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Author Event: Gary Corbin with A Woman of Valor

Vintage Books 6613 E Mill Plain Blvd, Vancouver

Vintage Books is excited to welcome local author Gary Corbin back for his latest book, A WOMAN OF VALOR For rookie policewoman Valorie Dawes, #metoo means it’s time to #fightback. Jack Reacher meets Tracy Crosswhite as #metoo victims find a heroine who will fight back for them—with a vengeance. Gary Corbin is a writer, actor, and playwright in Camas, WA. In addition to his novels, he writes on assignment for private sector, government, individuals, and not-for-profit clients, and his articles have been published in BrainstormNW, the Portland Tribune, The Oregonian, and Global Envision, among others. This event will include a short reading, discussion and Q&A. It is a free event and all are welcome.

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Wordlights: Saturday Poetry Evenings

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by NovaPDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday July 13th, we'll have a feature from Kate Leddy, two mini features from Nikki Burian & Ken Yoshikawa, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Kate Leddy Kate Leddy is a writer and mental health activist from Portland Oregon. She was born and raised in New York and still has strong opinions about bagels. Kate represented Portland at the 2018 Individual World Poetry Slam as well as the 2018 National Poetry Slam. She is thrilled to be on this years Portland Poetry Slam team again, heading to regionals this July! Kate’s first chapbook “Homesick Season” explores nostalgia for people, places, and states of mind. This summer…

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Portland Heat Soirée

The Perlene 1910 SE 11th Ave, Portland

Portland Heat is a collection of poetry by Hannah Vogel that started as a love letter to a city and ended up being a series of poems that reflect on the tensions of the artist/muse relationship and the cosmological connection between two people that aren't meant to be together. It is incredibly tender, sweet and a wonderful work of poetry. The books were hand-written, hand cut and hand stitched. It also marks Zines + Thing's first adventure into a ~real publishing space. So as a way to mark this special occasion and bring Portland Heat into the world, Hannah and Zines + Things will be throwing a little bit of a celebration complete with champagne, snacks and poetry readings. Open to partners and friends of…

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Tin House Summer Workshop Readings: Rebecca Makkai, Natalie Diaz, and Mitchell S. Jackson

Reed College 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland

8:00 pm,  Cerf Amphitheater– Signing to Follow Rebecca Makkai, Natalie Diaz, Mitchell S. Jackson Rebecca Makkai is the Chicago-based author of the novels The Great Believers, The Hundred-Year House, and The Borrower, as well as the short story collection Music for Wartime. Her short fiction won a 2017 Pushcart Prize, and was chosen for The Best American Short Stories for four consecutive years (2008-2011). The recipient of a 2014 NEA fellowship, Makkai is on the MFA faculties of Sierra Nevada College and Northwestern University, and she is the Artistic Director of StoryStudio Chicago. Natalie Diaz was born and raised in the Fort Mojave Indian Village in Needles, California, on the banks of the Colorado River. She is Mojave and an enrolled member of the Gila…

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