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Jonathan Bach
@jonathanmbach.bsky.social
Reporter covering housing and commercial real estate for The Oregonian

Author of "High Desert, Higher Costs: Bend and the Housing Crisis in the American West" https://osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/high-desert-higher-costs
I bought the first "Morisaki Bookshop" early this year and, thanks to its breezy style and tight character focus, ripped through it.

More "Days" ahead!
August 4, 2025 at 2:48 AM
Had time to kill in Salem the other day, so I went into the Book Bin. Big thanks to them for supporting "High Desert, Higher Costs"!

While it's largely about central Oregon, the book discusses Salem politics and its effect on housing.

#booksky
July 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Many thanks to Paulina Springs Books in Sisters, Oregon, for making "High Desert, Higher Costs" a book club pick next month in the run-up to the Sisters Festival of Books — which I am extremely excited to attend in September.

More info: www.sistersfob.org/book-club

#writersky #booksky #housing
July 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
I will read from "High Desert, Higher Costs: Bend and the Housing Crisis in the American West" in Multnomah Village in just a few weeks.

Thanks to Annie Bloom's for hosting!

A recent book interview: www.opb.org/article/2025...

Details: annieblooms.com/event/2025-0...

#writersky #booksky #author
July 24, 2025 at 1:55 AM
There are lots of great grafs in this Hua Hsu story on AI in colleges, but this is among my favorites:
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
July 23, 2025 at 2:57 AM
Picked up a RAT distortion pedal today and tested it out on #alterbridge "Open Your Eyes" 👍
July 22, 2025 at 5:53 AM
This is such a powerful image
July 13, 2025 at 9:29 PM
A Cedar Hills Crossing @powells.bsky.social's copy of "High Desert, Higher Costs" chilling in New Nonfiction today:

www.powells.com/book/high-de...
June 29, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Birmingham's mayor issues a statement on the news, first reported Friday on @oregonian.com, that Cornell Wesley will move to Portland to lead Prosper Portland:
June 29, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Pleased to announce I'll join a stellar lineup of authors (with more names TK) at the Sisters Festival of Books in September in Sisters, Oregon 🏔️🏔️🏔️

Details 👇
www.sistersfob.org

See you there! 📚

#Authors #Writing #WritingCommunity #WriteSky #WriterSky
June 24, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Living the good life
June 9, 2025 at 5:32 PM
👀 Dudley's Bookshop Cafe in Bend says "High Desert, Higher Costs" is one of its May bestsellers!

This is particularly exciting because I worked at Dudley's in high school, pouring espresso and selling books. ☕

dudleysbookshopcafe.com/item/UoKxUqZ...
June 5, 2025 at 3:40 AM
The rock face is clearly not smiling

(North Cheyenne Cañon Park)
May 30, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Heading to Colorado for a few days. Seems as good a place as any to try to finally finish this bad boy
May 27, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I am especially grateful to Brent Walth and Ryanne Pilgeram, two authors I admire, for providing feedback on "High Desert, Higher Costs: Bend and the Housing Crisis in the American West."

Find the book here: osupress.oregonstate.edu/book/high-de...
May 25, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Stoked beyond belief for the legendary Andy Giegerich and the Optdemics — and my wife Makenna, the cellist in the "welcome sprinkling of strings and brass" (!!!) in this @wweek.com write-up:
May 21, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Thank you to every reader of “High Desert, Higher Costs,” spotted in good company at Paulina Springs Books in Sisters, Oregon!

To those who've read it, I welcome your feedback on your platform of choice like Goodreads or The StoryGraph.

(Photo by Julie Carrico)
May 21, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Beyond flattered by The Source Weekly in Bend, which calls High Desert, Higher Costs "a shining example of solutions journalism."

www.bendsource.com/news/a-housi...
May 20, 2025 at 3:10 AM
In a statement to @oregonian.com, Oregon Democratic House Leader Ben Bowman weighs in on proposed budget cuts at Prosper Portland, leveraging ouroboros imagery:
May 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Thank you to Dudley's Bookshop Café and OSU Press for putting on a fantastic book event yesterday at OSU-Cascades!

Loved every second of the engaging audience questions and outstanding housing panel.

And you know we got Richard's on the way outta town...

dudleysbookshopcafe.com/item/UoKxUqZ...
May 18, 2025 at 10:59 PM
Did the Cooper Mountain Loop Trail in WashCo on @jamiehale.bsky.social's recent recommendation in @oregonian.com — and you should, too!

www.oregonlive.com/travel/2025/...
May 4, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Plus some strings:
May 4, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Some of my favorite mobile photos so far this year:

#shotoniphone
May 4, 2025 at 4:42 AM
Thanks to everyone who made the @powells.bsky.social launch last night such a blast!
April 30, 2025 at 5:17 PM
First sighting of "High Desert, Higher Costs" in the wild, this one at Annie Bloom's Books in SW Portland's Multnomah Village!

annieblooms.com/book/9781962...
April 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM