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Willy Vlautin, author of “The Night Always Comes,” with Maria Semple

Online N/A, Portland

Novelist and musician Willy Vlautin, author of "The Night Always Comes" appears in conversation with Maria Semple About this Event An appearance by Willy Vlautin is always a special occasion for us, and, like you, we've been looking forward to his new novel, The Night Always Comes (Harper). He'll appear in conversation with Seattle writer, Maria Semple. Award-winning author Willy Vlautin explores the impact of trickle-down greed and opportunism of gentrification on ordinary lives in this scorching novel that captures the plight of a young woman pushed to the edge as she fights to secure a stable future for herself and her family. Barely thirty, Lynette is exhausted. Saddled with bad credit and juggling multiple jobs, some illegally, she’s been diligently working to buy the…

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Free – $30

Livestream Reading: Kim Stafford

Online N/A, Portland

Annie Bloom's welcomes back Portland poet Kim Stafford for the livestream launch of his new collection, Singer Come from Afar. Kim will be joined by Sisters singer-songwriter and poet Beth Wood, whose latest book of poems is Believe The Bird. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcrc-2pqDMoH93TxVGmcBF_eI0EZTefpRt9 About Singer Come from Afar: This book considers war and peace, pandemic struggles, Earth imperatives, a seeker’s spirit, and forging kinship. The former poet laureate of Oregon, Stafford has shared poems from this book in libraries, prisons, on reservations, with veterans, immigrants, homeless families, legislators, and students in schools. He writes for hidden heroes, resonant places, and for our chance to converge in spite of differences. Poems like "Practicing the Complex Yes" and "The Fact of Forgiveness" offer tools for connection with…

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