Allison Green

Book cover of Birdbrains: A Lyrical Guide to Washington State Birds

Got my contributor copy of this book, and it is gorgeous. Thanks to Phoebe Bosché and Raven Chronicles for all the amazing work you do. @ravenchron.bsky.social

#pdxbookfest continues. Still not a war zone.

Theater marquee with book fest name on it.

My first #pdxbookfest!

South Park Blocks in Portland: trees with green and yellow leaves. Park benches.

Today’s Portland peace zone

Portland Peace Zone #NoKingsPDX

All quiet on the Western front in #WarRavagedPortland.

The crosswalk at Couch and 11th in Portland with the Powell’s sign.

An invading army of book buyers here at Powell’s in #WarRavagedPortland.

Book cover of Village Weavers by Myriam JA Chancy

Really loved this book, Village Weavers by Myriam JA Chancy.

I’m back. Did you miss me?

Protesters walking across the Hawthorne Bridge in Portland.

Portland OR #NoKings

A stranger at the protest said to me, “If something bad happens to me today, at least my grandchildren can say I was doing something.”

Congrats!

Poster says, Does Reading Make You Gay?

I hope so.

Box on wheels crossing a street.

There are all these delivery robots in LA.

A pile of eight books.

I feel like I was very restrained in the book fair at AWP this year.

A person’s hand holding a cup of coffee in the book fair.

My spouse keeps offering to spill coffee on the tables of publishers who have rejected my work. (AWP conference)

People walking into convention center. Above is a banner for Roxane Gay’s keynote.

Hello, AWP!

Wife and I celebrated our first-date anniversary today — 26 years. Reminisced about all our travels. Then decided we can’t travel internationally anytime soon because we can’t risk her being detained upon return. She’s a citizen, been here 45 years, never any legal trouble. Astonishing.

And we’re not going to travel internationally for now. Too risky coming back.

America is …. The birthday party we went to yesterday for the one-year-old child of Indian immigrants who live in our neighborhood. America is not …. demonizing immigrants and eliminating birthright citizenship. America is … a party where people from all over the world gather to toast new life.

Box of books titled Half-Moon Scar by Allison Green

Writer grief is getting rid of the copies of my 25-year-old first novel that I bought from St. Martin’s because they were about to be remaindered.

When your mom is on a Zoom call with a student whose smoke detector keeps beeping from a dead battery, you hide in the closet. #dogsofbluesky

My writing group meets tomorrow. A moment of calm community in the midst of the storm.

WHAT???

Been off Bluesky while my mom was in the hospital. (She’s fine now.) I’m glad she’s not cognitively aware enough to follow the news. She would be heartbroken.

Had dinner last night with friends who lived through Pinochet regime as children. They remembered their parents hiding books and music. They were told not to tell anyone what they read or listened to. I can’t imagine.

Cancelled our Prime membership today.

Grassroots college leader group resists anti-DEI legislation Education for All, a grassroots network of mostly community college leaders, is spreading strategies for how to resist anti-DEI bills and rhetoric.

Community college leaders standing up for equity. Washington State’s Pierce College is mentioned here. www.insidehighered.com/news/governm...

New York Times graph on LGBTQ identity — 1.4% lesbian.

I’m part of the 1.4%!

The cover of the book James by Percival Everett

I was not prepared for how funny some of this novel is. Also totally horrifying. Dominic Hoffman’s narration is outstanding.