Kevin Sampsell has worked at Powell’s Books since getting hired as “temporary” holiday help in 1997. He’s now an events coordinator and the small press section curator. He also runs the long-running micro press, Future Tense Books. Besides his published writing, he has also contributed collage art to a numberContinue Reading

Oaktea has always been in love with every aspect of a book–from the design to its contents, everything contributes to the experience. She started making comics for the all-in-one art and words combination, and eventually started working in bookstores to feed her voracious habit, as well as her love andContinue Reading

Sarah “Kitty” McLeod-Martinez is an artist who can usually be found where she works: Powell’s City of Books in Portland, Oregon. When she’s not there or arting, she is probably hanging out with her wife or girlfriend, or trying to figure out which cord her cat has recently chewed through.Continue Reading