Oregon Territory

July 9, 2004 - Telling Life Stories

A chat with Amy Martinez Starke, an obituary writer for The Oregonian. Starke writes about ordinary people who led interesting lives. Her articles are some of the most popular in the newspaper-- due largely to Starke's choice of who to profile. She prefers hard-luck folks who were poor or blue-collar, and led lives of drama and conflict.

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