More Space Cat after the jump. Various hat tips. Space Cat Meets Mars has been notably Photoshopped.
Jacob Schraer
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Reading Tonight at Ampersand
Tonight, Ampersand on NE Alberta hosts Scott McClanahan, writer of Stories, Stories II, and Stories V!. McClanahan lives and writes a lot about West Virginia, and local Kevin Sampsell has coaxed him out for his first Northwest appearance. McClanahan’s short pieces range from personal anecdotes to more rude tales about Southern life, usually centered around […]
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Tin House Summer Writer’s Readings
Tin House is hosting their annual summer writer’s workshop this week at Reed College, bringing writers and students to the Portland area. There are side benefits for us literature fans though: readings all week long! Every night at 8:00 pm the Cerf Amphitheater on the Reed Campus will host three writers. The readings cost a […]
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Small Doggies And The First Rule Of Bookclub Tonight
Two of Portland’s more enjoyable, regular reading events are tonight, both in the inner Southeast. On Belmont and 34th, at The Blue Monk, local writers Matty Byloos and Carrie Seitzinger are at it again with this month’s Smalldoggies reading. Tonight features B. Frayn Masters of Entertainment for People and Matthew Dickman, author of All American […]
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Fantagraphics Releasing Flannery O’Connor’s Cartoons…Ah Screw This Here’s Miss Piggy
I was busy working on a post about Fantagraphics putting out a collection of Flannery O’Connor’s little known satirical cartoons which are biting and sarcastic and a little goth. But I got so sick of all the disgusting and bad news on the blog today that I decided to post this video of Miss Piggy […]
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Celebrities! They’re Just Like Portlanders!
You know your annoying friend who’s always trying to get you to submit the his zine? Well Joseph Gordon-Levitt is just like him (except for that JGL is a dreamboat). Apparently Joe runs a collaborative arts and story telling website, hitRECord, which anyone can join and contribute to. Now the extremely handsome actor has signed […]
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Sexy Memories
Tonight at the Writer’s Dojo three local luminaries will be sharing stories from the anthology Crush: 26 Real-life Tales of First Love. Lidia Yuknavitch, author of the recent memoir The Chronology of Water, Kevin Sampsell, author of A Common Pornography, and Kerry Cohen, author of Loose Girl: A Memoir of Promiscuity will all be reading […]
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Wordstock Fiction Contest
Wordstock is still a few months away, but the deadline for their 5th annual short story contest is July 15th. There’s a $20 entry fee, sure, but the prize is $1,000 and publication in the October issue of Portland Monthly. A panel of critics, professors, publishers, and writers will pick 10 finalists, all of whom […]
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Oregon Poetic Voices Wants To Record Your Emo Poems!
This Friday Oregon Poetic Voices is offering free recording to local poets tomorrow at the City Archives building (1800 SW 6th Ave, Suite 550). The sessions will be open from 1:00 – 5:00 p.m. and is first come first serve. Each poet will be allotted four short poems or about fifteen minutes to record. The […]
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This Month In Badass Authors
Badass author Haruki Murakami accepted the Catalunya International award last week in Spain and, as is the custom for badass authors, lambasted the Japanese government’s response to the Fukushima disaster in his acceptance speech. Murakami stated that Japan should have rejected nuclear power in the first place, and that the current government regulations are more […]
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Takei!
Yes, we all love George Takei. If six months pass without a mention of him at Blogtown the freelancers are forced to submit to a “favorite Sulu clips” montage edited by Erik “Awesome at Photoshop but Serviceable at Final Cut” Henriksen. So it’s a good thing I recently I came across this gem. Blogtowners! This […]
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Terry Pratchett Sparks Right-To-Die Debate In England
Sir Terry Pratchett, author of the popular Discworld novels, has recently taken the first steps towards ending his own life in Switzerland’s Dignitas Clinic. However, the first steps just means obtaining the paperwork to be granted the procedure. Pratchett was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease three years ago and has since campaigned for England to […]