Corey Lewis’ new comic book anthology magazine “Sun Bakery” allows readers to explore the world of strong female characters, technologically advanced swords and uncanny skateboarding. The comic will debut at…
PSU’s own takes publishing by (red) storm
Portland State student Grant Bywaters published his first mystery novel, “The Red Storm,” in Dec. 2015 and was awarded first place at the Minotaur Books Private Eye Novel Competition, hosted…
Putting the fun in poetry
On Thursday, January 21, students and poetry-lovers packed into The Little Church in Northeast Portland to hear award-winning poet D.A. Powell read from his works. Powell is the Tin House…
Editor Pick of the Week: ‘Broken’
This book was published in 2007, but I don’t believe that this real-life memoir was given the amount of attention that it deserved nine years ago. Broken, My Story of…
Decomposition: Andrew Durkin speaks on his music manifesto
Decomposition: A Music Manifesto by author, jazz composer and Portland resident Andrew Durkin provides readers an innovative exposition on the topics of connectivity, authenticity and fallacy in our understanding of…
Wordstock gets a face-lift for 10th anniversary
Cool, hip and fresh are just a few of the words being used to describe the re-launch of Wordstock, Portland’s Annual Book Festival, on Saturday, Nov. 7. It’s the event’s…
Steven Pinker shares his Style
Steven Pinker, an experimental psychologist at Harvard University and popular writer on language, the mind and human nature, came to Powell’s Books on Wednesday, Oct. 7, to promote his book,…
Release of new book offers consideration of a larger issue
Author Ellen Bravo promoted her new book, Again and Again, through a discussion about women’s rights and sexual-assault awareness on Sept. 20. The talk and reading, held at YWCA of…
MFA reading series cultivates new relationships in the community
On the last Sunday of every month, Portland State MFA students will host a reading series as an opportunity to share their written work out loud to the public. The first…
A bloody good time with ‘The Bloody Chamber’
Once upon a time, there was no such thing as Walt Disney’s Beauty and the Beast. Fairy tales were grim fables full of blood, guts and sex. Not everybody got…
Get ‘er Dunn: The summer reading list you can finish
Ahhh, summer. Time for inappropriately short shorts and socially acceptable public drinking. A time, for most students, to take a little breather from the insanity of the school year. By…