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Beth Piatote in Conversation With Peter Rock

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

Beth Piatote's debut collection opens with a feast, grounding its stories in the landscapes and lifeworlds of the Native Northwest, exploring the unforgettable pattern of Native American life in the contemporary world. Told with humor, subtlety, and beautiful spareness, the mixed-genre works of Piatote's The Beadworkers (Counterpoint) find unifying themes in the strength of kinship, the pulse of longing, and the language of return. Piatote will be joined in conversation by Peter Rock, author of The Night Swimmers and Spells.

Free

Delve Fall 2019: We Are All For Sale: Capitalism and Consumerism

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” – Ursula K. Le Guin We’ll be looking at “the art of words” in four very different works to examine capitalism and consumerism in our society. We’ll start with Severance, a satirical, post apocalyptic, immigrant novel set in New York with roots in China. We’ll continue our journey abroad through Capitalism: A Ghost Story, Arundhati Roy’s masterful examination of how globalized capitalism has affected India. We’ll trace the intersection of capitalism and feminism through the co-editor of Bitch Media’s book, We Were…

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$220

Community Day Part Two

Ladd Taphouse 2239 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Hey folks! Do you love Telltale? Do you always mean to stop and say hi, but then get sleepy and run out the door as soon as the show is over? Do you have questions, but then you get too nervous to ask? Do you want to meet the performers, but then remember that talking to strangers is hard? THIS IS THE NIGHT FOR YOU! November 7th, at Ladd Taphouse, from 5:30 until I get sleepy, we will be having our second ever Telltale Community Day. This is a low key, chill event where folks can come and have a lemonade/beer/sparkly water and eat nachos and say hey to other rad people. This is when we really get to bust out the “community oriented” part…

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Free

Visiting Writers Series: Hilary Plum

Reed College - Eliot Hall Chapel 3203 SE Woodstock, Portland, OR, United States

Hilary Plum is the author of the novel Strawberry Fields, winner of the Fence Modern Prize in Prose (2018); the work of nonfiction Watchfires (2016), winner of the 2018 GLCA New Writers Award; and the novel They Dragged Them Through the Streets (2013). She has worked for a number of years as an editor of international literature, history, and politics. She teaches at Cleveland State University and in the NEOMFA program and is associate director of the CSU Poetry Center. With Zach Savich she edits the Open Prose Series at Rescue Press.

Free

OryCon 41

Red Lion Hotel on the River Jantzen Beach 909 N. Hayden Island Drive, Portland, OR, United States

https://orycon.org/41/ OryCon is Oregon’s premier, fan run, annual science fiction/fantasy convention held in Portland since 1979. All are welcome to this weekend celebrating Infinite Diversity in Infinite Combinations! We are a 100% volunteer based production of Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI), which is a non-profit, tax-exempt 501(c)3 corporation. For questions, please contact us via the Contact tab on the website above.

Free – $70

LitCrawl – A Live Storytelling Event and Surprise Unveiling

Kickstand Comedy 16 NW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Last year, we packed the room and had to turn people away. This year, we're coming back even stronger with a surprise unveiling...We've got 5 performers with a live house band, hosted by Jude Brewer -- at the start of the evening, we'll be making a major announcement. Our Performers: DeAngelo Gillispie Rick Hall Jennifer Robin Adam Strong Brianna Barrett Our House Band: The Colin Trio No cover charge. All ages.

Free

Children’s Literature Craft Panel

Oregon Ballet School 1017 SW Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

In their second event of the evening, a panel of children’s book illustrators and illustrator-authors talk shop about the art and craft of creating picture books: Alison Farrell, Zoey Abbott, Kate Berube, Deborah Hocking, Tracy Subisak, and Lisa Mundorf.

Free

An Evening with David Sedaris

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

NPR humorist and bestselling author of Calypso, Naked, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim and Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris has become one of America’s pre-eminent humor writers, known for his sardonic wit and incisive social critiques. The great skill with which he slices through cultural euphemisms and political correctness proves that Sedaris is a master of satire and one of the most observant writers addressing the human condition today. Calypso, his latest collection of essays, is a New York Times best-seller, and a Washington Post Best Book of the Year. The audiobook of Calypso was nominated for a 2019 Grammy in the Best Spoken Word Album category. David Sedaris is the author of Barrel Fever and Holidays on Ice, as well…

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$32.50 – $57.50

Heaux Stories: Portland’s First All PoC Femme Storytelling Show

Portland Center Stage 128 NW 11th Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for the debut of Heaux Stories, Portland’s first all poc femme storytelling showcase. Created by renowned journalist and storyteller Jagger Blaec, this event aims to provide a sex-positive safe space that will foster intimacy and community by centering femmes of color through the empowering act of authentic storytelling. Doors at 7:00 PM. Event begins at 8:00 PM. ABOUT STORY TELLERS: ELINA LIM: She tells stories all across Portland and Asia. She has a pet snake. She is a heaux. Pronouns: She/Her/Hers/They/Them MONEL CHANG: Monel Chang is a sex-positive LGBTQIA+ advocate and in/discreet weirdo. Raised in Los Angeles and groomed by hippies in various intentional communes, Monel has come to Portland to enmesh social justice with somatics and medicine in a naturopathic graduate program…

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$35

Blackout Party feat. David Loftus

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

In honor of the fun we had last year when the power went out, we have established an annual blackout party. We will operate by candlelight, no recorded music. David Loftus will launch the evening with Story Time for Grown Ups, and then guests are welcome to play non-amplified acoustic music or simply enjoy a gentle, quiet evening.

Free
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