The Community: Writings About Art In and Around Portland 1997–2016
by Jon Raymond

The Community: Writings About Art In and Around Portland 1997–2016 is a collection of twenty years' worth of reviews, essays, interviews, and profiles by Portland-based novelist and screenwriter Jon Raymond. Artists discussed include Michael Brophy, Storm Tharp, Jessica Jackson Hutchins, Chris Johanson, Malia Jensen, and many more, in pieces drawn from Artforum, Bookforum, Tin House, Modern Painters, Plazm, and The Organ Review of Arts. A time-lapse portrait of a small, emerging city's artistic scene, The Community is a piecemeal investigation into the nature of art in a regional milieu. This collection is, by turns, an ironic, moody, and bemused meditation on the abiding character of the author's hometown and stands as a significant addition to the small collection of public documents addressing the history and politics of art in the Northwest.