CoverSpy PDX

A team of book nerds hits the coffee shops, parks, and bars to find out what Portlanders are reading now. A chapter of the agency based in New York City. Currently accepting new agents. Email: [email protected]. Portland, Oregon

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Notes from a Young Black Chef, Kwame Onwuachi (F, 30s, white blouse with black crosshatch pattern, chatting with another extra, Extra Holdings on a film set, Portland area)

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Slaughterhouse-Five, Kurt Vonnegut (M, 30s, purple button-down, gray hat with an orange brim, sitting outside on parking lot curb, Extra Holdings on a film set, Portland area)

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The Fifth Season, N. K. Jemisin (F, 30s, floral dress, working on a crossword, Extras Holding on a film set, Portland area)

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The Overstory, Richard Powers (F, 30s, blue mask, tank, floral-print maxi skirt, chatted with passerby who said she’d just finished that book, in line for berries at the Montavilla Farmers Market)

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Dance Dance Dance, Haruki Murakami (M, 30s, tee over long-sleeve waffle shirt, cords ripped at the knee, curly blond hair, nose-laughed every few pages, Starbucks)

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The Polar Bear Expedition, James Carl Nelson (M, 20s, black V-neck sweater vest over white button-up, black tie, black jeans, black Converse, PROBABLY a black coffee, Starbucks)

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Interview with the Vampire, @AnneRiceAuthor (F, 20s, @Sia half-blond, half-black hairstyle, black dress and boots, eating soup at the counter, Bipartisan Cafe)

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The Agents’ #FridayReads, October edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Fashion Climbing, Bill Cunningham (Agent Ampersand, Washington DC) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Difficult Women, Roxane Gay (Agent Bathwater, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Mars Room, Rachel Kushner (Agent Daily Double, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thirteen, Steven Cavanaugh (Agent Expat, London) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beartown, Fredrik Backman (Agent Eyre, Chicago) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Power, Naomi Alderman (Agent Pineapple, Boston) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You, Caroline Kepnes (Agent Cortado, Los Angeles) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Drawn to Sex, Erika Moen (Agent Prefect, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Transcription, Kate Atkinson (Agent Laundry, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Hate U Give, Angie Thomas (Agent Touchdown, Portland) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red-Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park, Marie Winn (Agent Sunshine, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Edinburgh, Alexander Chee (Agent Velocipede, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lethal White, Robert Galbraith (Agent Woollysocks, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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The Stand, @StephenKing (M, 20s, reading a battered paperback edition, unlaced boots, black puffy vest, analog watch, hand on coffee mug, @ObliqueCoffee)

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Hunger, Roxane Gay (F, 30s, at a butcher block table, glass of white wine, brown sandal clogs, bangs, black-framed glasses, Providore)

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The Tales of Beedle the Bard, J. K. Rowling (F, 10, purple T-shirt, colorful headband, holding book close, walking a few steps behind Mom, SE 28th and Ankeny)

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The Odyssey, Homer, trans. by Robert Fitzgerald (M, 30s, glasses, leafed through pages, then began, with mug of coffee at shared table, @CremaPDX)

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Sanpaku, Kate Gavino (M, 30s, trucker hat, flipping through pages and drinking cider, after author reading at @bookswpictures, Ford Food + Drink on SE 11th and Division)

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The Agents’ #FridayReads, August edition… ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Dud Avocado, Elaine Dundy (Agent Ampersand, Washington D.C.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Woman Who Smashed Codes, Jason Fagone (Agent Bridge, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Sky Is Yours, Chandler Klang Smith (Agent Brooklina, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Blindness, Jose Saramago (Agent Daily Double, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Scott Pilgrim vs the World, Bryan Lee OMailey (Agent Expat, London) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One Goal: A coach, a team, and the game that brought a divided town together, Amy Bass (Agent Eyre, Chicago) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Seas, Samantha Hunt (Agent Grasshopper, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Real Lolita, Sarah Weinman (Agent Laundry, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ After The Flare, Deji Bryce Olukotun (Agent Prefect, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Agent Saurus, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead (Agent Southpaw, Chicago) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Mars Room, Rachel Kushner (Agent Sunshine, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kitchen Confidential, Anthony Bourdain (Agent Touchdown, Portland) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Spinning Silver, Naomi Novik (Agent Woollysocks, New York) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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The Trial, Franz Kafka (M, 30s, butterfly tattoo on shin, knit cap, reading at tented picnic table with a mason jar of beer, Pod 28 food carts)

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Title Unknown, Author Unknown (M, 50s, under a black umbrella on a 91-degree afternoon, crossing 31st Ave on SE Ankeny)

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The Dorito Effect, Mark Schatzker (F, 20s, sunglasses, sitting on wall outside the Big Pink)