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Jenny Brown in Conversation with Leni Zumas

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland

We are thrilled to welcome author, teacher, and activist Jenny Brown in conversation with Portland author Leni Zumas. A portion of the proceeds of this day’s sales will be donated to Planned Parenthood Advocates of Oregon. Brown will be here to talk with Zumas about her book Birth Strike: The Hidden Fight over Women’s Work, published by PM Press. She has another new book as well from Verso books, Without Apology: The Abortion Struggle Now. Jenny Brown is a women's liberation organizer and former editor of Labor Notes. She was a leader in the grassroots campaign to get morning-after-pill contraception available over-the-counter in the United States. She is the co-author of Women's Liberation and National Health Care: Confronting the Myth of America. While editor at…

Free

Amy Long with Sophia Shalmiyev

Valentine's 232 SW Ankeny St, Portland

Come celebrate the last stop on Amy Long’s tour for her book Codependence: Essays (2019) with readings and a discussion between Long and PDX-based Sophia Shalmiyev, author of Mother Winter (2019). Both books challenge mainstream narratives about addiction, selfhood and womanhood, and love and dependence in all their forms in lyrical, nonlinear prose that electrifies and astounds. See you there!

Free

Seane Corn

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

In Revolution of the Soul (Sounds True), celebrated yoga teacher and activist Seane Corn shares pivotal accounts of her life with raw honesty – enriched with in-depth spiritual teachings – to help us heal, evolve, and change the world.

Free