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Karen Braucher Tobin is an award-winning poet, writer, and editor who has lived in Portland for 14 years. Her focus here is how to thrive as a writer in Portland. Send her ideas at tobin@portlandia.com.

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Poet and land use planner Scot Siegel will read from his books December 9 in Milwaukie, Oregon

Scot Siegel, author of the books "Some Weather" and "Untitled Country," will be the featured reader in The Milwaukie Poetry Series...
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VOX: A spoken-word chorus celebrates American poetry November 13 - 15, 20 - 22 in Portland

When professional actors perform poetry, it brings an exciting element to the words that can make us see the poems in a whole new light. Add choral...
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Author Haupt discusses "Crow Planet" and being an urban naturalist at Audubon Society

Bird researcher and naturalist Lynda Lynn Haupt discussed her third book, "Crow Planet: Essential Wisdom from the Urban Wilderness," to a...
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Sisters in Crime, Portland chapter, presents real homicide investigation October 19

The relationship between public and private detectives (sometimes antagonistic, sometimes cooperative) has been a staple of mystery fiction. What's...
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"All-Night Lingo Tango" is brilliant fun

Barbara Hamby triple-somersaults, dives, flips, and swings from rung to rung high over our heads on the flying trapeze. She makes it look easy,...
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"Beyond Forgetting" anthology illuminates Alzheimer's disease

"Beyond Forgetting" is a comprehensive compendium of poetry and short prose written by 100 contemporary writers whose lives have been...
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How to write outstanding college application essays

If you're a high school senior, autumn is the time to write and revise your college application essays. Don't wait till winter because this is a...
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"Francis Drake in Nehalem Bay 1579" presents daring maritime historical research

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Garry Gitzen believes Sir Francis Drake spent five weeks in Nehalem Bay, Oregon, in the summer of 1579, not in a bay in California as has been...
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Manzanita, Oregon's Laneda Avenue is a reading paradise by the sea

The little town of Manzanita, south of Cannon Beach, is smaller and less crowded. It offers three (four, if you count its lovely library) great...
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Take a field trip as a writer - dream side to dock side in Portland

This year's Street of Dreams offers writers and real estate hounds a chance to see penthouse condos in the Pearl District, one of our city's most chic...
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