War-Ravaged Portland
I was thinking that I might take some photos on my walk tomorrow to show you Portland in all of its overcast autumn glory, but you don’t need to see images of our tree-lined streets and our community gardens and …
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Thoughts on the walk home after volunteering
I’ve been volunteering with Street Roots since April. They publish a weekly newspaper sold by people experiencing homelessness and poverty. They do important work to provide a source of income to people who need it, but it’s also a terrific …
Cognitive Dissonance
The cognitive dissonance of our current collective nightmare is getting to me. It’s not that I had my head in the sand about the rise of fascism. I’ve done a lot of organizing against it and made a lot of …
Portland Walks: West Across the Burnside Bridge
This is the first in a series of walks around Portland, Oregon. I walk through the city every day anyway, so I figured…why not bring you with me? Once a month, or maybe a bit more often, you’ll get a …
Headed out into the world, an armful of books. And news, links, etc
Hey! I’m so used to spouting off on Twitter and Facebook that I sometimes forget there are people keeping tabs on me over here instead. So let’s play a bit of catchup. I’m heading back out on tour. If you …
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Playing catch-up
So much to tell you, SO much to tell you, and I keep not showing up here to do it. Man, things have been hectic. Let’s do this catch-up all list-like, because I think that’s going to be the best …
Book trailer!
Check out the wonderful book trailer that my dear filmmaker friend Mindy Weisberger made for me! The Revolution of Every Day: A Book Trailer from Tin House on Vimeo.
My book is a real book! and other updates
I have a box of hefty, gorgeous, very real finished books in my office, and the release date of October 15th, which felt so terribly far off when I signed the contract with Tin House in the summer of 2012, …
Writer, with Kids: Brian Gresko
Brian Gresko is the editor of the anthology When I First Held You: 22 Critically Acclaimed Writers on Fatherhood, forthcoming from Berkley Books/Penguin in spring 2014. He has contributed to The Huffington Post, and written about books and culture for …
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1. The lovely folks at The Villager published an excerpt from The Revolution of Every Day in their recent “V Lit” section. You can read it here. 2. The Tin House Writer’s Workshop brought many wonderful authors to town, which …