These Are Strange Times, My Dear

Captures perfectly and intimately the crisis so many of us have felt since the first days of the Trump presidency: how do I live my life —with all of its personal joys and petty sorrows—while remaining an energized, active, and engaged citizen of the resistance and citizen of the United States Essays in Field Notes from the Republic have been published in journals such as The Los Angeles Review of Books , Oregon Humanities , New England Review , The Rumpus , Poetry Northwest , and Zocalo Public Square . Willis is a beloved writer based in Portland, OR, with strong ties to the artistic, media, and bookselling communities in the PacNW; Willis will be attending the PNBA Fall Regional Trade Show, as well as ALA Midwinter 2019 in Seattle