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Trevino Brings Plenty & Kelly Terwilliger – reading and Q&A

The Tiny Theater PDX 3306 SE 65th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

The Voice of Empathy is back for season 2 at thetinytheaterPDX, 3306 SE 65th Ave, Portland, OR. Please spread out the parking around the neighborhood to avoid congestion. The series showcases poets whose work investigates the human capacity for compassion and generosity and invites the reader/listener to care deeply for others and the world. This description is for the poets’ reference only and does not presume to impose any constraints on the work selected for presentation. There is room for 37-39 poetry lovers. Please come a few minutes in advance to reserve your seats. The November reading will be curated by Frances Payne Adler. Trevino Brings Plenty is a poet and musician who lives, works, and writes in Portland, OR. He is singer/songwriter/guitarist for the…

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How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide

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

In our current political climate, it seems impossible to have a reasonable conversation with anyone who has a different opinion. In How to Have Impossible Conversations (Da Capo Lifelong), Peter Boghossian (with coauthor James Lindsay) guides you through the straightforward, practical conversational techniques necessary for every successful conversation – whether the issue is climate change, religious faith, gender identity, race, immigration, or gun control. Boghossian teaches the subtle art of instilling doubts and opening minds, covering everything from learning the fundamentals for good conversations to achieving expert-level techniques to deal with hardliners and extremists.

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Free Range Poetry: Christina Butcher, Jonathan Merritt, Armin Tolentino

Multnomah County Library - Northwest Meeting Room 2300 NW Thurman Street, Portland, OR, United States

Free Range Poetry presents Christina Butcher, Jonathan Merritt, Armin Tolentino Monday, November 4, 2019 Northwest Library 2300 NW Thurman Street Portland An open mic will precede featured poets. Open mic readers limited to two pages of material. Sign up for open mic at 5:45 pm. Reading 6:00 pm – 7:30 pm. CHRISTINA BUTCHER is a freelance writer and veteran from Chaparral, New Mexico. Before serving as a linguist in the U.S. Army, she worked on cultural preservation projects and developed a passion for storytelling and community involvement. She holds a bachelor’s degree in anthropology from New Mexico State University and a certificate in storytelling and content strategy from Washington State University. She lives and writes in Tacoma, Washington. JONATHAN MERRITT is a mara'akame, a traditional…

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Brave New Medicine

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United States

In her revelatory memoir, Brave New Medicine (Reveal), Dr. Cynthia Li shares the truth about her disabling autoimmune illness, the limitations of Western medicine, and her hard-won lessons on healing – mind, body, and spirit. Drawing on cutting-edge science, ancient healing arts, and the power of intuition, Li offers support, validation, and a new perspective for doctors and patients alike. Through her story, you can find the wisdom and heart to start your own healing journey, too.

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Lilly Dancyger With Reema Zaman, Marissa Korbel & Dani Boss Wilson

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

Women are furious, and we're not keeping it to ourselves any longer. We're expected to be composed and compliant, but in a world that would strip us of our rights, disparage our contributions, and deny us a seat at the table of authority, we're no longer willing to quietly seethe behind tight smiles. We're ready to burn it all down. In Burn It Down (Seal), a ferocious new collection of essays, 22 writers explore how anger has shaped their lives. Burn It Down editor Lilly Dancyger will be joined in conversation by contributors Reema Zaman, Marissa Korbel, and Dani Boss Wilson.

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Teens Read Their Writing

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

Join us as we hear the local young talented writers read their work aloud!

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Nicole Chung in Conversation with Meaghan O’Connell and Lydia Kiesling

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

We are delighted to welcome Nicole Chung to discuss her book, All You Can Ever Know (just released in paperback by Catapult) with Portland authors Meaghan O’Connell and Lydia Kiesling on Tuesday, November 5th, at 7 pm. The thread of motherhood connects these three authors and their books, a jump-off point for conversation about parenting, race, identity, and family. Nicole Chung was placed for adoption by her Korean parents and raised by a white family in a rural Oregon town. From childhood, she heard the story of her adoption as a comforting, prepackaged myth. She believed that her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hope of giving her a better life. With warmth, candor, and startling insight, Nicole Chung tells of her…

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Reading: Dorice Horenstein: Moments of the Heart

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

Annie Bloom's welcomes Portland author Dorice Horenstein to read from her book Moments of the Heart. There are many paths to Jewish ideals, and Moments of the Heart takes readers by the hand in a non-intimidating way to explore Jewish thoughts, choose a kinder life, and be empowered. Our heart has a tremendous influence on how we view life, how we act, and how we build relationships. Just as the heart has four chambers, Moments of the Heart lays out four different types of relationships: with oneself, with others, with the Creator, and once-in-a-life time moments that define people. Each chamber contains several entries introducing topics that stem from Jewish thought and practice that inspire readers to live their best lives, utilizing Hebrew knowledge, wisdom,…

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Cathy Lamb

Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United States

Set against the natural beauty of the San Juan Islands in the Pacific Northwest, Cathy Lamb’s latest novel, All About Evie (Kensington), tells the emotionally compelling story of one woman’s life-changing discovery about her past. Spurred on by the revelations of a DNA test, Evie uncovers the real story of her past. But beyond her feelings of shock and betrayal, there are unexpected opportunities – to come to terms with a gift that has sometimes felt like a curse, to understand the secrets that surrounded her childhood, and to embrace the surprising new life that is waiting for her.

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André Aciman

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

No novel in recent memory has spoken more movingly to contemporary readers about the nature of love than André Aciman’s haunting Call Me by Your Name. Nearly three-quarters of a million copies have been sold, and the book became a much loved, Academy Award–winning film starring Timothée Chalamet as the young Elio and Armie Hammer as Oliver, the graduate student with whom he falls in love. In his new novel, Find Me (Farrar, Straus and Giroux), Aciman shows us Elio’s father, Samuel, on a trip from Florence to Rome to visit Elio. A chance encounter on the train with a beautiful young woman upends Sami’s plans and changes his life forever. Find Me brings us back inside the magic circle of one of our greatest…

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