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Publications & Writers

2013 Chinook Book Features Write Around Portland Writers
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Featured writer Kayte Cookwatts
"There was really a strong sense of community right away," Kayte told us about her workshop at the Zimmerman Community Center for residents of affordable housing. "Everyone was genuinely really happy for you when you wrote something that sounded great. I was just surprised at how close we all got and how easy it was to be open." Click here to learn more about Kayte and to read her writing.
 
Featured writer archive
Read interviews with all of our monthly featured writers and about the impact Write Around Portland has had on their lives and communities.
Our books and where to buy them

Write Around Portland publishes high-quality and unique books featuring the powerful, engaging writing by participants in our workshops in hospitals, schools, prisons, treatment centers and social service agencies. These anthologies are professionally designed by Precious Bugarin, and more than 80 volunteers help us put each book together.
Books are sold at the bookstores below and are also available for $12 through our office (plus postage and handling, if mailed). Call us at 503.796.9224 for details. Copies of the most current book are generally available for sale 1-2 weeks after their release at the following bookstores for $12:
Some anthologies can also be checked out at some Multnomah County Library branches. You can also request a copy at your local branch.
Older anthologies may also be purchased directly from Write Around Portland for $12 each (plus postage and handling) and some may be available through powells.com.
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Write Around Portland Anthologies & Chapbooks by Year |
2013 |
- Title TBD - will be released Aug 28
- (Summer, Vol 15, No 2)
- Title TBD - will be released Dec 13
- (Fall, Vol 15, No 3)
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2012 |
- Have You Seen My Buffalo?
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- Chapbook featuring 5th graders in the Parkrose School District
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2011 |
Blueprint to My Backbone
- When The Leaves Come Out of Their Trees
- (Fall)
- Chapbook featuring 5th & 6th graders in the Parkrose School District
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2010 |
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2009 |
The Cracks in the Paint (Summer, Vol 11, No 2)
More Than a Book (Fall, Vol 11, No 3)
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2008 |
- A Rare and Necessary Time (Spring, Vol 10, No 1)
- And We Flew (Summer, Vol 10, No 2)
- Now/Past/Future (Fall, Vol 10, No 3)
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2007 |
- Called to Speak Stories/Inspirado a Contar Cuentos (Spring)
- Unexpected Metaphors (Summer)
- See the Water Rise/Ver Las Aguas Subir (Fall)
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2006 |
- Behind Me the Sun (Spring)
- City. Night. Sky. (Summer)
- Echoes (Fall)
- When You Were 15 (Spring) - in partnership with Reclaiming Futures/Multnomah County - download at whenyouwere15.org
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2005 |
- I Feel This Truth (Spring)
- The Sparkle in the Grit (Fall)
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2004 |
- Walking on Slant (Spring)
- Everyday Revolutions (Fall)
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2003 |
- Gifted with a Twisted Verb (Spring)
- All & Sundry (Summer)
- Stillness is the Opening (Fall)
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2002 |
- I Say What Is Real (Spring)
- Where the Mirror Explodes (Summer)
- The Roots of All the City's Lamps (Fall)
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2001 |
- The Silence Underneath All Sounds (Spring)
- To Pay My Way With Stories (Summer)
- Your Body And Warm Earth (Fall)
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2000 |
- A New Garden (Spring)
- Finding The Formula (Summer)
- The Pedestal of Everything Wonderful (Fall)
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1999 |
- Reflections in Ink (Spring)
- A City of Words (Summer)
- A Light to Reach (Fall)
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Chapbook featuring Parkrose School District 5th graders
Have You Seen My buffalo? features writing by forty-five 5th students in the Parkrose School District. Call us to order your copy for $6 + postage (503.796.9224).
Here is the the title piece from the book:
Have You Seen My Buffalo?
by Tony Vo, Russell Academy
Have you seen my buffalo? He is big and has grass stuck on his face. He is going to eat grass with his buffalo friend. He is going to hang out on a hot sunny day in a meadow full of grass. He will just lie down and talk with his friend. Have you seen my buffalo? His favorite thing to do is eat grass and sleep in the sun. Have you seen my buffalo?
(c) 2012, Tony Vo & Write Around Portland

Write Around Portland is featured in Circulating Communities: The Tactics and Strategies of Community Publishing (Lexington Books). It's the first-ever book about community and college publishing projects across the country, and we're honored to be a part of it.
133 SW 2nd Ave, Suite 304, Portland, OR 97204
503.796.9224 info@writearound.org
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"In these pages of a Write Around Portland anthology, you’ll encounter a number of voices that—without the efforts of this worthy organization—might not have been heard..."
- Paulann Petersen,
Poet Laureate of Oregon
"Write around Portland is an organization that makes me proud to be a Portlander. Their anthologies are amazing."
- Ursula K. LeGuin, author
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