Portland’s comics pedigree continues to grow. Local cartoonist (and my coworker) Chris Cilla was nominated for the Ignatz Award for Best Graphic Novel. His book, The Heavy Hand, was published by Sparkplug Comic Books last November. Brett Warnock of Top Shelf says, “I recently read his feature-length mind-fuck of a book, The Heavy Hand. If […]
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PDX Published
Housefire Debuts Nouns of Assemblage
PDX’s Housefire publishing debuts Nouns of Assemblage.
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Weekend Readings Round Up
Your literary weekend is in full effect, starting tonight with the return of BAD BLOOD. After a brief hiatus, the boys of Bad Blood will be hosting their seventh event at the Work/Sound venue at 820 SE Alder. This month’s reading features locals John Beer and Ashley Toliver (Ashley is about to move to Rhode […]
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The Whole Cheesesteak of Tomorrow
Sci-Fi Reality in The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown
Science fiction and reality collide in The Astounding, the Amazing, and the Unknown.
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Smalldoggies Tonight At The Blue Monk
The monthly Smalldoggies reading is tonight at The Blue Monk. It’s free (though you could kick down $5 if you were cool and wanted a chapbook) and features three northwest writers; Rob Gray from Portland with Elizabeth J. Colen and Ofelia Hunt from Seattle. Tonight’s show also features musical guest Drew Grow and the Pastor’s […]
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Don’t Forget About The Zine Symposium And End Up A Sucker Like Me!
Portland’s Zine Symposium is happening this weekend at Refuge in Southeast Portland at 116 SE Yamhill. This totally free event runs Saturday and Sunday, starts at 10:00 a.m. and ends at 5:00 p.m. the first day and 4:00 p.m. the next. In addition to showcasing freaky, DIY projects from across the country there’s workshops and […]
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Awful Library Books
Apparently I’m not the only person who like posting weird books on the internet. The contributors over at Awful Library Books (who I should probably go work for) have a corner on the embarrassing, obscure book cover market. And they post excerpts and examples. Most of the stuff is pretty amazing. For instance… Yes!!! Creepy […]
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Keep Shakespeare Weird
The Portland Shakespeare Project’s Vital As You Like It
A vital take on one of Shakespeare’s weirder plays.
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In Case You Didn’t Hear Me The First Time
The documentary on Seattle poet Jesse Bernstein, I Am Secretly An Important Man, runs through Thursday at the Clinton Street Theater. I went to see it on Saturday. It was pretty awesome. The best parts were the footage of Bernstein. He was obsessed with being on camera, and the filmmaker tracked down a large and […]
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Important Murakami News!
Attention Haruki Murakami obsessives: literary blog The Millions has the first paragraph of his highly anticipated, 928-page novel, 1Q84. The new book, published in three volumes in Japan, will be released October 25th and translated by both of Murakami’s regular translators, Jay Rubin and Philip Gabriel. The opening paragraph isn’t terribly exciting, except that it […]
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Go See I Am Secretly An Important Man
This documentary about Seattle writer Steven Jay Bernstein starts tonight at the Clinton Street Theater and runs through next Thursday. A notable poet and performer, Bernstein was a staple of the Seattle scene until his suicide in 1991. The documentary features a healthy amount of footage from his rousing and idiosyncratic readings. Bernstein’s voice is […]