Monica Drake Haunts Portland With Her New Short Story Collection

Published: May 12, 2016, 6:43 p.m.

Monica Drake is one of Portland\u2019s better known contemporary bards. Her 2007 novel "Clown Girl" followed a young woman navigating a scene not unlike Northeast Portland\u2019s famous Alberta St. Clown House. "The Stud Book," which followed in 2013, was a scathing, hilarious, and surprisingly tender meditation on how we create family.

This week, we had Monica in to tell us about her newest adventure: into the world of interconnected short stories. The book is called "The Folly of Loving Life."

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