Bone Tax Poem Club: April Edition
Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United StatesReaders: Skyler Reed, Andrew Rogers, Michelle Overby, and manuel arturo abreu. And host: Ross Robbins!
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Readings
Phantom Drift Literary Reading
Look Long Brewing Company 6550 N Interstate Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesPhantom Drift is a non-profit journal dedicated to publishing fabulist writers and artists by producing a perfect-bound print edition and paying contributors for their work. Come hear some fantastical poetry and excerpts from these surreal and unusual pieces by local writers. The lineup so far includes Phantom Drift Editor Matt Schumaker, Brittany Corrigan, Donna Prinzmetal, John Morrison, Armin Tolentino, Pattie Palmer-Baker, and Devon Balwit.
Free
Will Alexander Reading
The Little Church 5138 NE 23rd Ave, Portland, OR, United StatesThe 2019 PSU/Tin House Writer in Residence, Will Alexander, will read at The Little Church in NE Portland. Alexander is a poet, novelist, essayist, philosopher, aphorist, playwright, visual artist, and pianist. His books include Asia and Haiti, The Sri Lankan Loxodrome, Compression and Purity, Sunrise In Armageddon, Diary As Sin, Inside the Earthquake Palace, Towards The Primeval Lightning Field, and Mirach Speaks To His Grammatical Transparents. Alexander is a recipient of the Whiting Fellowship for Poetry, California Arts Council Fellowship, PEN Oakland-Josephine Miles Literary Award, American Book Award, and Jackson Poetry Prize. He lives in Los Angeles.
Free
Cat Winters
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United StatesSeventeen-year-old Edgar Poe counts down the days until he can escape his foster family – the wealthy Allans of Richmond, Virginia. He hungers for his upcoming life as a student at the prestigious new university, almost as much as he longs to marry his beloved Elmira Royster. However, on the brink of his departure, all his plans go awry when a macabre Muse named Lenore appears to him. Muses are frightful creatures that lead artists down a path of ruin and disgrace, and no respectable person could possibly understand or accept them. But Lenore steps out of the shadows with one request: “Let them see me!” The Raven’s Tale (Amulet) is the new novel for teens from Cat Winters.
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Dustin Morrow on Kathleen Turner
Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United StatesOn Friday, April 19, at 7 pm, Prof. Dustin Morrow will discuss his new book, Kathleen Turner on Acting: Conversations about Film, Television, and Theater, a collaborative book written with the legendary, iconic actress. He will discuss the challenges that face film actors and offer a perspective on film acting from the point of view of the director and the editor. Dustin Morrow is an Emmy-winning filmmaker, bestselling author, and professor of film at Portland State University. As a media artist, his works frequently explore issues of and relationships between landscape/space and personal, communal and cultural identities; the relationship between music and the moving image; intersections of traditional cinema and new media; the actor-director relationship; and genre filmmaking. Prof. Morrow is the author of the…
Free
Down From the Mountain: The Life and Death of a Grizzly Bear
Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United StatesThe grizzly is one of North America’s few remaining large predators. Their range is diminished, but they’re spreading across the West again. Descending into valleys where once they were king, bears find the landscape they’d known for eons utterly changed by the new most dominant animal: humans. In Down From the Mountain (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), writer, Montana rancher, and conservationist Bryce Andrews tells the story of a grizzly bear named Millie: her life, death, and cubs, and what they reveal about the changing character of the American West.
Free
Poetry reading: Amber West, Jennifer Perrine, Kelly Terwilliger
Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United StatesAmber West is a writer, educator, and theater maker originally from California with roots in Tennessee and Oklahoma. Her full-length poetry collection, Hen & God was published in 2017 and described by the Washington Independent Review of Books as "out of the ordinary writing." Greed and destruction have reigned too long! Artists, humans, Portlanders, it's time we EGG UP! Join poets Jennifer Perrine, Kelly Terwilliger, and Amber West at the delightful Rose City Book Pub for a free evening of poetry, conversation, and revelry. Amber is in town as part of the Oregon leg of her national #EggUp poetry book tour. See below for poet bios and book info. Please spread the word and we hope to see you there! About the Poets: Jennifer Perrine…
Free
Thoughts of Crime: A Lynn Breedlove Reading
Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United StatesJoin us for a reading featuring legendary Lynn Breedlove at Portland's Rose City Book Pub! We are celebrating his new book, 45 Thought Crimes: New Writing. There is a beautiful lineup of writers reading alongside Lynn. Let’s celebrate community and diversity!!! Lineup: Lynn Breedlove Nastashia Minto Matan Gold Julia Laxer Anna Suarez
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Marisa McClellan in Conversation With Martha Holmberg
Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United StatesMarisa McClellan, author of Food in Jars, wants everyone to know that a pantry full of homemade jams, jellies, salsas, and pickles can do a whole lot more than accompany toast. They can add bold bursts of flavor to your home cooking! In her fourth book, The Food in Jars Kitchen (Running Press), she provides 140 recipes for incorporating preserves into everyday dishes. McClellan will be joined in conversation by Martha Holmberg, author of Modern Sauces and coauthor of Six Seasons.
Free
Peach Blossom Poetry Series: Stella Jeng Guillory
Lan Su Chinese Garden 239 NW Everett St, Portland, OR, United StatesChinese gardens in China and Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland are filled with poetic inscriptions: as text, calligraphy, engravings and plaques. Inspired by the culture of literature in Chinese gardens, prolific poets share their work with garden visitors every Saturday in April at 3 p.m. Included with Lan Su membership or admission; no registration is required. April 6 A. Molotkov April 13 Clemens Starck April 20 Stella Jeng Guillory April 27 Joni Renee Whitworth About the Presenters: Born in Russia, A. Molotkov moved to the US in 1990 and switched to writing in English in 1993. His poetry collections are The Catalog of Broken Things, Application of Shadows, and Synonyms for Silence (Acre Books/Cincinnati Review, 2019). Published by Kenyon, Iowa, Antioch, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Bennington and…
$10
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