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Iron Baristasnew
Coffee artists prepare for caffeinated glory (or death) at the Northwest Regional Barista Competition.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
10-18-2006 |
Food+Drink
They Sold Us a Warnew
John Stauber discusses the Iraq War, what Dick Cheney watches and turning off the TV.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
09-21-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
City Of Slackersnew

We take a joy ride with the self-professed expert on Doing Nothing to find out just why Portland is so damn laid-back.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
08-03-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
A Safe Choicenew
Considering the risky business that is fiction publishing today, it seems odd that printing a novella by an unknown author could be considered a safe move for a small, independent publisher.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
06-28-2006 |
Fiction
Tags: Girls in Peril, Karen Lee Boren
The Many Faces of Fact and Fictionnew
One progenitor of New Journalism tells it like it is -- or should be.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
05-17-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: A Writer's Life, Gay Talese
Chewing the Fatnew
Schlosser discusses adapting the muckraking classic Fast Food Nation for readers as young as 11.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
05-10-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Chew on This, Eric Schlosser
An Author Crushnew
All you really need to succeed as a novelist is ... everything possible -- dammit!
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
05-03-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Benjamin Kunkel
Piecing Paradise Back Togethernew
Jentz's quest to solve her own attempted murder leads to Central Oregon and literary gold.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
04-26-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Reluctant Antiheronew
Though he might not always think so, Harvey Pekar is one genuinely lucky guy.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
04-20-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Harvey Pekar
An Idiot's Guide To Others' Livesnew
These recent memoirs and biographies are all worth checking out.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
03-15-2006 |
Nonfiction
Tags: Nonfiction Reviews
The Real Dealnew
Weschler's Everything is actually illuminated.
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
03-08-2006 |
Nonfiction
Title Wavenew
A flood of new books about Hurricane Katrina are great for the publishing industry, but are they good for readers -- or New Orleans?
Willamette Week |
Karla Starr |
01-13-2006 |
Books