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Song of Myself

Lewis & Clark College 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, United States

To celebrate the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birthday, actor Johnny Stallings will be performing “Song of Myself.” This poem is considered to be one of the greatest utterances in American Literature. It can change your life. Following the performance Professor Rachel Cole and Oregon’s Poet Laureate Kim Stafford and Johnny will talk about Walt Whitman and engage in what promises to be a lively dialogue with audience members. Location: Albany Quadrangle, Smith Hall

Free

Reading: Warren Easley: No Way to Die

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

Annie Bloom's welcomes back Oregon author Warren Easley to read from his seventh Cal Claxton mystery, No Way to Die. Attorney Cal Claxton, now well-established in his Oregon law practice after breaking off his career as a high-powered LA prosecutor, just wants to go fishing with his daughter, Claire, and he knows the best place--the coastal area south of Coos Bay. But their vacation takes a dark turn with the discovery of a body in the river. As an investigation is launched into the suspicious death, Cal and Claire find themselves drawn into the life of the local bookshop owner and vocal environmental activist, whose grandson was convicted for murder at age sixteen. She believes he was wrongly accused and convinces Cal to reexamine the…

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Science Fiction Book Group

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

This month our group meets to discuss Before Mars by Emma Newman. Join us!

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Candice Montgomery in Conversation With Michelle Ruiz Keil

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

On the day Torrey officially becomes a college freshman, he gets a call that might force him to drop out before he’s even made it through orientation. Candice Montgomery’s new novel for teens, By Any Means Necessary (Page Street), is an honest reflection on cultural identify, class, and gentrification. Montgomery will be joined in conversation by Michelle Ruiz Keil, author of All of Us With Wings.

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Lily Bernheimer author of The Shaping of Us

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland, OR, United States

Lily Bernheimer visits from the Bay Area to share with us her first book, The Shaping of Us, which explores how the built and natural worlds subtly influence our behavior, health, and personality. From caves to cathedrals to our current housing crisis and the dreaded open-plan office, Bernheimer demonstrates that for our well-being, we must reconnect with the power to shape the world around us. Only when people are involved in forming and nurturing our environments will they feel a greater sense of agency, community, and pride. Join us to learn more about how space makes us tick and how to fix the broken parts of our world. Lily Bernheimer is an environmental psychology author, consultant, and researcher. She is Founding Director of Space Works…

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Kirtan and Reading from Newly Released Book, Dharma, the Way to Awakening and Social Change

New Renaissance Books 1338 NW 23rd Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Please join us for an insightful book talk/reading and discussion on Dharma followed by devotional music and chanting. What is the Dharma? How does understanding your own dharma help you to feel more at peace and aligned with your purpose? How does the following of dharma support social change and help create a more peaceful world? These are just a few of the questions that will be answered at Maetreyii Ma's book launch for her newest book, Dharma the Way to Awakening and Social Change. Join Maetreyii Ma for an insightful, thought-provoking discussion followed by devotional music and kirtan.

$20

Shauna M. Ahern in Conversation With Lisa Congdon

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

Gluten-Free Girl Shauna M. Ahern’s Enough (Sasquatch) is a collection of fierce and funny personal essays on finding enough. With candor, Ahern traces the arc of her life, starting with the feeling of “not good enough” which was sown in a traumatic childhood and dogged her well into adulthood. She writes about finding her rage, which led her to find her enduring motto: enough pretending. Ahern will be joined in conversation by Lisa Congdon, artist and author of Find Your Artistic Voice.

Free

Poetry and Story Open Mic

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

Hosted by PCC

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A Poetry Reading by Marjorie Welish

Lewis & Clark - Frank Manor House 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, United States

Marjorie Welish is the author of The Annotated “Here” and Selected Poems; Word Group; Isle of the Signatories; In the Futurity Lounge / Asylum for Indeterminacy; and So What So That – all from Coffee House Press. The papers delivered at a conference on her writing and art held at the University of Pennsylvania were published as a book in Of the Diagram: The Work of Marjorie Welish (Slought Books). Thanks to Laurie Anderson, Welish’s first solo show of visual art took place at the Whitney Museum Art Resources Center; recently, a joint art exhibition with Olivier Gourvil took place at La Terrasse, in Nanterre, France; and still more recently, her paintings were on view at the American Academy of Arts and Letters Invitational 2018. A decade ago Granary Books published Oaths? Questions?, a…

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B&B Book Club: A Clockwork Orange

Hillsboro Public Library - Brookwood 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy, Hillsboro, OR, United States

B&B is partnering with the Hillsboro Public Library this season to dig even deeper into the literature that complements our shows. Join our Book Club for A Clockwork Orange this October, where we’ll discuss the novel that inspired B&B’s fall production (as well as the classic and controversial Stanley Kubrick film adaptation), and the similarities and differences between Burgess’ literary piece and the story as told on the B&B stage. Wednesday, October 9th – discussing A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess 6:00-7:30pm Hillsboro Public Library, Brookwood Branch 2850 NE Brookwood Pkwy. Hillsboro, OR 97124 *note: Book Club participants must register for each Book Club meeting separately! To register for the Wednesday, October 16th meeting, click here Registered Book Club participants receive $5 off tickets to opening weekend of A…

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