Scott Latta
@scottlatta.bsky.social
Writing from Portland about Christofascism, rivers, etc. My new book, GODS OF THE SMOKE MACHINE, is out now!
“Scott Latta” -The New York Times, 2016
“Scott Latta” -The New York Times, 2016
"The Song of the Lark," Jules Breton, 1884
November 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
"The Song of the Lark," Jules Breton, 1884
"In Lieu of Keen Virtue," Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, 2017
November 21, 2025 at 5:27 PM
"In Lieu of Keen Virtue," Lynette Yiadom-Boakye, 2017
"Self Portrait in Rose," Cuno Amiet, 1907
November 20, 2025 at 6:19 PM
"Self Portrait in Rose," Cuno Amiet, 1907
Oklahoma you were amazing! Thank you so much to Magic City Books, Full Circle Books, and especially the lady who told me she skipped church to come to the event. Happy to oblige! 👍
November 14, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Oklahoma you were amazing! Thank you so much to Magic City Books, Full Circle Books, and especially the lady who told me she skipped church to come to the event. Happy to oblige! 👍
Last night was so much fun. Thank you everyone who came out, @elenavox.bsky.social, and especially Up Up Books for giving me a home in PDX!
November 11, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Last night was so much fun. Thank you everyone who came out, @elenavox.bsky.social, and especially Up Up Books for giving me a home in PDX!
Hey #Tulsa! I'm headed your way for an event TOMORROW NIGHT with the amazing people at Magic City Books. Come talk megachurches with us!!
magiccitybooks.com/events/38728...
magiccitybooks.com/events/38728...
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Hey #Tulsa! I'm headed your way for an event TOMORROW NIGHT with the amazing people at Magic City Books. Come talk megachurches with us!!
magiccitybooks.com/events/38728...
magiccitybooks.com/events/38728...
Hey #Portland! We're launching this weird little book TONIGHT at Up Up Books. Come out!! www.upupbooks.com/events/bcfcx...
Look I did the thing
Look I did the thing
November 10, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hey #Portland! We're launching this weird little book TONIGHT at Up Up Books. Come out!! www.upupbooks.com/events/bcfcx...
Look I did the thing
Look I did the thing
THANK YOU to everyone who came out last night, and especially the amazing folks at @changinghands.bsky.social! It was a real joy. The shirt is headed back to PDX. I'm honored to be among the fraternity of writers who got to pick one off the wall 🏜️
November 7, 2025 at 6:13 PM
THANK YOU to everyone who came out last night, and especially the amazing folks at @changinghands.bsky.social! It was a real joy. The shirt is headed back to PDX. I'm honored to be among the fraternity of writers who got to pick one off the wall 🏜️
My weird little megachurch book is out TOMORROW, and some amazing people are joining me to launch it! More info at scottlatta.com/events. See you soon @changinghands.bsky.social @enhbooks.bsky.social @interabangbooks.bsky.social!
October 27, 2025 at 3:52 PM
My weird little megachurch book is out TOMORROW, and some amazing people are joining me to launch it! More info at scottlatta.com/events. See you soon @changinghands.bsky.social @enhbooks.bsky.social @interabangbooks.bsky.social!
Thank you @elenavox.bsky.social and @oregonstate.edu for hosting Mike Chin and me and launching Gods of the Smoke Machine at the Corvallis Museum! That was super fun. (And Mike's great, go buy his book.)
October 21, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Thank you @elenavox.bsky.social and @oregonstate.edu for hosting Mike Chin and me and launching Gods of the Smoke Machine at the Corvallis Museum! That was super fun. (And Mike's great, go buy his book.)
Corvallis! I'm coming to the Corvallis Museum this Friday night to read from this weird little megachurch book as part of the @oregonstate.edu MFA alumni series. The great Mike Chin will be there, along with Bruce the Moose in the lobby.
More info! www.grassrootsbookstore.com/events/36625...
More info! www.grassrootsbookstore.com/events/36625...
October 15, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Corvallis! I'm coming to the Corvallis Museum this Friday night to read from this weird little megachurch book as part of the @oregonstate.edu MFA alumni series. The great Mike Chin will be there, along with Bruce the Moose in the lobby.
More info! www.grassrootsbookstore.com/events/36625...
More info! www.grassrootsbookstore.com/events/36625...
Send help—the fence has been breached
September 29, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Send help—the fence has been breached
Four years ago, I outlined a chapter idea in a book proposal about a church in Alabama that was doing some alarming things. That chapter became the whole book, which just landed on my porch. It's out next month. I hope it's helpful.
September 25, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Four years ago, I outlined a chapter idea in a book proposal about a church in Alabama that was doing some alarming things. That chapter became the whole book, which just landed on my porch. It's out next month. I hope it's helpful.
How political are megachurches? It depends on if you think this is a political act.
My latest: scottlatta.substack.com/p/how-politi...
My latest: scottlatta.substack.com/p/how-politi...
August 6, 2025 at 10:08 PM
How political are megachurches? It depends on if you think this is a political act.
My latest: scottlatta.substack.com/p/how-politi...
My latest: scottlatta.substack.com/p/how-politi...
Honestly it doesn't really matter when they've always done things like this (courtesy @rightwingwatch.bsky.social)
July 30, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Honestly it doesn't really matter when they've always done things like this (courtesy @rightwingwatch.bsky.social)
I was about to make a complicated graphic showing how a megachurch in Alabama is damaging a nearby river—a huge parking lot, a steep slope, new construction, the whole shebang. Then I opened Google Earth and just...saw it
July 30, 2025 at 8:41 PM
I was about to make a complicated graphic showing how a megachurch in Alabama is damaging a nearby river—a huge parking lot, a steep slope, new construction, the whole shebang. Then I opened Google Earth and just...saw it
Once a day I think about this batshit video Mark Driscoll showed last fall before the election.
July 30, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Once a day I think about this batshit video Mark Driscoll showed last fall before the election.
3. The church also constructed a chain-link fence over a public hiking trail in the forest, closing off access to the public without explanation—an ecological disaster.
July 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
3. The church also constructed a chain-link fence over a public hiking trail in the forest, closing off access to the public without explanation—an ecological disaster.
2. The church’s most recent building—a $4.5 million “Lodge”— cleared enough dirt to fill 600 dump trucks and sent mud and runoff down a bluff into the river.
July 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
2. The church’s most recent building—a $4.5 million “Lodge”— cleared enough dirt to fill 600 dump trucks and sent mud and runoff down a bluff into the river.
I’ve spent the past 18 months diving into the world of megachurches — meeting those who have been trampled, abused, and left behind. Every story was different, but one dynamic was consistent: power. My book, GODS OF THE SMOKE MACHINE, publishes in October. a.co/d/dqrbS9e
July 3, 2025 at 7:31 PM
I’ve spent the past 18 months diving into the world of megachurches — meeting those who have been trampled, abused, and left behind. Every story was different, but one dynamic was consistent: power. My book, GODS OF THE SMOKE MACHINE, publishes in October. a.co/d/dqrbS9e