PROFILE: Word Virus Books, Portland Oregon

Portland's new & used bookstore wants real ones only—and that means you

PROFILE: Word Virus Books, Portland Oregon Portland's new and used bookstore attracts multidisciplinary artists and writers across the city Edy Guy and Zona Motel Jan 26, 2026 28 8 11 Share Words and photos by Edy Guy At first, Chadwick of Word Virus said they—him and Carly, owners of the bookstore—did not want to be recorded, and I said that’s fine, it’s really only for my writing purposes anyway, so eventually they folded and told me to stop in so “we could sit down and do some voice emanations into a recorder.” (You can see right away we were having fun.) Why wouldn’t they care to be record

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