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Lin-Manuel Miranda

Lin-Manuel Miranda: Me at 16

He found storytelling inspiration in hip-hop, and he took his projects seriously back then – ‘so much more seriously than I do now’
By
Jane Graham
November 15, 2019
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Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams: His new album, his roots, and his photos of street paper vendors

The rock star’s latest photography project, ‘Homeless,’ highlights people who ‘fall between the cracks’
By
Rosemary Newton
November 15, 2019
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Anthony Hudson dressed as Carla Rossi

Grand Ronde Tribal member channels his alter ego into a new play

Anthony Hudson’s full-length production, ‘Looking for Tiger Lily,’ follows this quest to find validation as a Native artist and be at peace with a complex identity
By
Danielle Frost
November 8, 2019
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Brian May

Believe in yourself: What Brian May would tell his 16-year-old self

The Queen guitarist speaks out about struggling to ‘reprogram’ himself after school, dealing with depression, and Freddie Mercury
By
Jane Graham
November 1, 2019
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Bill McKibben portrait and "Falter" book cover

New Bill McKibben book: A tough message, but a tougher reality

BOOK REVIEW | ‘Falter: Has the Human Game Begun to Play Itself Out?’ Bill McKibben
By
Joe Martin
September 27, 2019
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Margaret Atwood

Margaret Atwood looks back at her teenage self

‘If I met the 16-year-old me now I’d think, what planet did you come from?’
By
Jane Graham
September 20, 2019
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Greg Rucka

Stumptown creator Greg Rucka never imagined his comic on TV

The Portland comic book author talks to Street Roots about the Timbers, social media, white supremacy and the new ABC adaptation of his private-eye series
By
Jason Cohen
September 20, 2019
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Pam Grossman

It was feminism that led her to witchcraft

‘Waking the Witch’ author Pam Grossman says her activism and her magic are intertwined
By
Casey Miller
September 20, 2019
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Aleen sitting in a chair that says "director" on the back

Healing takes center stage for young refugees

The youths see their writing come to life in the theater as part of Project Untangled, a program that helps them with their trauma
By
Casey Miller
August 23, 2019
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J Mase III

J Mase III lives life out loud

The trans queer poet and educator runs awQward Talent, which teaches the freedom to just ‘be’
By
Lisa Edge
August 23, 2019

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