Matthew Stadler is the author of four novels and the editor of local publishing house Clear Cut Press. He also is active in the visual arts world (he co-curated last fall’s Portland Modern group show at Disjecta), organizes a popular dinner-speaker series for visiting authors called The Back Room, and writes for magazines like Dwell and Artforum. He also is a frequent speaker.
In addition to all this, Stadler has developed an enduring fascination with Beaverton, both its individual history and offerings as well as the wider suburban American transformation going on today. Stadler calls Beaverton “…a cul de sac of ghosts amidst rivers of traffic.” But he also believes fervently in this suburb’s ability—like any place or work of architecture—to reinvent itself as something beautiful.
Stadler spoke of this and other related topics in a recent speech in Seattle now available to watch and listen to online, which I heartily […]
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