Nonfiction

Nonfiction

Stories exploring real people, experiences, and ideas grounded in our lived truth.

The Void Left from Protecting the Environment

In 1986, the 99th U.S. Congress pased the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area Act. I was too young to know what any of it meant but I felt the outcry and anger in the community, and I sensed the fear that permeated. I grew up hearing it called the "fucking Gorge Act" by all but a few.

Book Fanatics are the Best Fanatics

Litsy readers are an amazing resource for finding your next read... Or for bulking up your TBR In March of this year I stumbled across the book blogging platform Litsy, a mobile app-only

Accessible Only

Imagine what would happen if people stopped using platforms that failed to offer integrated accessibility by design. Not the option to turn on image descriptions or closed captioning or text-to-speech reader capabilities, but

Do They Know

She’s just another kid among the hundreds they have to shuffle throughout the year. Walking down the junior high hallways with headphones clamped firmly in place, avoiding contact by hugging the walls