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Tag: Books

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Summertime reading catch-up: Nina LaCour’s ‘We Are Okay’

  • Cassie Duncanson
  • July 3, 2017

We Are Okay by Nina LaCour is the kind of book I wish I had gotten my hands on when I was a teenager. It is the kind of book…

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    • Arts & Culture

Summertime reading catch-up: Leigh Bardugo’s ‘Crooked Kingdom’

  • Cassie Duncanson
  • June 28, 2017

Last week I finished up my first year in my master’s program. I celebrated by doing absolutely nothing. I walked the dog. I drank many cups of coffee (that I…

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    • Arts & Culture
    • Grad Guide 2017

Six books you should read this summer

  • Nada Sewidan
  • May 22, 2017

Fiction Rabbit Cake by Annie Hartnett Annie Hartnett’s Rabbit Cake is a darkly funny novel about Elvis Babbitt, a 12-year-old girl who learns how to deal with grief following her…

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    • Arts & Culture

Screaming at books: Alison MacLeod’s ‘All the Beloved Ghosts’

  • Cassie Duncanson
  • May 8, 2017

Alison MacLeod’s All the Beloved Ghosts is a collection of short stories that blur the lines we traditionally expect from fiction, biography, and memoir. It is a journey spanning continents,…

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    • Arts & Culture

Screaming at books: Gail Godwin’s ‘Grief Cottage’

  • Cassie Duncanson
  • April 17, 2017

Everything about Grief Cottage called to me. The gorgeous cover. The summary. The author’s note. Gail Godwin refers to her interest in liminal spaces: “I’m drawn to those crossover places…

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    • Opinion

Black history is not confined to just one month

  • Guest columnist
  • February 6, 2017

The Revolution will not be televised  by Gil Scott Heron You will not be able to stay home, Brother. You will not be able to plug in, turn on and…

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    • Arts & Culture

Demystifying the publishing process

  • Cassie Duncanson
  • January 30, 2017

PSU’s Ooligan Press hosts annual Write to Publish conference for emerging writers Jessica Clark and Alison Cantrell, a pair of grad students in their second year in the graduate program in Book…

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    • Arts & Culture

Wordstock honors curiosity, craft and dialogue

  • Catherine Johnson
  • November 12, 2016

“To be curious about something is to take a step forward,” said Carrie Brownstein, the memoirist, musician, and actor best known for Portlandia and Sleater-Kinney, at the First Congregational United…

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    • Arts & Culture

Working writers discuss realities of the writing life

  • Gray Bouchat
  • October 31, 2016

Writing is a great escape from the normal grind of life, but that doesn’t mean the task can’t seem overwhelming. For aspiring writers interested in pursuing their dreams, conversations with…

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    • Arts & Culture

Perseverance pays for aspiring student author

  • Thomas Spoelhof
  • July 25, 2016

Ancient Chinese strategist Sun Tzu famously said, “Opportunities multiply as they are seized.” One Portland State English major is proving the axiom true with her tenacious pursuit of success as…

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Alum Josh Gross confronts estranged father in ‘The Funeral Papers’

  • Catherine Johnson
  • May 31, 2016

Josh Gross, a Portland State alumnus from 2008, is a journalist, playwright and now published author of four books. His most recent, a memoir called The Funeral Papers, is the…

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