Publications & Writers

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Current featured writer
Past featured writers
Virtual readings - video & audio
Our books & where you can buy them

Featured Writer Warren Gaston

Warren is a senior at Helensiew, an alternative high school in NE Portland. He couldn't believe the news when he heard a line from his piece would be the title of the fall Write Around Portland anthology, Blueprint to My Backbone. Though writing has always been a part of his life, he feels that this workshop has been a stepping stone to something greater. Click here to read his poem, Ode 2 Real, and an interview with Warren about his experience writing in community.

Featured Writers Archive

Read interviews with all of our monthly featured writers and about the impact Write Around Portland has had on their lives and communities.

Virtual Readings

Now you - wherever you live - can experience a taste of readings online with our short videos of writers reading their work and talking about their experiences writing in community. Click here to watch the videos and listen to our writers on the radio.

Published Anthologies

Write Around Portland is proud to publish the powerful, engaging writings of our workshop participants at the end of each network in high-quality and unique books. They are professionally designed by Precious Bugarin, and more than 80 volunteers help us put each book together. Our spring 2012 anthology will be released May 23.

The books are also available for $12 through our office (plus postage and handling, if you would like them mailed). Please us at 503.796.9224 for details. Copies of the most recent book are generally available for sale 1-2 weeks after their release at the following bookstores for $12:

Broadway Books – 1714 NE Broadway, Portland
In Other Words – 8 NE Killingsworth, Portland
Powell's City of Books – 10th & W. Burnside and powells.com
Powell's Books on Hawthorne - 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland
Reading Frenzy – 921 SW Oak, downtown Portland
St. John's Bookseller - 8622 N. Lombard, Portland
Talking Drum Bookstore/Reflections Coffeehouse – 446 NE Killingsworth at MLK, Portland

Some anthologies can also be checked out at the following Multnomah County Library branches: Capitol Hill, Gregory Heights, Gresham, Holgate, Midland, North Portland, Rockwood, St. John's, Woodstock and Central. You can also request a copy at your local branch.

Previous 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. Please call our office to place an order - 503.796.9224.

	Write Around Portland Anthologies by Year
2012	Title TBA (Spring, Vol 14, No 1) - will be released 5.23.12
2011	Still the Days Grow Longer (Spring, Vol 13, No 1) Street Roots' Israel Bayer's introduction HOTLIPS Pizza + Soda owner Jeana Edelman's introduction Moving or Still/En movimiento o quieto (Summer, Vol 13, No 2) PGE Foundation's Carole Morse's introduction Writer & workshop facilitator Stacy Brewster's introduction Blueprint to My Backbone (Fall, Vol 13, No 3) will be released 12.16.11 Clackamas Community College Instructor and writer Kate Gray's introduction Writer & workshop facilitator Kristin Steele's introduction
2010	The Top (Spring, Vol 12, No 1) Writer Margaret Malone's introduction Oregon Poet Laureate Paulann Petersen's introduction Follow Me, Move the World (Summer, Vol 12, No 2) Write Around Portland Co-Founder Ben Moorad's introduction Former Metro Council President David Bragdon's introduction Look Out On Your City/Mira tu ciudad (Fall, Vol 12, No 3) Workshop facilitator Phyllis Brown's introduction Willamette Week Publisher Richard H. Meeker's introduction
2009	North of North (Spring, Vol 11, No 1) Write Around Portland Co-Founder Liza Halley's introduction The Cracks in the Paint (Summer, Vol 11, No 2) Executive Director Robyn Steely's introduction More Than a Book (Fall, Vol 11, No 3) Author Dave Eggers' introduction
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)
2007	Called to Speak Stories/Inspirado a Contar Cuentos (Spring) Unexpected Metaphors (Summer) See the Water Rise/Ver Las Aguas Subir (Fall)
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
2005	*I Feel This Truth* (Spring) *The Sparkle in the Grit* (Fall)
2004	*Walking on Slant* (Spring) *Everyday Revolutions* (Fall)
2003	*Gifted with a Twisted Verb* (Spring) *All & Sundry* (Summer) *Stillness is the Opening* (Fall)
2002	*I Say What Is Real* (Spring) *Where the Mirror Explodes* (Summer) *The Roots of All the City's Lamps* (Fall)
2001	*The Silence Underneath All Sounds* (Spring) *To Pay My Way With Stories* (Summer) *Your Body And Warm Earth* (Fall)
2000	*A New Garden* (Spring) *Finding The Formula* (Summer) *The Pedestal of Everything Wonderful* (Fall)
1999	*Reflections in Ink* (Spring) *A City of Words* (Summer) *A Light to Reach* (Fall)