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Blah, blah, blah blah, liberal blah blah blah Blah, blah…read morecloset Republicans blah, blah, blah, blah Blah. Blah, Blah!!! Bullies, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, BLAH BLAH !!!

Some of the best literature that you have never read is being published by this impressive literary…read moremagazine. Most of the writers published in this quarterly aren't aiming to be The Next Big Thing In The Publishing World, although they certainly have the talent to become just that. They're writing for writing's sake, and their work reflects that fact. Usually themed, Tin House Magazine packs a punch with its unique offerings in fiction, poetry and the art of the essay. It's a wonder that this magazine isn't available on newsstands everywhere, but then again its Fall 2009 issue, the doubly-themed "Hope/Dread," featured a brilliant sun on one side and a menacing devil on the other, and the literature was chosen accordingly. Try putting that out there on the same rack with Cosmo and see which one sells faster. But then again, Tin House isn't about sales, at least not in the conventional publishing sense. They are all about good literature, and they're not afraid to publish good literature. In a world gone mad - or at the very least, dominated by popular fiction that's often not worth the paper it's printed on - Tin House is a breath of fresh air. Sometimes strange, often different, usually thought-provoking air, but fresh air all the same. Can I get an "Amen" to that?

This is one of the best literary creative writing publications in the US! It comes out quarterly…read moreand always has amazing reads. And one of the draws is their summer workshop which has readings each night for an entire week from the likes of Aimee Bender, Steve Almond, Jim Sheppard. Students and literary fans come for workshops from all over the country. It doesn't get better to sit at the bog at Reed while your most favorite authors read their work! And I almost feel like I am at adult summer camp or some Ivy League east coast campus for that one week in July!

If you're reading your local alternative weekly for hard-hitting national news stories or…read moremuckraking journalism, you're doing it wrong. You know that this is a free paper and actual journalism costs money, right? This is a newspaper for people who get their news online, but want a piece of paper to physically flip through while sitting at a coffee shop ogling the hot tattooed denizens of Portland and figuring out what bands to see next. As far as I'm concerned, the Mercury is mainly arts, entertainment, events, and a bit of local political coverage, and if you expect anything much more substantial you're going to be disappointed. I read the Mercury for movie reviews, One Day at a Time (HILARIOUS), Savage Love, I, Anonymous, show listings, restaurant reviews, and the event calendars. It was one of the first alternative weeklies I read, and it almost always made me laugh. When I lived in San Francisco and Boston I was quite disappointed in the local weeklies because they took themselves way too seriously and were rarely funny or relevant. I know what's going on in the world because I read about it in my news feeds online, and oftentimes it's fucking depressing as hell. I don't really need my local weekly to remind me of that; I just want it to entertain me and educate me about how best to enjoy this lovely town we live in. If you want more muckraking local journalism, you probably should have subscribed (yeah, paid money) to a local paper like The Oregonian about 10 years ago, so they didn't have to cut their staff and content down to virtually nil. If you want serious reporting on world affairs, subscribe to a large newspaper like the New York Times. Just don't read this newspaper you got for free and then whine about how much of your time you wasted reading it. P.S. I should probably disclose that in possibly his last official act on Twitter, Frank Cassano propositioned me through the Mercury's Twitter feed. And I married the guy who wrote (and originated) the video game column, "Geek Out," so maybe I have a conflict of interest.

I don't know what that dude Andrew C. is talking about. The Mercury covers nearly no national news…read moreat all. It's all local. And yes it is not the brother of the WW. Not even close. Apples and oranges. It is what it is. It is our cities young arts and entertainment paper. Covering local news stories that major newspapers won't cover. Snark, sass, in depth coverage of local music and art.

Just Out is a very well put together bi monthly magazine that caters to the LGBT community in the…read morePortland area. It covers topics going on in the city as well as performance arts and design. A well put together magazine!

Just Out is a bi-monthly (no pun intended) local newspaper here in Portland that emphasizes GLBT…read morenews and issues, but is a great read for anyone who enjoys great writing and (occasionally) risk-taking journalism. My company (a high-end car dealership) has advertised with Just Out for several years, and this review is limited to my experience advertising with the paper. I love reading it too, but that's another review.... What we sell, primarily, is the high end of mid-range cars. BMW 3 series, Audi A4's, Volvo's, C-Class Mercedes, etc. We've tried several ad venues over the years; what we've found is that in addition to the flexibility, attention to our needs, and on-the-spot professionalism we've experienced with the Just Out staff, the return is simply unbeatable. Every time one of our Just Out ads comes out, our phone rings -- and we are able to connect with people who want to buy our cars. I think our success with Just Out has a lot to do with their demographic, which is both relatively better educated than average and relatively wealthy, and our style -- Just Out's readers are smart and looking for both value and quality -- but if you can please their readers consistently, they will send you more business than you can handle. When you're considering the circulation vs. $$, they seem a bit pricey, but if you look closely at the return (as all of us business owners have done these last two years, if we're still business owners) you'll see that they're the most effective and cheapest way to get your name and your product/service out there. We'll continue to advertise with Just Out as long as they continue to rock like they have for us. Personal props to Larry Lewis, the sales director, for all the time he's taken to give honest feedback on our ads, and his staff who have helped him make our relationship so successful. Oh, and if you're wondering if you have to be a gay business to advertise, the answer is no. You should know a guy who knows a guy who knows how to speak "gay", though.

Home delivery leaves much to be desired. If the carrier doesn't feel like coming, then you don't…read moreget your paper. And, if you don't call, you're just out of luck. We live in a rural area that sometimes gets snow, and if there's just the least bit of snow, no paper. This is very frustrating, because we only get the Wednesday/Sunday paper, so like yesterday, we failed to get our New Year's Day paper. It's not like this area is a mystery...the carrier should have known what they were getting into when they took this route. If you can't drive in the snow, don't take the route! I mean, even the garbage trucks manage to get up here every week no matter what! The best part is, when you call to report the missing paper, they gladly offer you a credit instead of getting you the paper! Well, the New Year's day paper is one that might actaully be interesting, so I want it, but no such luck. :(

I've been reading the Oregonian since I moved to Oregon in 1978. It was a vital part of life in…read morethose years, but it is only a shadow of itself today. Paper delivery to the home, a hallmark feature of newspapers, has been cut back to 4 days a week with an electronic version offered as a substitute. The internet offering id substandard when compared to other sites. They could hire someone with skills to correct the continuing errors, but they do not. Clearly, they do not care about their product or their subscribers.