Portland-raised author Renee Watson talks about her new young adult book, "This Side of Home" Author Renée Watson grew up in Portland and lived through the gentrification of her Northeast neighborhood. In 1990, more than 30 percent of Portland’s ...
4 Mar 2015 - Sarah Hansell
The author of “The Residue Years” talks about his memories of Portland, where his book is the 2015 Everybody Reads selection from the Multnomah County Library “It’s cold!” says Mitchell S. Jackson. “It’s really cold in Brooklyn.” Indeed. But in his native ...
3 Mar 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar
When Mic Crenshaw came to Portland, it was sort of like shaking a personal Etch A Sketch. He wanted a fresh start. That is understandable. He had left behind an on-going struggle with white supremacists in Minneapolis, Minn. His connection to the streets ...
10 Jan 2015 - Suzanne Zalokar