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Slamlandia June Literary Arts Show ft. Nastashia Minto

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland

Join us on JUNE 13TH for our second Thursday Poetry Open Mic and Slam! Doors and sign-ups are at 6:30 PM Get there on time to get a spot in the open mic or slam! Show begins at 7:00 PM Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street Portland, OR 97205 This show is all ages. Please see our Accessibility and Safer Space info below. No door admission. We will have a spotlight performance from the one and only Nastashia Minto! Nastashia Minto is a Black woman who has an associate’s degree in occupational therapy and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has been writing since she was nine years old and has found that her writing offers her another way to help people. Currently residing in…

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Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Featuring Emmett Wheatfall

Angst Gallery 1015 Main St, Vancouver

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic Hosted by Christopher Luna and Toni Lumbrazo Luna of Printed Matter Vancouver Featuring Emmett Wheatfall 7 pm Thursday, June 13 Open mic sign up begins at 6:30 and closes at 7 FREE Angst Gallery 1015 Main Street Vancouver, WA 98660 angstgallery.com Food and libation provided by Niche Wine Bar, 1013 Main Street Sound provided by Briz Loan & Guitar: http://briz.us/ LGBTQ+ FRIENDLY, ALL AGES, AND UNCENSORED SINCE 2004 Emmett Wheatfall is a published poet, playwright and recording artist. Emmett is the author of six books of poetry and a play titled Under the Red Robin, and has released five poetry CDs. In May 2018 Fernwood Press (an imprint of Barclay Press) published Emmett's sixth poetry collection entitled As Clean as…

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Deadly Diversions Book Group

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton

This month our group meets to discuss Gail Bowen’s Joanne Kilbourn mystery series. Join us!

Free

Chris Guillebeau

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton

In 100 Side Hustles (Ten Speed), Chris Guillebeau, author of The $100 Startup, presents a colorful “idea book” filled with inspiration for your next big idea. Distilled from his popular Side Hustle School podcast, these case studies feature teachers, artists, coders, and even entire families who’ve found ways to create new sources of income. With insights and takeaways that reveal the human element behind the hustles, this playbook covers every step of launching a side hustle, from identifying underserved markets to crafting unique products and services that spring from your passions.

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Emerge – LeeAnn McLennan

Another Read Through 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland

Join us to celebrate the release of Emerge, the third book in the Supernormal Legacy series from local author LeeAnn McLennan. She has badass, monster-fighting superpowers. They may be the death of her. When Olivia Woodson Brighthall set out to rescue Benjamin Hallowfield, she didn’t expect to get herself and her friends captured. She wakes up in the worst place imaginable, Mountain of Ash’s lair, where her traitorous cousin Emma introduces Olivia to Isaac Milton. When Isaac can’t persuade Olivia to join Mountain of Ash, he discloses a plan to use her powers against her will to further his evil plan to destroy all normals. Can Olivia emerge from her captivity, rescue her friends and Ben, and stop Mountain of Ash? Or will she be trapped…

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Powell’s Books presents ELIZABETH GILBERT

Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark St, Portland

Powell’s Books presents ELIZABETH GILBERT $38 (reserved seating). Price includes a copy of Gilbert’s City of Girls. Books distributed at event. Tickets on sale Tuesday, April 23 at 10:00 am

$38

Robert Macfarlane in Conversation With Barry Lopez

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland

Hailed as "the great nature writer of this generation" (Wall Street Journal), Robert Macfarlane is the celebrated author of books about the intersections of the human and the natural realms. In his new work, Underland: A Deep Time Journey (W. W. Norton), Macfarlane delivers his masterpiece: an epic exploration of the Earth’s underworlds as they exist in myth, literature, memory, and the land itself. Macfarlane takes us on an extraordinary journey into our relationship with darkness, burial, and what lies beneath the surface of both place and mind. Global in its geography and written with great lyricism and power, Underland speaks powerfully to our present moment. Taking a deep time view of our planet, Macfarlane here asks a vital and unsettling question: “Are we being…

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Erica Ferencik

Powell's Books on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland

In this pulse-pounding thriller from the author of the “haunting, twisting thrill ride” (Megan Miranda) The River at Night, a young woman leaves behind everything she knows to take on the Bolivian jungle, but her excursion abroad quickly turns into a fight for her life. Primal, gripping, and terrifying, Into the Jungle (Gallery/Scout Press) features Erica Ferencik’s signature “visceral, white-knuckle” (Entertainment Weekly) prose that will sink its fangs into you and not let go.

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