Crafting a Legacy
Oregon writing contest honors Cai Emmons
In Oregon’s long literary history, only one woman has contributed to it with nationally recognized stories about people who control the weather, women who turn … Continue reading
Books
Holding On and Letting Go
A Q&A with Eugene author Daniel Dietz
Daniel Dietz’s Rare and Used: Adventures of a Book Scout’s Apprentice is a delightful, uplifting page-turner that also poses significant questions central to the human … Continue reading
A Shocking History
Oregon journalist Steve Law expands his highly renowned series on the Ku Klux Klan in new book
Five blocks from Steve Law’s home in Southeast Portland lies Mount Tabor. Law goes hiking there a few times a week and served as chairman … Continue reading
Flying High, Romantic and Messy
Founder of renowned vaudeville juggling troupe Flying Karamazov Brothers signs his 784-page memoir at OCF
Few eras of modern history have been romanticized by later generations the way that the late 1960s through the early 1980s have. Between the literature, … Continue reading
Don’t We Live in a Utopia
John Zerzan’s recently released memoir gives insight into an anarchist against civilization
In his recently published memoir, Often in the Right Place: The Education of an Anarchist, Eugene’s own anarcho-primitivist philosopher details an exchange that took place … Continue reading
The Life and Death of a Local Wrestling Legend
Eugene native Michael Copperman recounts the story of Kenny Cox in his book Seeking Kenny: A Wrestler’s Journey
Eugene-born Kenny Cox was once the best high school wrestler in the nation, winning five Junior National titles, 10 Oregon championships and the 1997 ASICS … Continue reading
Burning Activism
Author of new book chronicling the rise and fall of the Earth Liberation Front in Eugene to speak at Hodgepodge
Burning the Forest Service ranger station in Oakridge, torching a ski resort, releasing wild horses, sabotaging powerlines and burning SUVs at what was a Joe … Continue reading
Labor of Love Returns
Famed literary magazine Northwest Review relaunches in Eugene
The first copy of Northwest Review came out in 1957. In its pages was Ken Kesey’s first published work, a short story titled “The First … Continue reading
The Sun Sets
After 33 years, Black Sun Books is Outliers Books
More than 33 years ago, Peter Ogura was working for a legal publisher in San Francisco, struggling to stay awake during what he describes as … Continue reading
Grassroots Anthology
More than 150 local writers come together for River Road: The Anthology
River Road: The Anthology grew out of the River Road Reading program and includes literary works on such topics as love and loss, humility and … Continue reading