Oregon Books
How Hood River, a family cabin and crows inspired Oregon author’s latest novel
As in Garvin’s first novel, “The Music of Bees,” the story of "Crow Talk" revolves around an unlikely friendship helped along by another species.
‘Housing the Nation’ editor, contributor on solutions to U.S. affordable housing crisis (Q&A)
The new book examines the causes of the nation's affordable housing crisis, and possible solutions.
Readers respond: Make a fuss for Cleary
Letters to the Editor can be submitted to letters@oregonian.com with full name and place of residence.
Oregon author finds resilience and courage in stories of genocide survivors
Elizabeth Mehren shares 13 stories of immigrants and refugees who endured the worst of humanity and lived to tell the world.
Multnomah County Library director to retire
After 15 years as director of the Multnomah County Library system, Vailey Oehlke will step down June 3.
Service disruptions at Multnomah County Library ‘likely’ to continue due to contract change
The Belmont Library was open Saturday for "door service" only. More branches may follow suit.
Downtown Portland’s Central Library reopens after $15 million renovation
The Multnomah County Central Library reopened after a nearly yearlong renovation.
Dream job turns into a nightmare in new novel with echoes of Reed College
Author Kevin T. Myers talks about “Need Blind Ambition,” and how real events and PTSD inspired the story.
Opinion: The banning of Black joy
"Ways to Make Sunshine" is the first book in a series about a Black fourth-grader learning to find joy, writes Renée Watson, a Portland-raised author of books for young adults. But that was enough to prompt an effort to ban it from a library – mirroring other initiatives across the country similarly seeking to erase Black voices and stories, she writes.
Follow in the footsteps of Portland’s latest literary heroine, Ryan Hart
Renée Watson’s kids lit series is a valentine to the author’s hometown. Here’s where to find the love in the City of Roses.
How a Portland cop’s 1990s autobiographical novel showed the city’s brutal past – and foresaw its future
Kent Anderson's "Night Dogs," dedicated to a murdered police officer, captures a grimy, brutal 1970s Portland that will feel very familiar to today’s denizens.
Darcelle XV Plaza design shows flair will follow function in Portland’s former O’Bryant Square
How do you honor Portland’s most famous drag queen? With a stage and an outdoor chandelier.
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