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Joe Kurmaskie is many things, The Metal Cowboy, a proud Portlander and the author of “A Guide to Falling Down in Public.” Read his interview in July’s Literary Arts feature.
In this month’s Visual Arts feature, we talk to Portland street artist mr SAY about his craft, the shifting reputation of street art and the battle against blank concrete.
This month’s visual arts feature is an interview with painter, illustrator and metalsmith Morgaine Faye. She currently has work on display at The Antler Gallery, with more coming on June 30 as part of the bi-coastal “Growth/Decay” exhibition.
This month in our literary arts section, an interview with Tim Hicks on his new novel “Last Stop Before Tomorrow,” its Prometheus anchor and climate change.
Read our interview with Portland poet A.M. O’Malley, whose new book is “Expecting Something Else” from University of Hell Press.
Our interview with Portland comic illustrator Jason Fischer, who discusses his collaboration with Bryan Lee O’Malley, his penchant for self-inclusion in his work and an early love of Japanese Manga.
Read our interview with Portland writer Peter Rock about his forthcoming YA novel, “Klickitat.”
“The first short story in ‘The Folly of Loving Life’ begins with a lover’s note from the narrator pleading for forgiveness after throwing her boyfriend’s favorite shirt in a free box on the curb and trying to throw his sneakers up on the powerlines.”