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Want to Sell a Book? Make a Movie.new

Oregon's own Powell's is teaching New York a new trick. It's called Out Of the Book, and it's a series of bite-sized films about ... what else? Books and the quirky people who write them.
Willamette Week  |  John Minervini  |  09-17-2008  |  Books

Dirty Wordsnew

Lusty busboys, plushies and Dick Cheney. Our book report on five new sex anthologies: Sex for America, The Eaten Heart: Unlikely Tales of Love, Do Me: Tales of Sex and Love from Tin House, SMUT Vol. 1, and My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead.
Willamette Week  |  Melissa Lion  |  02-13-2008  |  Books

Wordstock Returnsnew

Four authors -- Peter Sagal, Janet Fitch, Shane Koyczan, Adrian Tomine -- on the eve of Portland's biggest literary weekend.
Willamette Week  |  Staff  |  11-07-2007  |  Books

Ted Rall Won't Pussy Out Yetnew

The syndicated political cartoonist makes right-wingers scoff and party-line liberals squirm with his sharp criticisms of W.
Willamette Week  |  Casey Jarman  |  09-26-2007  |  Books

Written Prescriptionnew

Not every Portland writer is a 25-year-old hipster -- a local nonprofit gives local drug addicts, abused spouses and the elderly some pen power.
Willamette Week  |  Paige Richmond  |  11-08-2006  |  Books

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

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