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BTTM FDRS release party with Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore

Floating World Comics 1223 Lloyd Center, Portland, OR, United States

Dream team comics creators Ezra Claytan Daniels (Upgrade Soul) and Ben Passmore (DAYGLOAYHOLE, Your Black Friend) are hitting the road to promote their latest creation, BTTM FDRS. This original graphic novel blends humor, horror, satire, and science fiction in an afrofuturist tour de force. Signing events on this tour will have a limited number of exclusive pre-publication advance copies of the book available for sale. Don’t miss it! Once a thriving working-class neighborhood on Chicago’s south side, the “Bottomyards” is now the definition of urban blight. When an aspiring fashion designer and her image-obsessed BFF descend upon the hood in search of cheap rent, they discover something far more seductive… and deadly. WHO: Ezra Claytan Daniels & Ben Passmore WHAT: BTTM FDRS release party and reading…

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Apricot Irving in Conversation with Sony Ton-Aimé

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Apricot Irving will read from her memoir The Gospel of Trees, the story of her childhood as a missionary’s daughter in Haiti during a time of upheaval. The book has just been released in paperback. She will be joined in conversation by poet Sony Ton-Aimé, who grew up in Haiti. Irving was six years old when her missionary parents decided to move to the north of Haiti. She fell in love with the country almost as soon as the plane landed. Less than ten years later, following coup after coup and the threat of the missionary compound being burned down, the family left Haiti and moved to Oregon. Irving returned to Haiti in 2010 to cover the earthquake for This American Life. What had they…

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Ooligan Press Writers of Color Spring Showcase

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

Literary Arts and Ooligan Press (part of Portland State’s graduate program in Book Publishing) partner to present the third Oregon Writers of Color Spring Showcase. This event will feature many of Oregon’s most talented, diverse writers and is designed to connect these artists with the publishers seeking to hear their voices. The evening’s host will be Anis Mojgani.

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Adam Savage

Revolution Hall 1300 SE Stark St, Portland, OR, United States

Adam Savage – star of Discovery Channel’s Mythbusters and one of the most beloved figures in science and tech – shares his golden rules of creativity, from finding inspiration to following through and successfully turning your idea into reality. In Every Tool’s a Hammer (Atria), Savage weaves together vivid personal stories, original sketches and photographs from some of his most memorable projects, and interviews with many of his iconic and visionary friends in the arts and sciences to demonstrate the many lessons he has picked up from a lifetime of making. Please note: Tickets for this event, $37, include admission and a copy of Every Tool’s a Hammer and are available at the Revolution Hall box office, revolutionhall.com, or by calling Ticketfly at 877-435-9849. Books…

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Max Porter in Conversation With Patrick deWitt

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

In Lanny (Graywolf) Max Porter extends the potent and magical space he created in Grief Is the Thing With Feathers. Porter’s brilliant new novel will ensorcell readers with its anarchic energy, with its bewitching tapestry of fabulism and domestic drama. Lanny is a ringing defense of creativity, spirit, and the generative forces that often seem under assault in the contemporary world, and it solidifies Porter’s reputation as one of the most daring and sensitive writers of his generation. Porter will be joined in conversation by Patrick deWitt, author of French Exit.

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Orpheus 2019 Night Four

Fort Vancouver High School 5700 East 18th Street, Vancouver, WA, United States

Featured writers: Christopher Ryan Gonzalez, Marissa Korbel, Erika Worth

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Save Yourself – Julie Grandstaff

Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United States

Imagine 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…

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Everything is Fine Series #9

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

A 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).

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Eat Like a Fish

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

Part 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!).

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Abbigail N. Rosewood

Powell's Books on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Abbigail 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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