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Diana Abu-Jaber Can't Stay in One Spotnew
The author trades an Arab-American experience for the myth of fingerprints.
Willamette Week |
Kelly Clarke |
07-12-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Diana Abu-Jaber, Origin
The Kindness of Strangenessnew
Author/musician Willy Vlautin checks into Motel Life.
Willamette Week |
Becky Ohlsen |
04-25-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Motel Life, Willy Vlautin
'I'm Here'new
An ex-child soldier's discusses his trip from Sierra Leone's war to a Starbucks bookshelf.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
02-15-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
No Exitnew
Former jarhead Anthony Swofford's Army memories take a fictional turn in Exit A.
Willamette Week |
John Freeman |
01-10-2007 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: Anthony Swofford, Exit A
On Absurditynew
The New York Times columnist links Bush, politics and theater.
Willamette Week |
Brittany Schaeffer |
11-01-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Getting 'Out There'new
Coast to Coast's Noory has the key to world peace -- but he's not unlocking the door just yet.
Willamette Week |
Ian Demsky |
10-04-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
Tags: George Noory, Worker in the Light
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
Mr. Robotonew
Daniel Wilson is making the world safe for robots, one reader at a time.
Willamette Week |
Joanna Cantor |
06-07-2006 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
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
Confessions of a Dangerous Mindnew
Best-selling author Donald Miller writes Christian books and he's freaking out the religious right.
Willamette Week |
Zach Dundas |
02-07-2005 |
Author Profiles & Interviews
