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  1. Street Books: What I learned from Ben

    My friend Ben likes chess and bad puns, and he cooks a mean pot roast on Sundays. He is a seasoned Dumpster diver, and his scores include a taxidermied armadillo (whom he calls Armando), and an ancient Spanish-English dictionary. He has a funny, wry wit a ...

    25 Sep 2014 - Laura Moulton

  2. Down and out in Old Town/Chinatown

    Looking up from 75 feet away I could see the three-day notice taped to my door. So on the ninth anniversary of nine eleven I’m eighty-sixed. Coincidence? You decide. The shock of the sudden transition:  In Old Town with a few spare clothes and a couple bl ...

    13 Sep 2014 - Ben Hodgson

  3. Ann Patchett: Book smarts

    The famed author and now independent bookstore owner wants to put paper books back into our hands With six novels and three books of nonfiction to her credit, award-winning author Ann Patchett has come a long way since she began her career as a staff writ ...

    19 Nov 2013 - Suzanne Zalokar

  4. Lives lived unconventionally connect author and readers

    Lives lived unconventionally connect author and readers by Laura Moulton, Contributing Writers In the early 1990s, in Provo, Utah, I worked at the Food and Shelter Coalition, in a worn two-story white house with a square of grass in front. In the main roo ...

    24 May 2012 - Street Roots

  5. Street Books brings a good read to people on the streets

    Street Books brings a good read to people on the streets This summer, Portland writer and educator Laura Moulton took it upon herself to bring a mobile library to the streets. Her project captured the attention of not only people experiencing homelessness ...

    12 Sep 2011 - Street Roots

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