(Note: Most of my published writing is not available for free online, but here are a few samples that are, along with some free interviews)
Publications:
The Ethics of Writing About Others, The Writer’s Chronicle–coming in September 2022.
Dick Harter: Holding Bricks in the Air, Oregon Quarterly
On Marjory Stoneman Douglas’s The Everglades: River of Grass, Tin House
Robert Lax: Master Minimalist, Poetry
A Gyroscope On the Island of Love, Image
Old Men and Fire, Weber: The Contemporary West (scroll to page 23)
The Storycatcher, Notre Dame Magazine (reprinted in Utne Reader)
Poetic Man of God, Notre Dame Magazine
Goodness Gracious, Notre Dame Magazine
Turning the Jungle Into a Garden, Poets & Writers
When the Greek Islands Were Hospitable to Strangers, The Christian Century
A Way of Seeing, Bearings Online
Brian Doyle and the Language of the Stage, Oregon Arts Watch
The Hidden and the Tangible, Books Combined
Links to many of my theater and book reviews for The Oregonian newspaper
A Look Back at Portland Jazz: When the Joint Was Jumpin’, Oregon History Project
The Vanport Flood and Racial Change in Portland, Oregon History Project
Interviews:
To See the World As It Is: Writing the Life of Robert Lax, Propeller Magazine
Peace Is a Good Thing to Seek, Bearings Online
An Interview with Michael McGregor, University of Portland
Michael McGregor on Craft and Process (audio), Blackbird Studio
On Robert Lax’s Poems (audio), Poetry Magazine podcast
Michael McGregor—Pure Act: The Uncommon Life of Robert Lax (audio), Late Night Library