Author Archives: hereontheedge

Back from a whirlwind visit to San Francisco (photos below) — a packed house at City Lights Books, with special guests from the Fine Arts Group: Vladimir Dupre, 94, executive secretary of the Fine Arts, and Chuck Davis, 91, who … Continue reading →

After a heady month of being named a finalist for the $10,000 Dayton Literary Peace Prize, I’m now headed to San Francisco for two shows next week. Wednesday, Oct. 15, I’ll be at City Lights Bookstore, with two special guests: Vladimir … Continue reading →

Dear Friends of Here on the Edge, I am thrilled to announce that Here on the Edge has been named a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the prestigious award given annually to one book each in fiction and nonfiction. This … Continue reading →

Seven decades ago, Glen Coffield distributed copies of his second Untide Press book, and the first to use a letterpress printer. Coffield was still at Waldport when he signed the copy below, and an online search revealed a Priscilla Gipson … Continue reading →

A few days ago, I received an email composed of this simple sentence: July 25, 1944. On this date, 70 years ago, having declared my opposition  to all wars, I was inducted into Civilian Public Service Camp No. 46  at Big … Continue reading →

I just returned from a weekend conference at Fishtrap, in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon. The conference was celebrating the centennial of William Stafford’s birth, and there was a fair amount of conversation on war and peace, and the complex … Continue reading →

Just spent two days visiting with Chuck Davis, who came to Camp Angel in 1943 and taught the earliest Fine Arts members how to set type and run a press. In fact, he is the one who provided the first … Continue reading →

Had a great show in Yachats this past weekend — another full house, another box of books sold out. The interest and enthusiasm is truly humbling. There is a great scene being built at the Yachats Academy of Arts and … Continue reading →

On June 6, 1944, William Everson sat down at his desk in Civilian Public Service Camp #56 and articulated a vision for those who believed so strongly in peace that they refused to fight for it. Here are a few … Continue reading →

Here on the Edge is “fascinating, funny, and surprising on every page,” says Adam at Grass Roots Books, the locally-owned, independent bookstore in downtown Corvallis since 1971. That’s right: 1971. They’ve been doing business in a real store for 43 years. And now you can … Continue reading →

This past week, I was invited to visit some history classes at Toledo High School, a few miles inland from Newport on the Oregon Coast, and a two-hour drive from my home. The kids had been reading through 20th century history (remember, … Continue reading →

It has been an amazing spring break. After the show in Davis with Vlad Dupre (see below), I went over to the coast and gave a talk to the students at the current Camp Angell. They packed the gymnasium, listened … Continue reading →