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
Books
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
Fiction and Fact
Longtime journalists read from a new novel and a respected biography
Land, how it shapes us and how we shape it, will be the connective tissue at a dual author event on Saturday when novelist Kathy … Continue reading
Love and Grief
UO grad’s memoir looks at the personal choice of reproductive justice
Jill Christman’s latest memoir, The Heart Folds Early, brings the reader directly to the epicenter of reproductive justice. The writing is raw and vivid, and … Continue reading
Weaving Life, Reconciliation and the Coyote Epic
Indigenous author and Oscar nominee gives a presentation and book signing March 5
Julian Brave NoiseCat is a journalist, activist and former political strategist and analyst whose work focuses on Indigenous rights, issues and representation in politics. He … Continue reading
Artifacts of the Past
UO alum’s memoir and investigation into her father’s criminal past
Francesa Fontana’s memoir, The Family Snitch, unfolds as a rigorously reported investigative page-turner, interspersed with bold and poetic moments of narrative craft. A 2017 University … Continue reading
For the Working Class
Q&A with Off Route author and award-winning journalist Rick Levin
By Sadie Mordan Award-winning journalist Rick Levin made a drastic career change six years ago, trading reporting at Eugene Weekly for bus driving in Eugene. … Continue reading
Punks and Poems
Dirtclodfight singer Phil Merwin releases debut book of poetry
On Dec. 20, Eugene punk musician Phil Merwin reads from his debut book of poetry, For Hungry Ghosts, out now on esteemed Portland record label … Continue reading
The Apoptotic Era by Andy Valentine — just read it
The Apoptotic Era by Andy Valentine — just read it
If there is any justice in the literary universe, Andy Valentine’s debut novella, The Apoptotic Era, will become the sort of slender, dog-eared volume that … Continue reading
Cool and Hot
Q&A with celebrated PNW writer Debra Gwartney
When Eugene Weekly gave me the chance to do a piece for this year’s Winter Reading issue, I knew exactly whom I wanted to talk … Continue reading