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OUT standing just asking
What are your favorite types of summer activities,
especially those geared toward the gay community?
Qay Novelist in Our Midst
by Sarah Dougher
atthew Stadler is a gay
series called Taking
novelist who lives and
Place. The series,
works in Portland. He
which continues
has published four nov
through mid-Sep-
els and was the literary
tember, explores
editor of Nest Magazine, a now defunct
the role of place in
quarterly of interiors. He won a Lambda
the creation of art
award in 1999 for his novel Allen Stein,
across a variety of
and he is the editor at Clear Cut Press.
media.
Clear Cut is a subscription press that
Stadler
lives
features contemporary fiction as well as
with his friend
new art commentary. It has published the
Linea King and
catalog for the much-vaunted Portland
their son, Mikko, in
art exhibition Core Sample: Portland Art
North Portland.
Now as well as works of poetry fiction by
Stadlers novels
Charles D’Ambrisio and
are 1990’s Land
Stacy Levine, among
scape: Memory, 1993s The Dissolu
others.
tion of Nicholas Dee: His Researches,
Stadlers most recent
1994’s The Sex Offender and 1999s
appointment is writer-
Allen Stein.
in-residence at the
For more information about
Southeast
Portland
Clear Cut Press, go to www.clearcut-
restaurant Clarklewis.
press.com.
His position entails a
Taking Place: A Summer of Talks
simple exchange of
& Events runs through Sept. 12. For
goods and services: He
more information visit www.my.cal-
organizes monthly sym
endars.net/takingplace. jM
posia in exchange for a
modest culinary stipend.
OUTSTANDING identifies and
In addition, Stadler
celebrates the unique contributions
has recently been work
of the queer community to the larger
ing with colleagues
fabric of Portland life. If you
Stephanie Snyder of Reed College’s Cooley would like to nominate a person, place or thing
Gallery and Sam Gould of the collective Red76 to be featured in this column, e-mail
on an installation, discussion and performance sarah@jus unit. com.
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Photos by Marty Davis
K evin
H endrick
Business
Operations
Manager
My favorite sum
mer event this
year will be the
Basic Rights Ore
gon annual din
ner. This year’s
theme is “Studio
BRO.”
J esse
J ordan
Office Manager
What 1 enjoy
most is backyard
barbecues at
friends’ homes—
and admiring all
the vegetable
gardens.
Russ P ickens
Starky’s Bartender
S teve W heeler
Joq's Bartender
Peacock in the
Park was always
the main summer
attraction for me.
I am thinking
about going to
the C.C. Slaugh
ters street party
this year.
Gay Pride is the
only thing going
on—it can be
kind of boring
in Portland.
I’d like to see a
gay golf group
get together.
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