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BwP Book Club: Pretty Deadly: The Rat #1

Books with Pictures 1401 SE Division Street, Portland

After two years off the shelves, PRETTY DEADLY is coming back this September, launching the first issue of arc three (of five), PRETTY DEADLY VOL. 3: THE RAT, on September 4th, 2019. Middle chapter! Quirky literary comic, beloved by academics! In a market that seems, for the moment anyway, to be down for indies! SALES DYNAMITE, AM I RIGHT?!! Lucky for Kelly Sue and Emma, we at Books with Pictures have a huge amount of confidence in this book. The old Hollywood silent film aesthetic looks extraordinary, and DeConnick and Rios are both storytellers at the top of their game. And lucky for US, they are supporting the book's launch with materials for a monthly BOOK CLUB. There will be DISCUSSION GUIDES for each issue…

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Lydia Kiesling in Conversation With Meaghan O’Connell

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

In Lydia Kiesling’s razor-sharp debut novel, The Golden State (Picador), we accompany Daphne, a young mother on the edge of a breakdown, as she flees her sensible but strained life in San Francisco for the high desert of Altavista with her toddler, Honey. Buckling under the weight of being a single parent, Daphne takes refuge in a mobile home left to her by her grandparents in the hope that the quiet will bring clarity. Boy, was she wrong. Ultimately, Daphne must reconcile her inner narrative with the reality of a deeply divided world. The National Book Foundation’s “5 Under 35” honoree will be joined in conversation by Meaghan O’Connell, author of And Now We Have Everything.

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