Emilly Prado discusses education, trauma and writing out of passion
The Portland State alum examines the origins of her novel Funeral for Flaca
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On the front cover, a light pink coffin is decorated with yellow and orange flowers. Flames lick at the coffin, which is set against a dark background. On the back cover, a table is covered in a pink cloth, adorned with candles, photographs and food and framed by vases of marigolds an ofrenda, the traditional altar for Day of the Dead.
“[The cover] was like a blending of different rights of grief or passing. I like fire for its sense of cleansing,” said Emilly Prado, author of
This week, we re revisiting Angela Garbes s book
Like a Mother, blasting off to Mars with On the Boards, and visiting Hello Kitty s food truck in Bellevue. Images courtesy Bushwick Book Club, Getty images, HKC Truck
WEDNESDAY: MLK LABOR S MAYORAL CANDIDATE FORUM
We re just days out from the filing deadline for candidates running in city races. The 2021 election season is on, baby! This Wednesday at 6 pm, you can watch the who s who of Seattle mayoral candidates duke it out in the MLK Labor Council candidate forum. Stream it for free on Facebook. This is a key part of MLK Labor s endorsement process and whoever wins the Labor vote will likely make it far in the race. Candidates include architect Andrew Grant Houston, former state Rep. Jessyn Farrell, former City Council President Bruce Harrell, executive director of Chief Seattle Club Colleen Echohawk, current deputy mayor Casey Sixkiller, and current City Council President Lorena Gonzalez. Gonzalez is participating despite losing
Portland Is Getting the World s First Communal Zine Tricycle
Sarah Mirk is creating a hand-built âzine trikeâ that local creators can use to pedal (and peddle) their wares.
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Julia Silverman
5/15/2021 at 8:50am
One of Icicle Tricycle s 2021 model book trikes, which will serve as the model for Portland s first communal zine trike.
Like so much else during the pandemic, Portlandâs active zine subculture has been a little unmoored these past 14 months, unable to gather in person at traditional anchors like the yearly Zine Symposium, at which self-published makers and fans kibbitz, swap and sell. Â
âFor the last year and a half, I have not been able to get out and sell comics and meet people and do all that great stuff,â says Sarah Mirk, an occasionalÂ
Earth Day Oregon outlines April 22 fundraising campaign effort
PORTLAND, Ore. (KTVZ) Earth Day Oregon has announced that it is celebrating Earth Day on Thursday, April 22 with a campaign that partners 52 Oregon-based organizations with an anticipated 150+ businesses in Oregon.
Earth Day Oregon is a statewide collaboration between sustainably-minded businesses and nonprofits. The campaign drives donation dollars to partner organizations by fostering and promoting fundraisers, sales, and virtual events at sustainably-focused businesses on April 22.
Businesses donate a flat amount, or create opportunities for community engagement by donating a percentage of business sales on Earth Day. Earth Day Oregon will collectively promote these fundraising opportunities leading up to April 22nd through its website (https://earthdayor.org/) and social media channels.