Teens Read Their Writing
Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United StatesJoin us as we hear the local young talented writers read their work aloud!
Free
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Drink and Write Tuesdays: Drop in Writer’s Workshop
Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United StatesDrop in between 5:30 and 7:30 pm on Tuesdays and spend your happy hour writing. Hosted by Jeanne Faulkner who provides prompts, tips, coaching, and community. Your bring your computer and notebook, buy your drinks at the bar, and get started. $10 optional contribution to the host.
Free – $10
Delve Fall 2019: We Are All For Sale: Capitalism and Consumerism
Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States“We live in capitalism. Its power seems inescapable. So did the divine right of kings. Any human power can be resisted and changed by human beings. Resistance and change often begin in art, and very often in our art, the art of words.” – Ursula K. Le Guin We’ll be looking at “the art of words” in four very different works to examine capitalism and consumerism in our society. We’ll start with Severance, a satirical, post apocalyptic, immigrant novel set in New York with roots in China. We’ll continue our journey abroad through Capitalism: A Ghost Story, Arundhati Roy’s masterful examination of how globalized capitalism has affected India. We’ll trace the intersection of capitalism and feminism through the co-editor of Bitch Media’s book, We Were…
$220
Nicole Chung in Conversation with Meaghan O’Connell and Lydia Kiesling
Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United StatesWe 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…
Free
Reading: Dorice Horenstein: Moments of the Heart
Annie Bloom's Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, Portland, OR, United StatesAnnie 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,…
Free
Cathy Lamb
Powell's Books at Cedar Hills Crossing 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, OR, United StatesSet 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.
Free
André Aciman
Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United StatesNo 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…
Free
Author Mat Johnson on His Novel, Loving Day
PSU - Smith Memorial Student Union 1825 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, United StatesBlack Studies presents this talk by Mat Johnson, author of Loving Day, Pym, Drop, and other books, as part of its Black Bag Speakers Series. Co-sponsored by the English Department. LOCATION: SMSU 328/9 In an effort to develop a forum for people and organizations doing work that addresses issues related to the community of Black people in Portland, the Black Bag Speaker Series began in October of 2006. We have featured many key people and organizations speaking on important issues in Portland, including but not limited to former Oregon Senator Avel Gordly, Joann Hardesty from Oregon Action, and Dr. Joy Leary from PSU. Our series has focused on the following issues: race and sustainability, slavery, police violence, segregation and gentrification, education, the Black Panthers, & AIDS and health in Portland -…
Free
Books Around the Corner: Writers Group
Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United StatesJoin fellow writers the first Wednesday of the month for a friendly critique. The goal is to support one another with constructive feedback and participate in writing exercises. All experience levels welcome!
Free
Portland Stories of Change
Castaway Portland 1900 NW 18th Avenue, Portland, OR, United StatesJoin us in celebration of our incredible Caldera Community at this year's Stories of Change! RSVP Here 2019 Portland Stories of Change Wednesday, November 6, 2019 Castaway Portland 1900 NW 18th Avenue, Portland, OR 97209 Cocktails & Art Exhibitions - 5:30 PM Dinner & Program - 6:00 PM Please RSVP by October 1
$150
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