s tax time approaches, and the spending on the Iraq war continuing to grow, many people have expressed concern about paying taxes to continue to fund the war.

But one group of Portlanders have been refusing to pay war taxes for a long time.  They are part of a national movement known as War Tax Resisters.

 Poet, teacher and bookseller talks about what attracted him to poetry, the importance of reading poetry and what we can learn from a "bad" poem. 

Poet, creative non-fiction and fiction writer Floyd Skloot talks about his evolution as a writer, the line between fiction and non-fiction and writing as a process of discovery. For more information about his work, visit www.floydskloot.com

Writers on Craft: Charles Yu

Writers on Craft: Maile Meloy

Maile Meloy is a short story writer, essayist and novelist. Recently she published her first children’s book, THE APOTHECARY. In this interview she talks about what attracted her to writing a book for children, the ways in which children’s and adult books are different and her process for writing novels.

Writers on craft: Octaviano Merecias-Cuevas

Octaviano Merecias-Cuevas is a trilingual Mixtec poet. Born in Oaxaca, Mexico. He holds an MA in Contemporary Hispanic Studies from The School of Language, Culture and Society at Oregon State University. In this interview he talks about how he became a poet, language activism and the process of writing in three languages.

Writers on Craft: Ismet Prcic

Writers on Craft: Anne Enright

Writers on Craft: Jennifer Egan

 Writers on Craft: Carolyn Conahan