On this episode of the Next Swell, Rob Nixon speaks with Matt Love, a coastal beach advocate in the great state of Oregon - one of the states with a powerful open beaches tradition and the legal framework to back it up.  Matt is the author/editor of 19 books about Oregon, teaches writing workshops, writes grants for various nonprofit organizations, and counsels aspiring authors. In 2009, Love won the Oregon Literary Arts’ Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award for his contributions to Oregon history and literature.  Join Rob and Matt and take a trip to the Pacific Northwest and one of the greatest places on the American Shoreline.