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Publications

Ashland Daily Tidings, feature, “Raw food means healthy food for Ashland family.” April 17, 2007. Feature on raw food author.

Ashland Daily Tidings, feature, “The Panda Club in the Year of the Golden Pig.” April 13, 2007. Feature on club for adoptive parents of Asian children.

LocalsGuide, essay, “Five in the Afternoon: In Spain, the Bullfight is more than a relic.” May, 2007. Personal essay about bullfighting in Spain. [page 8]

Ashland Daily Tidings, article, “Ashlander prepares for trip to southern Africa.” March 30, 2007. Feature on a woman’s plans for the Peace Corps in Zambia.

Ashland Daily Tidings, article, “Grief brought to numbers.” March 29, 2007. Feature on a ‘poetry therapist.’

Ashland Daily Tidings, article, “Sleep now in the fire.” March 23, 2007. Feature on fire jugglers.

Ashland Daily Tidings, article, “Locals tap medical supplies for sister city.” March 23, 2007. Feature on medical supply effort for Mexican city.

Ashland Daily Tidings, article, “Wolf & Son plans to leave Ashland.” March 17, 2007. Business article on a long-term local company.

Ashland Daily Tidings, article, “School board looks to coming construction.” March 14, 2007. News article on post-bond activities in school district.

Ashland Daily Tidings, article, “Tennis club to remain for the people, now of the people.” March 8, 2007. News article on member buy-out of popular athletic club.

Ashland Daily Tidings, article, “Festival inspires desert decadence.” March 5, 2007. Feature on chocolate festival.

Los Angeles Times, article, “Cool truth about Crater Lake.” February 11, 2007. Travel feature on Crater Lake National Park in the Winte.

Medford Mail Tribune, column, “Memories of a Jacksonville gone by.” December 17, 2006. Essay on the changes in an Oregon town.

Foreign Policy, column, “Expert Sitings: Curt Hopkins.” May/June, 2006. Column on valuable and interesting online sites.

Los Angeles Times, article, “The Bard rises from Ashland.” February 12, 2006. Travel feature on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and environs.

News.com (CNET), op-ed, “Blogging to be free.” August 16, 2005. Editorial on the use of blogging in human rights activism.

Los Angeles Times, op-ed, “Fighting for Freedom of the Keyboard.” March 14, 2005. Editorial on the beneficial qualities bloggers bring to dissent.

National Post, op-ed, “A collective conscience for the wired world.” March 4, 2005. Editorial on the entrance of bloggers into the international free speech movement.

Oregon Business, article, “Lullaby to Broadway.” March 1, 2005. Business article on the trials and opportunities of downtown revitalization.

Oregon Business, cover story, “This Stage of Business.” February 1, 2005. Business article on the unique management style of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Reuters, article, “TV’s Distress Signal Creates Real-Life Drama.” October 19, 2004. News article on “rogue television.”

Reuters, article, “Democrats, Republicans Charge Vote Improprieties.” October 13, 2004. News article on voter registration fraud.

KLCC-FM (NPR), Over forty radio news reports, interviews and commentaries between March and October 2004, including:

Latinamerica Press, interview, “‘The economic situation of most people has worsened.’” January 23, 2004. Interview with the Secretary General of El Salvador’s opposition Marxist FMLN party. The original Spanish is here, “Líder del FMLN habla de los problemas y soluciones de El Salvador.”

Newsweek, news article, “Road Riches?” September 1, 2003. News article on Plan Puebla-Panama, the hemisphere’s largest infrastructure project, in Central America and southern Mexico.

Newsweek, news article, “Stitching Up a Deal.” June 2, 2003. News article on the Central American Free Trade Agreement.

Newsweek, news article, “Made in the USA.” June 2, 2003. News article on the formation of Salvadoran gangs.

San Francisco Chronicle, feature, “Sleeping with the Enemy in El Salvador.” July 27, 2003. Feature article on the new El Salvador.

Daily Times, April 1, 2003, news article, “Snowpack Still Below Normal.” News article on the Four Corners below average snowpack.

San Francisco Bay Guardian, feature, “Noisy art,” November, 1999. Arts feature on premier and live webcast of George Antheil’s 1924 symphony.

Quokka.com, feature, “Pile Up In Pomona,” October, 1999. Feature article on demolition derby for online sports portal.

Oregon Quarterly, feature, “A Circle of Words,” Spring, 1998. Feature article on Warm Springs Reservation’s language reclamation program.

San Francisco Bay Guardian, feature, “Beginings, Birth/Rebirth, and The New World,” May, 1998. Literary feature on 5 Finger Review literary magazine.

Miami New Times, feature, “Psychotronic Reaction,” March, 1998. Feature article on band The Cramps.

San Francisco Bay Guardian, feature, “Pantyhose Junction,” February, 1998. Travel feature on strange wayside.

Miami New Times, review, “Todos Tus Muertos,” February, 1998. Review of Spanish rock-en-espanol band.

Miami New Times, review, “Ay Califas,” February, 1998. Review of rock-en-espanol compilation.

New Times Broward/Palm Beach, review, “Athens At Night,” January, 1998. Review of JC Hopkins album.

New Times Broward/Palm Beach, review, “Square,” December, 1997. Review of Orange Peels album.

New Times Broward/Palm Beach, review, “Pasiones, Torturas y Otros Misterios,” December, 1997. Review of rock-en-espanol album by Maria Fatal.

New Times Broward/Palm Beach, review, “Frontera Azul,” December, 1997. Review of rock-en-espanol album by Ley De Hielo.

New Times Broward/Palm Beach, review, “Zoot Suit Riot,” November, 1997. Review of swing album by Cherry Poppin’ Daddies.

Salon.com, feature, “Among The Gypsies of Spain,” November, 1997. Travel feature on the Gypsies of Granada, Spain.

Oregon Quarterly, feature, “Mighty Opposites,” Summer, 1997. Feature article on the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, on Ashland, and on the area’s changing dynamics.

San Francisco Bay Guardian, feature, “The Lost World,” May, 1997. Travel feature on Oregon roadside attraction.

San Francisco Bay Guardian, feature, “Disaster Factory,” November, 1996. News feature on jail conditions and lawsuits in San Francisco. (Nov. 20, 1996).

San Francisco Bay Guardian, short feature, “Mojave Insult,” November, 1996. News feature on exclusion of Indian tribes from DPA debate. (Dec. 4, 1996).

Allstar, feature, “Powwow,” 1996. Feature article on the increasingly popular Native American powwow music for online magazine.

Huh, feature, “Robot Wars,” November, 1996. Feature article on annual high-tech smash-up derby.

Huh, feature, “Running with the Devil,” October, 1996. News feature on damage suit against Slayer by the parents of a slain girl.

Allstar, feature, “Night of the Donut,” September, 1996. Feature article on the mystery of the donut shop.

Huh, feature, “Incredibly Strange Wrestling,” August, 1996. Feature article on SF’s wrestling hoedown.

Huh, feature, “The Sound and the Stanley,” June, 1996. Feature article on SF’s Audium installation.

Independent Newspaper Group, news, features, profiles (at least five per week Nov. ‘95 — September ‘96).

Cascade, feature, “A World Beyond Borders,” Autumn, 1995. Article on Professor Alec Murphy and geography as a tool to shaping political policy.

Oregon Business, article, “Partners and Adversaries,” October, 1995. Article on debate over growth in Oregon.

Horizon Air, CEO profile, “Robert McDowell,” August, 1995. Profile of StoryLine Press’ CEO.

Oregon Business, feature, “Barn Poetry,” July, 1995. Article on Oregon non-profit publishing house StoryLine.

Willamette Week, travel story, “Road Trip,” June, 1995. Travel article on out-of-the-ordinary destination.

Oregon Quarterly, essay, “Swan Song,” Spring, 1995. Opinion piece on the influence of the media on Seattle’s rock scene.

Horizon Air Magazine, CEO profile, “Valued Assets,” April, 1995. Profile of a Western Bank CEO, Georges St. Laurent.

Oregon Business, global marketplace story, “Oregon Has the Beat,” April, 1995. Story on Oregon independent recording industry.

Oregon Business, global marketplace story, “Good Vibrations,” March, 1995. Profile of innovative company, Acoustic Sciences Corporation.

Horizon Air Magazine, CEO profile, “Making Sense,” October, 1994. Business profile of Ken Smith, CEO of the Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs.

The Rocket, reviews, “Sugarboom: Planer,” and “Zoom: Helium Octipede,” August 10, 1994. Record reviews; CDs.

Oregon Business, key industry story, “Growing the Business of Sports,” June, 1994. Business story on sporting goods in Oregon.

Horizon Air Magazine, article, “Sole Saving,” June, 1994. Business article on Portland company, BioArch 3, and Clyde Drexler.

The Rocket, reviews, “Billy Jack: Randy Miller,” and “Various Artists: 3,” June 8, 1994. Record reviews; singles.

The Rocket, profile, “Billy Jack,” June 8, 1994. Band profile.

Oregon Quarterly, cover story, “Walking in Two Worlds,” Winter, 1993. Story on the economic successes of the Warm Springs Tribes.

Oregon Quarterly, profile, “King of the Infomercial,” Winter, 1993. Profile of John Ripper, developer of the infomercial.

Raygun, interview, “It’s Greg Sage Talking,” September, 1993. The Wipers, influential rock group.

Oregon Quarterly, profile, “Salt of the Earth,” Autumn, 1993. Profile of Admiral David Jeremiah, Vice-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs.

Oregon Quarterly, profile, “Committed: Anne Curry at Sunrise,” Summer, 1993. Article on NBC News at Sunrise’s Anne Curry.

Oregon Quarterly, profile, “George Hitchcock,” Summer, 1993. Alumni profile of publisher and writer George Hitchcock.

Seattle Times/Pacific Magazine, cover story, “The Ends of the Earth,” June 6, 1993. Sunday magazine article on the image of the Northwest in popular culture.

Oregon Business, article, “Thinking on Your Feet,” April, 1993. Business article on Portland company BioArch 3.

Oregon Quarterly, cover story, “The Last Weird Place,” Spring, 1993. Story on the image of the Pacific Northwest in popular culture.

Oregon Quarterly, article, “Endangered Languages,” Winter, 1992. Article on indigenous language preservation at the UO.

Emergency Horse, column, “Harsh 1,” Winter, 1992. News and opinion column.

Emergency Horse, column, “Harsh 2,” Autumn, 1992. News and opinion column.

Oregon Quarterly, profile, “Robert Grudin,” Autumn, 1992. Profile of writer and professor, Robert Grudin.

The Rocket, article, “Now William,” September, 1992. Article on Oregon rock groups.

Emergency Horse, feature, “My Life on the Holy Mountain,” Summer, 1992. Travel memoir on life with the Gypsies of Granada, Spain.

The Rocket, profile, “Heather Perkins,” July, 1992. Profile of guitarist, Heather Perkins.

Emergency Horse, review, “Crazy, Mensch,” Spring, 1992. Review of San Francisco’s New Klezmer Trio.

The Rocket, profile, “Oswald 5-0,” May, 1992. Profile of rock group.

Emergency Horse, interview, “Tales from the Crip,” January, 1992. Interview with cartoonist John Callahan.

Emergency Horse, humor column, “Ask the Old, Insufferable Car Idiot.” December, 1991-April, 1993.

For creative publications see Creative Publications page.