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Black Hole and Bad Houses 19 Aug 2013 | 08:37 pm
Bad Houses, like any creative work, has multiple inspirations. One of them is two panels from Black Hole by Charles Burns. Here we have two characters approaching an innocuous house. I say ‘innocuo...
Oregon City has a municipal elevator. 8 Aug 2013 | 08:00 pm
Last night I went to Oregon City and experienced its municipal elevator, also the Promenade accessible therefrom. The view is grand. Of course, I was also compelled to document the sticker art. I li...
Bad Houses Is On NetGalley 2 Aug 2013 | 12:37 am
Alert! Alert! Bad Houses Is On NetGalley. Permit me to quote from the NetGalley site, in case you are not yet initiated to its ways: Do you love to spread the word about new books? Do you review and...
Lady on the Beach by Norah Berg 22 Jul 2013 | 04:24 am
If you look at the cover of Lady on the Beach, by Norah Berg with Charles Samuels, you might think you know the kind of book it is: sentimental, inspirational, dated. That’s what I thought, too, espec...
Prince of Cats by Ron Wimberly 8 Jul 2013 | 07:15 pm
The first time I read Ron Wimberly’s Prince of Cats, I did not pay sufficient attention to the foreword. To make sure you don’t make the same mistake, permit me to quote it in its entirety: So I’m yo...
Portland is hotter than Chicago. Weird. 3 Jul 2013 | 03:58 am
I saw this building every day on my walk from where I was staying to the convention center. I’m back from ALA, half in a post-travel stupor, half jittery with the coffee I’ve been drinking to get bac...
ALAness 26 Jun 2013 | 07:06 pm
In a few short days I’ll be in Chicago for the American Library Association conference! On the author side of things, from 2-4 PM Sunday 6/30 I’ll be at the Diamond Book Distributors booth #2544, tal...
My dad explains fanzines, 20 February 1961 14 Jun 2013 | 09:46 am
I’ve previously posted articles from the science fiction fanzines my dad published in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Conscientious archivist that he was, he kept copies not only of his zines but also...
Karen Joy Fowler at Powells 8 Jun 2013 | 11:11 pm
I’m a huge admirer of Karen Joy Fowler‘s writing. I’m also lucky enough to have been a student of hers at Clarion. So when I saw that Portland would be one of the stops on her tour for her amazing new...
BE URSLF 30 May 2013 | 08:20 pm
This wisdom courtesy of one of Portland’s many yarnbombers. It made me think of this good long essay that I’ve been musing on by the poet David Biespiel: Follow Your Strengths, Manage Your Weaknesses...
