Orpheus 2019 Night Four
Fort Vancouver High School 5700 East 18th Street, VancouverFeatured writers: Christopher Ryan Gonzalez, Marissa Korbel, Erika Worth
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Readings
Save Yourself – Julie Grandstaff
Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, PortlandImagine what it would feel like if you had enough money to survive a medical emergency or a short time out of work, or if you had enough money set aside to pursue your dreams or retire without worrying about money. Save Yourself: Your Guide to Saving for Retirement and Building Financial Security will show you how to take control of your finances and build the confidence and security you’ve been wanting. It is a comprehensive guide to saving for retirement and shoring up your financial security so you can do whatever it is you want. Through the stories of real people, it shows you exactly how you can make the changes that will allow you to save for a long and secure retirement so that…
Free
Everything is Fine Series #9
Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, PortlandA casual monthly reading to help you forget all that other sh*t. Now in its new home at Mother Foucault’s, 3rd Wednesdays after May (because this is the 4th Wednesday).
Free
Eat Like a Fish
Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, PortlandPart memoir, part manifesto, in Eat Like a Fish (Knopf), Bren Smith – a former commercial fisherman turned restorative ocean farmer – shares a bold new vision for the future of food: seaweed. Through tales that span from his childhood in Newfoundland to his early years on the high seas aboard commercial fishing trawlers, from pioneering new forms of ocean farming to surfing the frontiers of the food movement, Smith introduces the world of sea-based agriculture, and advocates getting ocean vegetables onto American plates (there are thousands of edible varieties in the sea!).
Free
Abbigail N. Rosewood
Powell's Books on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, PortlandAbbigail N. Rosewood’s luminous debut novel, If I Had Two Lives (Europa), follows a young woman from her childhood in Vietnam to her life as an immigrant in the United States – and her necessary return to her homeland. An inspiring meditation on love, loss, and the presence of a past that never dies, Rosewood’s novel explores the ancient question: Do we value the people in our lives because of who they are, or because of what we need them to be?
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