David Matthews Portable Bohemia

I’ll walk where my own nature would be leading —
It vexes me to choose another guide —
― Emily Brontë

Welcome to Portable Bohemia, a website and blog devoted to celebration of the artistic spirit and pursuit of the intellectual adventure.

The blog features essays, reviews, rants, screeds, ruminations, and on the good days maybe a measure of insightful commentary about books, cinema, art and culture, sports, and sundry other themes and topics. Matters of politics and current affairs are taken up as conscience and honest indignation dictate.

Check out the Gallery page for photographs. For the most part I point the camera and hope something good will come of it. I like to think that sometimes it does.

Update April 3, 2020. The Events page typically lists art openings, poetry readings, and other events of interest that are not happening these days. The page will be updated with alternatives such as virtual museum tours, online concerts, and ways to engage in political activism as they come to my notice. Thank you for your patience.

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​​Contact me if you have questions, comments, or information about upcoming events. I would love to hear from you.

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Subscribe to my semimonthly newsletter for timely commentary and a blog update with a list of recent posts. The newsletter is emailed to subscribers on or about the 1st and 15th of each month.

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Recent Newsletters

• May 15, 2021 / Vol. VI, No. 10

• May 1, 2021 / Vol. VI, No. 9

• April 15, 2021 / Vol. VI, No. 8

• April 1, 2021 / Vol. VI, No. 7

• March 15, 2021 / Vol. VI, No. 6

• March 1, 2021 / Vol. VI, No. 5

Announcements

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I am creating a newsletter archive page under the Archive tab. Not all of the old newsletters can still be accessed. Links to those that are still available will be added as I get to it. Perhaps this will prove useful. Or not.

Poems

​​You can find a sampling of my poems in the following publications:

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Adelaide Literary Magazine January 2018

Bangalore Review May 2018

The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature March 2012

Otoliths issue fifty-seven, southern autumn, 2020

Quill & Parchment (multiple issues)

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Websites of Interest

Activism

• Act for Democracy (an Indivisible group in Portland)

• Amnesty International USA

• Carter Center

• Everytown for Gun Safety

• Health Care for All Oregon

• Human Rights Watch

• Indivisible Oregon (Facebook)

• Indivisible Oregon (website)

• Swing Left

• Union of Concerned Scientists

• Vote Forward

​Arts

• Hannah Zhalih

• Hogan's Alley|the magazine of cartoon arts)

• Ilana Sol Filmmaker/Archival Researcher

• Jerry Pagane Artist

• Jim Darlington, Charleston, SC, Artist

• Maxwell Studios

• Rachel Matthews Design

Bookstores

• City Lights (San Francicso)

• Odd Bird Books (Columbia, SC)

• Powell's Books (Portland)

• The Source (Detroit)

• The Strand (New York)

• Tall Tales (Atlanta)

Coffee Dens, etc.

• Behind the Museum Café

• Cafe Delirium (Gresham)

• Nordaggio's Coffee (Tulsa)

• Park Avenue Cafe

• Shades of Brown (Tulsa)

• Vero Espresso House (Eugene)

• Village Coffee

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Fact Check

• American Press Institute

• Factcheck.org

• PolitiFact

• SIFT (The Four Moves) (a guide to sorting truth from fiction)

• Snopes

Film

• The Academy Theater

• Broadway Metro (Eugene)

• Cinema 21

• Circle Cinema (Tulsa)

• Hollywood Theatre

• Laurelhurst Theater

• Living Room® Theaters

• NW Film Center

Literary, Intellectual, Commentary

• Aeon

• The Dead Mule School of Southern Literature

• Open Culture

• PoetsWest

• Printed Matter Vancouver (Washington)

• Quill & Parchment

• Theresa Griffin-Kennedy (The Portland Daily Blink!)

• Words without Borders

News, Politics, & Current Affairs

• Axios

• The Bulwark

• Digital Polarization Initiative

• The Guardian

• Just Security

• Law and Political Economy

• Le Monde diplomatique

• Orange Street News

• Politico

• Pro Publica

• Vox

Running

• Portland Running Company

• Tulsa Runner

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