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'Toad,' the predecessor to one of Portland's most famous novels, was culled from the archives of Lewis & Clark College, where it sat unpublished for the last 50 years.

The posthumous publication of a new novel, six years after Dunn’s death, is a chance to celebrate the bawdy originality of the author of the cult hit “Geek Love.”

Panama: A Haven for Nature Lovers Everyone knows the canal, but Panama, the diminutive land-bridge of a country, doesn’t seem to get the attention it’s due. Did you know Panama stretches east-west, and that the northern entrance to the canal from the Atlantic is actually farther west than where it meets the Pacific to the south? I lived there for a year, teaching English at a couple of universities, and found a boatload of natural sites to frequent, and the short driving distances meant I c...