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Published September 20, 2022 by Unsolicited Press

As a collection of pit stops – from childhood solitude to foreign corners and over to heartbreak – the poems in “I Still Go to Bed with Water” accept strange intimacy as the resting temperature. Yet not without humor or gratitude – and even Burt Lancaster – the poems remind us to keep our eyes open to what was and what is while contemplating the perfection of imperfect memory.

Listen at Marketplace: Lloyd Center in Portland, Oregon, is leasing to local small businesses to keep up foot traffic.

Read at The Guardian: The Sports Bra in Oregon seeks to address the glaring gender imbalance in sports coverage by focusing solely on women’s games

Listen at Marketplace: Faced with an affordable housing shortage, COVID-19 restrictions and wildfires, Oregon started funding a program to purchase hotels and motels to shelter the unhoused.

Read at The Guardian: Meals 4 Heels is offering healthy late-night takeout for sex workers and strippers, and it’s just part of a discussion on wellness and working conditions in the industry

Listen at Marketplace: The Transgender Health Program at Oregon Health & Sciences University is training medical providers to increase much needed care for transgender patients.

Listen at NPR: This weekend fishermen and fishing women gather in Astoria, Ore., to read poetry. Their work explores the modern problems of the fishing life, including climate change and women’s safety.

Listen at Marketplace: On any given day, there are over 400,000 kids in foster care in the United States, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. A little more than half will find homes. For kids and parents making that transition, the Bridge Meadows housing community in Portland, Oregon is experimenting with inter-generational living to help the new families work.

Read at The Guardian: The medical marijuana market is in a downward spiral as businesses, lured by big money, shift to recreational.

Listen at Marketplace: Police use of force has come under scrutiny in recent years – especially in communities of color. It’s raised concerns around aggression – and how officers can control it. One police department in Oregon is turning to mindfulness as a possible solution.