How to Leave a Place

26 Short Memoirs by Portland Writers We are doctors waitresses housewives and punks; grandmothers rockstars and runaways. We're third generation Northwesterners or we've only just arrived. We complain about the rain but we don't seem to mind it that much. We drink a lot of coffee and beer. We've been telling stories in one way or another for as long as we can remember. Collectively we are brilliant. We write rewrite edit and occasionally just start over. Sometimes we ignore the facts to tell the truth. Or we change names to protect the guilty. We bank on chance and skate on by. We are a community of writers who gather at The Attic on Hawthorne Boulevard in Portland Oregon. And we have a story to tell. Thanks for listening.