by Guest Author | Feb 9, 2018 | Columns, Featured, Romance, The Reader's Perspective
With the Valentines’ Day buzz flitting about, Portland Book Review decided to reach out to our reviewers and ask them if they’ve any romances in their favorite reads. So, here are a few romances (old and new) that warm our hearts: The Princess Bride by...
by Guest Author | Aug 22, 2017 | Columns, Featured, Writers on Writing
I’ve noticed this magic that happens in the writing community. (It might not actually be magic, but in my world, there is a lot of magic. For instance, radio, television, Internet, telephones. How do they work? If you tried to explain it to me, you wouldn’t be the...
by Guest Author | Jul 27, 2017 | Art, Design & Photography, Interviews, Sponsored
Q. Graffiti artwork is something that many people dismiss or ignore. Do you believe more people should pay attention to the medium? Why is it worth their time? A. I believe that everybody should pay attention. Attention is the key in our lives. Graffiti or street art...
by Guest Author | Jun 20, 2017 | Columns, Featured, Writers on Writing
Earlier this evening my son and I were in the kitchen singing along with the Disturbed cover of “Sound of Silence.” A huge swelling outcry against the inability to connect with the world around you, that descending, inevitable trailing into loneliness. I looked up...
by Guest Author | May 30, 2017 | Columns, Featured, Writers on Writing
Magical Realism manifests as extraordinary events beside the real: sometimes we call it magical realism, sometimes speculative, sometimes slipstream, and sometimes fabulist. A rose by any other name, right? Whatever we call it, that innovative fiction is a fiction of...
