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On visiting every Oregon county (opens the original)
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In the middle of last year, I realized I’d been to many of Oregon’s counties, and decided to make a point of visiting them all. This month, just before I hit two years of living in Oregon, I achieved my goal. For those of you reading from the East, county sizes are very different out West. Oregon has 36 counties. The smallest is Multnomah, at 435 square miles, and the largest is Harney, at 10,135 square miles (larger than 6 U.S. states). So this was a goal I knew I could achieve, not a distant p
June & July 2026: A new decade, the Oregon desert, book news (opens the original)
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Combining two months into one since I had a lot going on when I usually write my newsletter! A lot happened. I finished an academic year (in a bit of a blur). I turned 30 and explored more of Oregon with someone who’s loved me for more than half of my life. And, the most exciting news, I got a book contract! My book, Rereading Rural America: Multiethnic Literary Landscapes, is under contract with the University of North Carolina Press, to be published likely in early 2028 as part of their Rural
100 Books That Defined My 20s (opens the original)
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As a person who has always had a complex about my birthday (not about getting older, about the day itself), the best way I knew how to celebrate turning 30 was by making a list of books that defined my twenties.It is a little annoying that America’s 250th is my 30th, a coincidence that occurred to me decades ago—but in thinking about that, I realized that when it first occurred to me, I didn’t really think I would make it to 30. There have been so many times that reaching this age was unimaginab
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