Portal to Julia Stoops' visual art and writing. Portland, Oregon.
Description: In Portland, Oregon during the buildup to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, environmental and media activists Nelson, Jen and Fetzer expose corrupt war technologies research at an elite university, while grappling with the disruptive force of Deirdre, a traveling photographer who moves into their headquarters.
Parts per Million is a novel by Julia Stoops, finalist for the PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction, and published by Forest Avenue Press in 2018.
Earnest and sensitive John Nelson was compelled to make a real difference in the world, so he abandoned his safe desk job with the Forest Service to join a band of radical environmental and media activists in "Little Beirut" – aka Portland, Oregon. But when he left behind everything he knew to follow his heart, Nelson didn't realize trying to save the world would be so hard.
Against the backdrop of the Bush administration's buildup to the Iraq war, Nelson and his fellow activists Fetzer and Jen investigate war-technologies fraud and corruption at a prominent Portland university. As they close in on the truth, they face escalating danger. Meanwhile, Nelson falls in love with Deirdre, a traveling Irish photographer, but she turns out to be an addict who betrays him.
Portal to Julia Stoops' visual art and writing. Portland, Oregon.