For readers who prefer madcap to claptrap, quixotic pranks to neurotic angst, Poe Ballantine is a literary tonic: Bittersweet, potent, and peculiarly entertaining.
California Calling split my heart open and reminded me how much immigrations matter, how much we all carry the traces of other worlds.
Frank Meeink’s book is a candid and captivating story of upbeat transformation of a raw racist into a courageous citizen which has much to teach all of us. Don’t miss it!
True Portland is more than a travel guide, it’s a curated experience.
Jenny Forrester has hit the mother lode.
24 June 2018, 7:00pm
Hollywood Theater, Portland, OR
Brief items of interest concerning our books and authors
Natalie Singer’s California Calling: A Self-Interrogation included in 5 summer beach read books by the Orange County Register
California Calling: A Self Interrogation by Natalie Singer
Singer’s memoir begins with a Joan Didion quote reminding us that “The prize was California” and a memorable first line, “My affair with California begins long before we meet.”...Forward
Mud, Formula and Effervescence: 10 Rules for Good Writing from Poe Ballantine in Writer’s Digest
Poet, novelist and short story writer W. Somerset Maugham said there are three rules to writing, but no one knows what they are. Funny, but not true. I’ve published seven books and hundreds of stories and essays, won a few prizes along the way,...Forward
Kristen Stewart’s first feature film is Lidia Yuknavitch’s memoir, The Chronology of Water. Kristen Stewart said, “I’m making the movie this summer…I’m going to write the best fucking female role.”
Close-up with Kristen Stewart, Feature Films Jury member
Festival de CannesWhat will your first feature film be about?
Kristen StewartI’m adapting a memoir. It’s called The Chronology of Water. Lidia Yuknavitch is from Portland. I love her...Forward
Hawthorne Books and authors live and in person
24 June 2018, 7:00pmFacebook Twitter
Please join Poe Ballantine, author of Whirlaway, who will be in town to promote his newest novel, Whirlaway, as well as for a screening the film based on his previous memoir Love & Terror on the Howling Plains of Nowhere. Ballantine will be joined by the film’s director Dave Jannetta and after the screening Ballantine and Jannetta will take the stage to discuss the film.
Observations on books and publishing
Posted by Liz Crain on 29 June 2017
Recently I spent a good amount of time watching the great PBS food series The Mind of a Chef. The show typically sticks with one chef for several episodes — shadowing them at their restaurant(s)...Forward
Posted by Liz Crain on 27 June 2017
Wow. What a party. Thank you so much to everyone who came out for our Hawthorne Books + Media Surf/Bridge Lab + Reverent Nat’s Hard Cider True Portland: The Unofficial Guide for Creative People book...Forward
Posted by Liz Crain on 02 February 2017
I had the extremely good fortune to be invited to speak at Tokyo’s first annual Fermentation Future Forum (F3) a couple of weeks ago. The forum was organized by cultural luminary Teruo Kurosaki and...Forward
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