Buck Around

Go forth with wonder, that’s the key to existence, an insistence that there is always more to know. Curiosity is my radar, I can’t imagine moving in any other way. Sometimes I ask questions, sometimes I am in the background watching, but either through sound or silence I am gathering, and I feast in this consumption.

—Mynheer Peeperkorn

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Author Corner: Mike Vos

Photographer Mike Vos talks being inspired by literature, colorblindness, happy accidents, and more

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An Indescribable Distance from Tomorrow

It’s always springtime in Palladium.

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Grandpa’s Blood

Frank Jr. finds himself at a new horizon.

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Tears Are Everywhere Book Trailer

“There are tears at the heart of things.”

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Three Generations

Three generations in one body, on one page.

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Annihilation for Beginners Book Trailer

“Life begins on the other side of despair.”

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Tiny Gesture: a Conversation with Eileen Myles

Archiving then and now, writing schools, Alice Notley, fathers and imperialism, sex and chakras.

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Off Starboard

All aboard for a curious ferry ride.

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Odd Guide to the Flowers of Portland Book Trailer

Transcend realism and deepen your floral relationships.

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The Pinnacle Book Trailer

“Not a single moment passed where the tower wasn’t growing.”

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Behind the Scenes of Hal: The Live Musical

A sneak peak of a show bringing the Hal cinematic universe to life (and song!)

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In Search

A trip to Taku B, our most formidable alpine glacier.

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A Woman’s Search for Meaning: On Motherhood and Writing the Self

Self-discovery through autofiction.

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About the Cover of Gorge

Learn more about the look of the book for Buckman Journal: Gorge.

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Minding the Gap: the Future of the Burnside Bridge

Past, present, and a hopeful future of our city’s beloved bridges.

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Party 4 u

Gatsby as party novel, and party as transcendent container.

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Metamorphic Door Book Trailer

“when the doors open to lots of beauty, that’s what I like…”

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Crossings

Poetry meets music meets dance, multimedia delirium ensues.

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(Industrial) Central Eastside

A dispatch from The Central Eastside, a Buckman neighborhood staple.

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Morocco

Tiara Darnell recounts her first Eid el-Kabir in Morocco.