaimed band System of a Down, comes a striking debut poetry collection highlighting his best work of the past eight years. Like System of a Down's platinum-selling second album, Toxicity -- hailed by... (read more)

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Userlands: New Fiction Writers from the Blogging Underground (Little House on the Bowery)
Userlands: New Fiction Writers from the Blogging Underground (Little House on the Bowery)
by Dennis Cooper
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This anthology brings to light some of the new fiction writers who are using the Internet’s labyrinthine array of blogs and personal web pages to expose, test, and develop their work. They are gay, straight, young, old, and in some cases still... (read more)

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First Things
First Things
by Tricia Yost
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Tricia Yost's manuscript came to me on a cold and wet day when I was forced to forego cigarettes and drink inside the coffeeshop, among the priapic college geeks and street people, the overflow from the adult foster care community, and a little... (read more)

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Broken Word: The  Alberta Street Anthology  Volume 2
Broken Word: The Alberta Street Anthology Volume 2
by Michael Shay
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"If Portland were ever asked to prove its credentials as a City of Ideas, the Broken Word Anthology could serve as evidence." Barbara La... (read more)

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Guests | June 9, 2009

All posts by Jamie S. Rich Comical Crime

"All he needs to do is walk out his front door, point in any direction, and chances are, he'll be pointing at someone who works in comics." Continue »


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    12 Reasons Why I Love Her

    Jamie S. Rich and Joelle Jones
Guests | June 2, 2009

All posts by Jonathan Carroll Impossible Realism

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    The Wooden Sea

    Jonathan Carroll
Guests | June 1, 2009

All posts by Brian Evenson Betwixt the Between

"I've gone from not owning a cell phone to reading an entire book on my phone over a series of incredibly boring university meetings." Continue »


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Review-a-Day | May 30, 2009

Small Lives, Big World

Big World by Mary Miller Reviewed by Sheila Ashdown Powells.com Mary Miller's Big World is populated by women and girls, mostly unnamed, who share a... Continue »

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