Special Section Doyenne of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and Chinese-American author of Hunger, Inheritance and her newest, All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost. She appears 1 pm Saturday with Aimee Bender on the Pow ...   More

Special Section Lauded Boise-based story spinner (The Shell Collector, About Grace, Four Seasons in Rome and Memory Wall) and Boston Globe science book columnist. He appears at noon Saturday as part of the “Why ...   More

Special Section Political cartoon powder keg and recent president of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists; his latest book, The Anti-American Manifesto, debuts Oct. 11. He appears 3 pm Saturday with Matt ...   More

Special Section Berkeley grad behind Anywhere but Here and, more recently, My Hollywood, biological sister of Steve Jobs, and namesake of Homer Simpson’s mom (Mona was married to Simpsons writer Richard Appel). ...   More

Special Section This American Life radio staple, essayist and all-around funny man. He appears 4 pm Saturday on the Powell’s stage and at the Wordstock edition of Live Wire! at 8 pm Saturday. What are your favo ...   More

Special Section The New Yorker behind Motherless Brooklyn and The Fortress of Solitude; MacArthur genius grant recipient. He appears 3 pm Saturday on the Powell’s stage and 8 pm Saturday at the Workstock editio ...   More

Special Section After he finished offending everyone with his epic dirty joke movie The Aristocrats, the author/director/stand-up comic spent his time interviewing other comedians in green rooms for his new book &iex ...   More

Special Section STAIN ART: Rio Wrenn works with rust and fabric in her Portland workshop. IMAGE: mikelarremore.comOnly in Portland would pre-soiled panties be considered a good idea. But that’s what artist and ...   More

Special Section OUR BARD IN CHINA: Actor/director Joseph Graves has worked with Peking University, Oregon Shakespeare Fest and Knight Rider. IMAGE: mikelarremore.comThe Iliad, Homer’s epic poem of the Trojan w ...   More

Special Section GRAHAM BACKER: Longtime Portland choreographer Josie Moseley. IMAGE: mikelarremore.comWhy, when the dance industry is so heavily populated by women, are so many men company directors and choreographe ...   More