In an essay filled with challenging bike commutes and jaded reporters, Kristen Millares Young writes of her days as a journalist at the Seattle P-I newspaper before its collapse, and her transition to a novelist after.
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The Nipple Line
"You don't always have to travel to explore," Portland writer Vix Gutierrez discovers in an essay about adjusting to life in her thirties. Her epiphany comes as she faces mortality in a CPR course while her partner is on vacation in New Orleans.
All the Elements at Play
In a humorous essay, Portland author Jason Arias recalls the absolutely true story of an incident at a safari park on the Oregon coast involving a chimp, Pokemon, his sons, and a tale of karmic justice.
I’ll Never Own a Home in Vancouver
Poet and memoirist Chelene Knight reflects on growing up in Vancouver, and comes to terms with the fact she'll probably never own a home there as prices continue to skyrocket. A lyrical examination of what's lost as cities confront gentrification.