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Smalldoggies continues to be Portland's most important reading series

You can hardly throw a rock in Portland anymore without hitting two readings and a poetry slam, but Smalldoggies is one series that continues to...

Spooktastic: 5 books to get you into the Halloween spirit

Halloween is just around the corner, and what better way to embrace the holiday spirit than to read frightening fiction? For your scaring pleasure,...

Hidden halos and other Air sign maladies

Hidden Halos is a manuscript that reveals through the story of two soul-torn siblings that we are not who we think we are. It’s the kind of...

Abotion On Trail "Revision"

This week I was at my favorite dinner across the street from my work place. I ordered my usual, a plain bagel with cream cheese, when I began to...

10 Top online videos featuring writers of fiction (Part 3)

7. Haruki Murakami, March 26, 2009. In a lecture at MIT he reads one of my favorite short stories of his, "Super-Frog Saves Tokyo," in...

10 Top online videos featuring writers of fiction (Part 2)

4. Joyce Carol Oates, On Writing Characters. Here, she discusses the craft and notes another pertinent difference between poetic and prose related...

10 Top online videos featuring writers of fiction (Part 1)

1. Will Self, Authors at Google, November 09, 2007. This video is very engaging and funny. Self discusses his somewhat performance based nonfiction...