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Powell’s Books presents Senator Jeff Merkley

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Lauren Acampora in Conversation With Cari Luna

2 events,

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Queer Nature/Nurture: Readings, performances, and a screening

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Rick Moody

2 events,

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Susan Steinberg in Conversation With Leni Zumas

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Lemon World 7

4 events,

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Queer PDXpression

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Reading: Bryan Denson: The Unabomber

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Southern Oregon Beer: A Pioneering History

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Pok Pok Noodles: Recipes From Thailand and Beyond

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1 event,

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Wordlights: Saturday Poetry Evenings

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4 events,

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One Page Wednesday: September

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Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents

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Lisa Congdon

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LEMON WORLD 8

3 events,

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Chronicles of a Blessed Man – Paul Haber

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Ganesh Sitaraman

3 events,

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2019 Comics Certificate Program Graduation

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Lydia Kiesling in Conversation With Meaghan O’Connell

4 events,

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Kids’ Storytime With Sheela Preuitt

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Aron Nels Steinke

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Mary H. K. Choi in Conversation With Laini Taylor

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Wordlights Poetry ft. David McIntire

4 events,

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Portland — Weird. Wonderful. Bizarre.

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Randall Munroe

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HER ANIMAL INHERITANCE VIDEO POEM SCREENING & RELEASE, w/ SIREN & THE SEA

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MICHAEL NAMKUNG and KYLE CEASE – SEEING THE INVISIBLE Live Performance and Book Signing Party

4 events,

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Mallory Smith: A Reading from her Memoir by Diane Smith

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Free Range Poetry: Amy Baskin, Nastashia Minto, Melissa Poulin

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Jane Kirkpatrick

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Emily Nagoski

4 events,

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In Conversation: Spencer Ellsworth & Fonda Lee

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From Chaos to Creativity Tour

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Dan Schilling

4 events,

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Incite: Queer Writers Read

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Caroline Kurtz

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LEMON WORLD 9

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Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

8 events,

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Kelli Estes

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Echo of Distant Water – JB Fisher

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Liz Prato in Conversation with Jacqueline Keeler

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Hangdog Days: Conflict, Change, and the Race for 5.14

+ 2 More

2 events,

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Inkwater Authors Night – Henry Alley, Peter Swan, Erik L. Welchoff

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D.J. Butler, Christopher Husberg & Christopher Ruocchio

5 events,

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Kids’ Storytime With Matt Myers

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Author Event with Kelli Estes

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Fall Five-Minute Reading Marathon

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Wordlights Poetry ft. Bri Gowdy & Kate Leddy

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Spare Room reading: Lindsey Boldt, Sara Jaffe, & Steve Orth

4 events,

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Hum and Swish Story Time with Matt Myers

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The Adoption – David Schein

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Grace Paley’s Life Stories with Judith Arcana

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Ian Brennan in Conversation With Larry Crane

3 events,

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An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People

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What It Means to Be Moral

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Story Time for Grown Ups with David Loftus

5 events,

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Whitenoise Project 22 + Caldera

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Kate Gray and Armin Tolentino

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April Henry & Carolyn O’Doherty

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Reading: Jack Moody: Dancing to Broken Records

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Rebooting AI: Building Artificial Intelligence We Can Trust

6 events,

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All Pinxy All Stars at Milepost 5

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Gabby Rivera in Conversation With Tehlor Kay Mejia

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Molly Gloss

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Amitav Ghosh

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LEMON WORLD 10

9 events,

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Pirate (and Potty!) Story Time with Dawn Prochovnic

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Slamlandia September Picnic PDX Poetry Open Mic

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The Half Past 40 Howling Drunk Poetry Bash

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Susan Banyas

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Atticus

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5 x 5

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4 events,

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Nailed Zine Launch

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Filament’s September Reading

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Craig Johnson

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Inconspicuous Consumption

5 events,

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Kids’ Storytime With Amanda Jackson

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Hodgepodge Reading – Fall 2019

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Wordlights Poetry ft. Anatoly Molotkov

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Paul Lisicky Reading

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Fictional Film Club Book Release

3 events,

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Graphic Novel Event with Aron Nels Steinke

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Matthew Zapruder in Conversation With Alana Csaposs

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Drive-Thru Dreams

4 events,

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Avan Jogia

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Tell Me A Story #8

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Amy Stewart

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Cara Wall

4 events,

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Christopher Leonard

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Sandra Yannone and Alissa Hattman

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Waking the Witch: Reflections on Women, Magic, and Power

5 events,

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LEMON WORLD 11

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Marilyn Stablein

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Naomi Klein in Conversation With Thom Hartmann

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Margaret Atwood In Conversation with Omar El Akkad

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Wilding: Returning Nature to Our Farm

6 events,

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Release of Alyson Provax’s “What are we waiting for”

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Visiting Writers Series: Hanif Abdurraqib

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Reading: Tom Alkire: Western Waters

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Monthly Poetry – Andrea Hollander, Paulann Petersen, Chrys Tobey

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Health Justice Now: Single Payer and What Comes Next

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Lawrence Shainberg

3 events,

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Emily Lloyd-Jones

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Nick Flynn

6 events,

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Hazel Newlevant

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Trans Voices Fringe Fest

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Wordlights Poetry ft. Pamela K. Santos

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Book Launch for Stella Jeng Guillory’s An Advancing Glacier

4 events,

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Future Prairie VIII: The Veil

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The Hour That Stretches: Season Of The Witch, 2019

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Marilynne Eichinger

1 event,

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Joe Hill

5 events,

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Amy Long with Sophia Shalmiyev

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Jenny Brown in Conversation with Leni Zumas

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Poetry Reading: Gary Lark, Jessica Mehta, Hannah Larrabee

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Seane Corn

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Rene Denfeld

7 events,

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A Frayed Knot / AFRAID NOT – JACQUELINE KEELER: READING + PRESENTATION

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Suspense and Treats: Sweethearts (a novel by Elizabeth Mitchell)

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One Page Wednesday October

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Elizabeth Mitchell

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Nancy Richardson Fischer in Conversation With Colleen Houck

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5 events,

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Small Press Residency – Perfect Day Publishing

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Mother Foucault’s: Arthur / Barclay / Kuipers / Toliver

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Katherine Rundell

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Poetry Reading: Sara Quinn Rivara and Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet

6 events,

3rd Annual East Portland Arts & Literary Festival

3rd Annual East Portland Arts & Literary Festival

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Three Ways to Disappear – Katy Yocom

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Manything Goes, at Mother Foucault’s

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William Kent Krueger

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Jackie Shannon Hollis

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OLIVIA GATWOOD Life of the Party Tour with Ari Chi & special guest Cailin Nolte

3 events,

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Drag Queen Story Hour

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Wordlights Poetry ft. Michael Haeflinger

4 events,

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Floyd Skloot in Conversation With David Biespiel

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Multi-Author Literary Sci-Fi Event

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Maxine Scates and Shaindel Beers – reading and Q&A

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Fatima Bhutto

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Atticus

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