Author Author is an occasional feature of interviews with authors in Portland, either on tour or local writers. Ed Goldberg has been conducting these interviews for almost 20 years. Each interview discusses the author’s current work, thoughts and process for writing.
March 8, 2018
I have known Phil Margolin for more than 20 years. Not only is he a successful and best-selling novelist, he is happy to support and encourage other local writers. Like me. Our friendship has survived a less-than-glowing review I wrote for the Oregonian many years ago, because Phil is a nice man. His latest book is… More
February 23, 2018
Carl Wolfson has been a stand-up comic on the circuit since 1980. In addition, he has hosted progressive political radio talk shows for the lamented Air America and our local KXRY. His family moved to South Jersey in 1963, and became Phillies fans. In 1964, the team blew a first-place lead to finish out of… More
January 31, 2018
WARNING: This interview contains frank discussions of sexual behavior and drug use. If you feel you might be offended, please do not listen. Thank you. Erica Garza’s essays have appeared in Salon, Narratively, BUST, Good Housekeeping, and the Los Angeles Review, among other publications. She holds an MFA in nonfiction writing from Columbia University. Getting Off, her memoir on sex addiction,… More
January 19, 2018
Lili Ristagno is a Portland writer, artist and performer. She has been a dancer both with artistic dance companies and in go-go bars. Ristagno’s latest illustrated true crime novella, Death Valley 69, set in that darkly weird period at the birth of the 1970s. The focus is on the Manson family. A caution: some of… More
Gary Rogowski, the Director of The Northwest Woodworking Studio, opened the doors of his shop to offer classes to the public in 1997. As a teacher and builder of fine furniture in Portland since 1974, he has a wealth of information and knowledge to share with others. His goal in opening the Studio was to… More
January 10, 2018
Portland author Bill Kroger’s latest book 13 Months in Vietnam, stands apart from other books that are heavy into the seriousness of war. The last thing any of these four young men wants is to kill someone. As with most young men away from home for the first time, they get into trouble, all sorts of trouble, with… More
November 16, 2017
Sally Stember is a local playwright who has begun turning her dramas into novels. Cate Darringer is the eponymous girl, and focus, of this book. She is a feisty kid living in the Oklahoma territory in the 1890s. Never a dull moment in Cate’s world. I spoke with Sally at our studios at All Classical… More
November 2, 2017
I have known Elizabeth Fournier for almost 25 years. Like anyone who gets to meet her, I was surprised to hear that her ambition was to be a funeral director. Below is a paragraph from her website. We spoke about her book, The Green Reaper: Memoirs of an Eco-mortician. I live in a lovely, rural… More
September 22, 2017
I have known Cindy Brown, a local Portland author, since her first book, Macdeath, was published. (You can hear the interview on this site.) Her protagonist is Ivy Meadows, actress in local theater productions in Arizona, and an amateur sleuth. Cindy’s latest book is Ivy Get Your Gun. Was the shooting of an actor… More
September 8, 2017
I have been interviewing authors for almost 25 years, but this is the first time I have spoken with a writer who is a potential Nobel laureate. Salman Rushdie is an acclaimed novelist and writer of short stories and essays. He has won numerous prestigious awards for his work, including the Booker Prize and the… More