EMA’s latest, Exile in the Outer Ring, is a portrait of growing up in Midwestern suburbs.
Joshua James Amberson
Joshua James Amberson's work has appeared in The Los Angeles Review of Books, The Rumpus, and Tin House, among others. He's the author of the chapbook Everyday Mythologies on Two Plum Press, and he's currently working on a young adult novel about memory loss and a collection of essays about eyeballs.
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How Portland Zinester Kate Berube Took Over Children’s Lit
Hannah and Sugar KATE BERUBE There are few things I love more than a good picture book. As I’ve moved around as an adult, I’ve ditched most of the novels, memoirs, and poetry collections I’ve loved, but I’ve refused to let go of the picture books. It’s not just nostalgia that keeps me holding on […]
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The Pleasing Minimalism of Kate Berube
How the Author Went from Illustrating Iconic Portland Zines to Taking Over Children’s Literature
How the author went from illustrating iconic Portland zines to taking over children’s literature.
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A Year Since Prince’s Death, Remembering His Purple Reign
PRINCE “Parties weren’t meant to last,” but this one ended too soon. EIGHT YEARS AGO, I decided to start researching the life of Prince Rogers Nelson. He’d been a guiding light a decade before, when I’d moved away from the bro-ish small town where I grew up, and served as an inspiration while I explored […]
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Jessica Dennison + Jones’ Debut LP Is a Work of Musical Restraint and Subtlety
My Jessica Dennison + Jones fandom began last summer when I wandered into an alley café and, while waiting for a friend, noticed the concert happening in a tucked-away corner. Playing to an impressively attentive audience that included small children and grandparents, Jessica Dennison and Jessica Jones were making music so slight I could barely […]
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Record Review: Jessica Dennison + Jones, Jessica Dennison + Jones
Jessica Dennison + Jones’ self-titled debut induces nostalgia without being a distillation of any particular scene or time period.
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Elena Passarello’s Animal Collection
Famous Creatures Populate Animals Strike Curious Poses
Famous Creatures Populate Animals Strike Curious Poses
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Sarah Manguso’s Book of Dread
300 Arguments You’ll Either Love or Hate
300 Arguments you’ll either love or hate.
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See Seattle Filmmaker Clyde Petersen’s Torrey Pines Tonight with a Live Score
Over the past 15 years, Seattle artist Clyde Petersen has built up a unique catalog of creations. Perhaps best known for his ever-evolving pop band Your Heart Breaks, Petersen has also made music videos for the likes of Deerhoof and Laura Veirs, hosted a television show on a rowboat (Boating with Clyde), and created a […]
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In Reclamation, Justin Hocking Goes Underground
Caitlin Harris Reclamation: Essays, the new chapbook from Portland author Justin Hocking, looks under the surface—into caves and mines, geological formations, buried memories, and secrets. Released last week, the chapbook mixes the personal with the historical, the lyrical with the journalistic, and spans centuries in an attempt to unearth what’s been hidden underground. Part of […]
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Justin Hocking Goes Underground
In Reclamation, the Portland Writer Explores the Subterranean
In Reclamation, the Portland writer explores the subterranean.
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The Deceptive Simplicity of Torrey Pines
Seattle Filmmaker Clyde Petersen on His Coming-of-Age Tale
Seattle filmmaker Clyde Petersen on his coming-of-age tale.