LGBTQ Portland

Friends, if you need a reminder of why you persist in what you do, and what matters, watch Samiya Bashir’s stunning acceptance speech of this year’s Oregon Book Award. (posted from Facebook)READ NOW

Why Lynching Still Matters

“Lynching echoes in other ways. Our politics are in the grip of a backlash defined, in large part, by deep racial entitlement on the part of many white Americans. Indeed, racial violence—or the promise of such—remains a potent tool for defining the boundaries of...

Oregon Book Awards Ceremony 2018 – Literary Arts

So this Awards Ceremony happens today in PDX (Monday), and I am honored to be a Finalist. I did not enjoy writing an acceptance speech I have a 1 in 6 chance of needing (especially against a field that includes immensely accomplished writers I admire like Elena...

AJ+

It is nice to see more of this history emerge. (posted from Facebook)READ NOW