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Theresa Griffin Kennedy
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Portland writer, & author. Editor of Oregon Greystone Press. Author of books. My 6th comes out soon, blurbed by legendary NY writer Tama Janowitz! https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/lost-restaurants-of-portland-oregon-theresa-griffin-kennedy/1141347146
These photos, to be featured in the eBook of my 7th published book, "We Learned to Live in the Castle: Stories," back when I was jail-bait and traversing life in the 1980s. Fun, troubling times though they were.
November 5, 2025 at 1:55 PM
This is my 7th published book, "We Learned to Live in the Castle: Stories." It is a book about my life, & my sixth book in a decade, blurbed by the legendary NY writers, Tama Janowitz and Hilma Wolitzer, and published by Oregon Greystone Press.

www.goodreads.com/book/show/24...
November 4, 2025 at 1:25 PM
This is from Marilyn Deutsch

If you are a Portlander, you will recognize the streets where Theresa lived and that makes these stories all the more difficult to read, because these streets are your streets too, the streets we all call home.

~Marilyn Deutsch, former reporter with Fox 12 Oregon/KPTV
September 9, 2025 at 10:01 AM
I am hard at work on my SECOND restaurant history book. My first one is "Lost Restaurants of Portland, Oregon," 2022. My next restaurant history book is called "A Second Helping: Revisiting Portland's Lost Restaurants." What do you think of that Portland? It should be fun, like the last one was! :)
July 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
I'm so happy that my book is being designed. Today I sent the file to my graphic designer. It will be designed & ready for publication in the next 2 months or so. I have incredible blurbs from Tama Janowitz, Hilma Wolitzer & an incredible Introduction written by Portland's very own Marilyn Deutsch!
July 9, 2025 at 3:52 AM
This is my upcoming book, a book about my life, and my sixth book in ten years. "We Learned to Live in the Castle: Stories," blurbed by the legendary NY writers, Tama Janowitz and Hilma Wolitzer, and published by Oregon Greystone Press. Look for it this year, available where all books are sold.
June 20, 2025 at 3:44 AM
This is my upcoming book, my sixth book in ten years. "We Learned to Live in the Castle: Stories," blurbed by the legendary NY writer, Tama Janowitz and published by Oregon Greystone Press. Look for it this year, available where all books are sold.
March 13, 2025 at 6:25 AM