Astorians, Eccentric and Extraordinary
In 1993, The New Yorker published Calvin Trillin’s memorable article on the eccentric Flavel family of Astoria, the descendants of Captain George Flavel, whose ornate...
Best Essays NW
In this thoughtful collection of essays, some of the region’s most notable authors join fresh new literary voices in an exploration of life in the...
No Small Potatoes
In 1960 when twenty-five-year-old Al Reser became president of the potato salad manufacturing business which his parents began in their Oregon farmhouse kitchen ten years...
Skeena River Fish and Their Habitat
British Columbia's Skeena River is one of the great salmon rivers of the North Pacific. The river and its fish have supported indigenous peoples for...
Tough by Nature
For close to twenty years, Lynda Lanker has been immersed in a vast and unprecedented artistic undertaking. While, historically, scores of artists have roamed the...
American Dreamers
Ken Austin rose from humble roots in rural Oregon to build a multi-million dollar international business, guided by a core set of principles and the...
Sap in Their Veins
In 1972 David Paul Bayles left the suburbs of Los Angeles for a summer job as a logger. Then, instead of heading off to photography...
C.S. Price
C.S. Price: A Portrait chronicles the life and work of an early Portland modernist painter (1874-1950), who emerged in the 1930s and '40s as a...