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Whatever one thinks of Twitter, the Friday Reads hashtag is kind of a cool tradition. Take some of your favorite books by people you know, hashtag #fridayreads, and link directly to the book at your favorite local independent bookstore.

It looks something like this:

#fridayreads Loving #AVeryMinorProphet by @jamesbfrost. Tall bikes, zines, hipster love! Get it at @powells: https://bit.ly/JNfz8L

In honor of that tradition, here’s a list of some of my friends and their books. It's hard to write a book, so love and respect to all you.

(Oh and though he's not a personal friend, go to Powell's tonight and see Matt Love present his new book Sometimes a Great Movie: Paul Newman, Ken Kesey and the Filming of the Great Oregon Novel. Love a guy dedicated to preserving Oregon's history.

In no particular order:

• Greg Robillard — Captain Freedom
• Laurel Hermanson — Soft Landing
• Kerry Cohen — Seeing Ezra
• Gigi Rosenberg — The Artist's Guide to Grant Writing
• Martha Grover — One More for the People
• Heather Sharfeddin — Windless Summer
• Alexis Smith — Glaciers
• Pauls Toutonghi — Evel Knievel Days

• Evan Schneider — A Simple Machine, Like the Lever
• Rae Richen — Uncharted Territory
• Kevin Sampsell — A Common Pornography
• Lewis Buzbee — Bridge Over Time

• M. K. Hobson — The Native Star
• Art Edwards — Ghost Notes

(And, hey, if I overlooked you in my very quick hurry to post this to Powell's, personal message me before noon and I'll add you to the list.)