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Jim Tilley and Cai Emmons

Another Read Through 3932 N Mississippi Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for readings from Against the Wind, the debut novel from Jim Tilley, and Weather Woman, the latest from Cai Emmons. Against the Wind is an elegantly written story of relationships involving six principal characters, the strands of whose lives braid together after a chance reunion among three of them. A successful environmental lawyer is forced to take himself to task when he realizes that everything about his work has betrayed his core beliefs. A high school English teacher asks her former high school love to take up her environmental cause. A transgender adolescent male raised by his grandparents struggles to excel in a world hostile to his kind. A French Canadian political science professor finds himself left with a choice between his cherished…

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Celebrating PS. The Wolves

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Mark those calendars! In a little over two weeks we release our newest title, PS. The Wolves by @justinhocking (Justin Hocking)! Keep that spooky thing going for at least one more night after Halloween! Also reading will be the author of our recent title “Everyday Mythologies,” @joshuaamberson (Joshua James Amberson), pal and exceptional writer @karleighannebrogan (Karleigh Frisbie Brogan), and the author of “Pop” + the book-next-released “Exercise Poems,” @ourholyfather (Chris Maday) ! Come to @iprc_pdx on Friday, November 1st at 7pm!  

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Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

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

Every dog lover knows the feeling. The nuzzle of a dog’s nose, the warmth of them lying at our feet. It really seems like our dogs love us, too. But for years, scientists have resisted that conclusion, warning against anthropomorphizing our pets. Enter Clive Wynne, a pioneering canine behaviorist whose research is helping to usher in a new era: one in which love, not intelligence or submissiveness, is at the heart of the human-canine relationship. Drawing on cutting-edge studies from his lab and others around the world, Wynne’s Dog Is Love (Houghton Mifflin) shows that affection is the very essence of dogs, from their faces and tails to their brains, hormones, even DNA.

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Beth Piatote in Conversation With Peter Rock

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

Beth Piatote's debut collection opens with a feast, grounding its stories in the landscapes and lifeworlds of the Native Northwest, exploring the unforgettable pattern of Native American life in the contemporary world. Told with humor, subtlety, and beautiful spareness, the mixed-genre works of Piatote's The Beadworkers (Counterpoint) find unifying themes in the strength of kinship, the pulse of longing, and the language of return. Piatote will be joined in conversation by Peter Rock, author of The Night Swimmers and Spells.

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Kids’ Storytime

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

Join us every Saturday for kids’ storytime. Today we’re reading Saturday by Oge Mora.

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An afternoon with poets Willa Schneberg + Marilyn Stablein

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

Poets Willa Schneberg + Marilyn Stablein will read on Saturday November 2nd at Mother Foucault’s Bookshop.   Marilyn will read from her new books, Houseboat on the Ganges & A Room in Kathmandu (Chin Music Press, June 2019) and Milepost 27 (Black Heron Press, April 2019).   Willa would read from her essay entitled “Where Guests are gods: A Poet’s Sojourn in Kathmandu,” published in Calyx: A Journal of Art & Literature by Women as well as from poems she wrote this summer at the Mudhouse Residency in Crete.   Willa Schneberg is a poet, ceramic sculptor, curator, and psychotherapist in private practice. She has authored five poetry collections including: Box Poems; In The Margins of The World, recipient of the Oregon Book Award; Storytelling…

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Wordlights Poetry ft. Allegra White

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by NovaPDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday, November 2nd, we'll have a feature from Allegra White and a long set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Allegra White Allegra White is a writer based in Portland, OR. Allegra's chapbook of poetry On The Backs Of Product Request Forms (2019) explores themes of escapism and humor in the mundane. She studied English Literature at Cal State Northridge and is an avid rock climber. She currently paints billboards in Portland for work and writes and climbs in her free time. *** Sign-ups start at 5:30, show starts at 6PM. On first and third Saturdays each performer in the open mic gets 10 minutes, there are only 8 slots…

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Fur Not Light Party & Reading

Cardinal Club 18 NE 28th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

To celebrate the publication of Jeff Alessandrelli's second poetry collection Fur Not Light Cardinal Club will be hosting a post-Halloween party/reading with some of Jeff's friends who helped him shape/edit the book. Special drinks and foodstuffs inspired by Fur Not Light will be for sale and free (chocolate) cake will also be available. This will be the international literary event of the decade. Fur Not Light press blurbicle: Taking its inspiration from the work of Russian Absurdist authors such as Alexander Vvedensky and Daniil Kharms, Fur Not Light interrogates how deep senselessness runs in a post-truth and truthiness world. Incorporating serial poems such as “Nothing of the Month Club” and “December 32nd,” as well as the long ideogram-based work “The Physical Impossibility of Death in…

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Our First Anniversary

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

We’re so excited to be celebrating our first anniversary! 2-4 pm Family party: puppy pinata for the kids, button making, and other entertainment for our younger guests 10 pm Dragon pinata for the grown ups Prizes and surprises all day and night! Drawing for the Golden Ticket winner! Nerd contest winner announced! Live music! Poetry! Gratitude! Great food and drinks, as always, shared with our unendingly charming and clever customers.

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Simon Tam in Conversation With Jacqueline Keeler

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

When Simon Tam started an Asian American dance rock band called The Slants, he didn't realize that he was starting an entire movement around freedom of expression and discussions on identity. But when Tam applied to register a trademark on the band's name, the government dragged him all the way to the Supreme Court. Tam’s Slanted (Troublemaker Press) provides a raw look at our legal system with unflinching honesty and offers timely insights on freedom of speech, how to connect with others we disagree with, and the power of music. Tam will be joined in conversation by Jacqueline Keeler, Diné/Ihanktonwan Dakota author and cofounder of Eradicating Offensive Native Mascotry.

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