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Black women and Black nonbinary people are invited to join us every second Thursday of the month for the Well-Read Black Girl Book Club. This month we’re reading I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.
This month our group meets to discuss Ngaio Marsh’s Inspector Alleyn mystery series. Join us!
Return to the dark, sensual, and powerful world of the Black Jewels in The Queen’s Bargain (Ace), Anne Bishop’s long-awaited new story in the bestselling fantasy saga. As Jillian rides the winds of first love with Dillon, Daemon and Surreal struggle to survive the wounds of a marriage turned stormy – and Lucivar has to find a way to keep everyone in his family safe… even from each other.
A cross between Daniel Woodrell and Annie Proulx, JP Gritton’s Wyoming (Tin House) is about the stubborn grip of inertia and whether or not it is possible to live without accepting oneself. It’s 1988 and Shelley Cooper is in trouble. He’s broke, he’s been fired from his construction job, and his ex-wife has left him for their next-door neighbor and a new life in Kansas City. The only opportunity on his horizon is 50 pounds of his brother’s high-grade marijuana, which needs to be driven from Colorado to Houston and exchanged for a lockbox full of cash. Gritton’s portrait of a hapless aspirant at odds with himself and everyone around him is both tender and ruthless, and Wyoming considers the possibility of redemption in a…
Join Plonk for modern day folktales. Featuring Zachary Schomburg (Mammother), Michelle Ruiz Keil (All of Us with Wings) and Stevan Allred (The Alehouse at the End of the World).
[From Powell's website: Powell's Books Suspends Event Programming Through April 2020 Following Governor Kate Brown’s announcement of new rules to slow the spread of COVID-19 and our own commitment to ensure the safety of our employees and customers, Powell’s is cancelling all author events, book clubs, and other scheduled gatherings at each of our store locations through the end of April 2020. Please check back here for updates, and thank you for your patience as we continue to adjust our plans as national and local events unfold.] Debut author Sarah Kozloff offers a breathtaking and cinematic epic fantasy in the vein of Naomi Novik's Uprooted and Erika Johansen's The Queen of the Tearling. Orphaned, exiled, and hunted, Cerulia, Princess of Weirandale, must master the magic…
[From Powell's website: Powell's Books Suspends Event Programming Through April 2020 Following Governor Kate Brown’s announcement of new rules to slow the spread of COVID-19 and our own commitment to ensure the safety of our employees and customers, Powell’s is cancelling all author events, book clubs, and other scheduled gatherings at each of our store locations through the end of April 2020. Please check back here for updates, and thank you for your patience as we continue to adjust our plans as national and local events unfold.] A strange man discovers our nameless narrator selling popcorn at a small-town movie theater and offers her an odd and lucrative position: she will forget her job, her acquaintances, even her name, and move to Los Angeles, where…
[From Powell's website: Powell's Books Suspends Event Programming Through April 2020 Following Governor Kate Brown’s announcement of new rules to slow the spread of COVID-19 and our own commitment to ensure the safety of our employees and customers, Powell’s is cancelling all author events, book clubs, and other scheduled gatherings at each of our store locations through the end of April 2020. Please check back here for updates, and thank you for your patience as we continue to adjust our plans as national and local events unfold.] Hoping to ditch two months of chicken coops, kale, and her parents’ anti-screen rules, Mac sets out to win a citywide food cart scavenger hunt and the money she needs for the summer coding camp of her dreams.…
The long awaited second volume of The Bill Walton Mysteries is finally here! Join NW famous author and world famous actor Jamie Kirkland (James when he is in California) as he reads from and performs from his new book. Bill Walton trivia contest! With prizes!
The African and African American experience comes alive for children from birth to age 6 (with a favorite adult and other family members). In a positive and affirming environment, have fun with books and stories, songs, and movement activities. Black Storytime builds language and literacy skills your child needs to be ready for kindergarten.