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Backstory Books & Yarn

Independent used bookstore and yarn shop on SE Hawthorne in Portland, specializing in textiles, nautical, Black history and women's literature.

3129 SE Hawthorne Blvd · Portland, OR

About Backstory Books & Yarn

Backstory Books & Yarn is an independently owned used bookstore on Portland's Hawthorne Boulevard that also buys and sells yarn. The shelves lean toward textiles and fashion, nautical books, Black history and literature, books by and about women, and collectible illustrators, with trade credit offered for books and yarn. The shop opened in the Foster-Powell neighborhood in late 2014 and moved to its Hawthorne storefront in 2018. Open six days a week from noon to 6pm, closed Tuesdays, with later Friday and Saturday hours April through October.

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