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Small press recommendations from those in the know: some of Portland's finest small press authors pass along their favorite books.
Kimberly Warner-Cohen
(author of Sex, Blood and Rock 'n' Roll):
 I recommend Playing Right Field: A Jew Grows in Greenwich (Soft Skull). It's a smart, laugh-out-loud memoir by punk veteran and 9/11 health activist George Tabb.
Keith Rosson
(Avow zine):
 Any of Joe Meno's books (Akashic Press). The guy's unstoppable. I'm currently reading his re-released first novel, Tender as Hellfire, written when the bastard was only 23 years old. Jealousy ensues.
Jeremy Robert Johnson
(author of Angel Dust Apocalypse):
 I think the anthology Falling from the Sky (Another Sky Press) is wonderful. It's got a truly diverse range of stories (I'm talking bizarre experimentation to straightforward poignant lit); it brings together a global array of authors (with Portland being very well represented); and, I really dig the forward-thinking vision of the people behind the press.
Kate Lopresti
(author of The Constant Rider Omnibus):
 Pedal Power: A Legal Guide for Oregon Bicyclists (Bicycle Transportation Alliance) by Ray Thomas. If you ride in Oregon you should know the rules, and this book is an excellent resource.
Carlton Mellick, III
(author of several books, including Punk Land):
 The Ballad of a Slow Poisoner by Andrew Goldfarb (Eraserhead Press). It's like if Dr. Seuss, Roald Dahl, and Edward Gorey collaborated on an adult novel with chapters that are only one paragraph long.
Mary Rechner
(author of Hot Springs):
 Clown Girl by Monica Drake (Hawthorne Books) is imaginative and fun. I also loved Oh Pure and Radiant Heart by Lydia Millet (Soft Skull). It's smart, philosophical, and haunting.
Erica Schreiner
(The Way Things Used to Be zine):
 Emma by Howard Zinn (South End Press). At the time, thought of as "the most dangerous woman in America," Emma Goldman's life reflected her beliefs in a way that can be an inspiration and an example for us all to live by. Howard Zinn's play is an excellent expression of Goldman's playful personality and passionate fight.
Geronimo Tagatac
(author of The Weight of the Sun):
 Archipelago Books' translation (by Bill Johnston) of Witold Gombrowicz's novel Bacacay.
How To Build the Ghost in Your Attic
by Peter Jay Shippy
Review
Peter Shippy's verse novel begins as all novels should, with a cow crashing through the ceiling of its first-person narrator. Other delights ensue. Pound said Mauberley was his condensed version of a Henry James novel: How to Build the Ghost in Your...
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McSweeney's #12
by Dave Eggers
Publisher Comments
Issue 12 is made up of three parts. The first and largest section consists entirely of new writers?new to us, probably new to you, and not even well-known by their own families.
Part two is a new story from Roddy Doyle, featuring Jimmy Rabbitte of...
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Portland Funbook 3
by Psilo Design
Publisher Comments
The 3rd installment of the Portland Funbook is on sale now. It's 80 artists and 12 songs worth of coloring, activities, and music from Portland's best artists and musicians. The book is an oversized 11 x 17 with a 7" vinyl record with 12 one-minute songs....
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The Zinester's Guide to Portland (2007): A Low/No Budget Guide to Visiting and Living in Portland, Oregon
by Shawn Granton and Nate Beaty
Publisher Comments
Shawn Granton (Ten Foot Rule) and Nate Beaty (Brainfag Comics) edited a really comprehensive guide of things to do in Portland, OR. Features tons of information on various neighborhoods, bridges, eateries, hangouts, bars, places that sell zines, and how...
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In Me Own Words: The Autobiography of Bigfoot
by Graham Roumieu
Publisher Comments
Roumieu, whose illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall
Street Journal, and The Progressive, reveals the hairy hominids's brave
struggles with eating disorders, casual cannibalism, and philosophical
quandaries ("Me once...
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Help! a Bear Is Eating Me!
by Mykle Hansen
Synopsis
Trapped in a remote Alaskan forest, pinned under his own SUV, gnawed upon by nature's finest predators, Marv Pushkin -- Corporate Warrior, Positive Thinker, Esquire subscriber -- waits impatiently for an ambulance and explains in detail the many reasons...
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Tales of Ordinary Madness
by Charles Bukowski
Publisher Comments
With Bukowski, the votes are still coming in. There seems to be no middle ground-people seem either to love him or hate him. Tales of his own life and doings are as wild and weird as the very stories he writes. In a sense, Bukowski was a legend in his...
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McSweeney's Quarterly Concern #15: McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Issue 15
by Mcsweeneys
Publisher Comments
Issue 15 is also known as the "Icelandic Issue." Printed in Iceland, half of the stories are written by actual Icelandic writers. And the kicker? It also comes with an Icelandic tabloid mini-mag filled with words you won't understand and images that...
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Jim Goad's Gigantic Book of Sex
by Jim Goad
Publisher Comments
"Jim Goad doesn't pull his punches. Brutally honest without worrying about being correct."-Chuck Palahniuk, author of Fight Club "Jim Goad is an amazing writer."-Margaret Cho, Salon.com The author of the notorious zine ANSWER Me!, Shit Magnet (Feral...
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Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy
by Tao Lin
Publisher Comments
"A revolutionary."-The Stranger "Stimulating and exciting."-The San Francisco Bay Guardian "Tao Lin writes from moods that less radical writers would let pass-from laziness, from vacancy, from boredom. And it turns out that his report from these places...
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Hymn California Signed
by Adam Gnade
Publisher Comments
Born and raised in San Diego, California, Adam Gnade enjoys swimming in rivers and lakes, driving at night, and drinking red wine out of mason jars. He currently lives in Portland, Oregon with two rescued pit bulls and considers himself a better than...
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