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John H. Fitchen, Ingrid Kincaid, Jim Nail (Inkwater Press)

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

Join us for readings by three authors from the same publishing house, the first in a new monthly series. The tales in John H. Fitchen’s Life Through the Lens of a Doctor-Birder are about two grand passions: medicine and birds. Through the eyes of a physician and a birder, we witness the glory that is nature. From a remote Aleutian Island to his own backyard, and from the research lab to the bedside, we see what makes birders tick and doctors marvel. Ingrid Kincaid’s The Runes Revealed will challenge you to remove the tainted, distorted lens of patriarchal interpretation and start seeing the runes with clearer vision. Long before Odin, the Vikings or Christianity, the runes were. Written in a style that’s a mixture of both prose…

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L. Kris Gowen, Lee Barkmann, Philip Kenney (Inkwater Press)

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

L. Kris Gowen has a prosperous career, a loving partner, a strong circle of friends … until tragedy strikes. She turns to karaoke: a source of joy. With a half-formed plan and a need to sing, she takes off on a 17,774-mile karaoke road trip through America. She reconnects with old friends, makes new ones—and heals. Each time Kris takes the microphone, she sheds a little more grief, stepping into a world where everyone is accepted simply for singing a song they love. In One Nation Under Song: My Karaoke Journey Through Grief, Joy, and America, readers gain an insider’s look at the unique culture of karaoke while riding and singing along with the author on her once-in-a-lifetime journey. In Digging Up New Business: The…

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Eric Flamm, Donald J. Mackie, Benjamin Lederer (Inkwater Press)

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

Join us for our monthly reading by authors from Inkwater Press! Portland Zionists Unite! and Other Stories, by Eric Flamm: These raw, interlocking short stories—set in Israel, Portland, and Thailand—explore the complex reality of modern Israel, its recent history, and what it represents to its citizens and foreign-born Jews. With a range of different narrators—three Israel Defense Force soldiers, a hawkish retiree, a synagogue executive director, and a young video game fan—each story viscerally speaks to the contrasts between Israel’s founding mythology and current political realities. Each narrator’s perspective is different, but collectively the voices engage with a growing concern in US Jewish communal life: how to countenance an Israel that increasingly doesn’t reflect the values of American Jews. When Push Comes to Shove: A…

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A.J. Franks, Stephen T. McCrea, Leah Stenson (Inkwater Press)

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

Join us for our monthly reading by authors from Inkwater Press! Keep You Cold: Chilling Tales by A.J. Franks: What if you received disturbing glimpses of a fate you couldn’t change? Have you ever wondered what thoughts might run through your head just before those final moments of death? How does it feel to wake up and find a dark entity hovering over you, only to discover you can’t move your body and escape? Uncover the darker side of humanity and the supernatural in this genre‑blending collection of original short stories that will scare, shock, and surprise. Stay warm if you can. It’s about to get cold. Jerk Radar: How To Stop a Bad Relationship Before It Starts by Stephen T. McCrea: Have you ever gone out with someone who seemed perfect at…

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Inkwater Authors Night – Marilynne Eichinger, Sharon Ann Rose, and Mark Chussil

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

Join us for our monthly series from Inkwater Press. This month, we hear from Marilynne Eichinger, Sharon Ann Rose, and Mark Chussil. Lives of Museum Junkies: The Story of America’s Hands-On Education Movement: Peer into the political and educational climate of the 1960s to discover factors that propelled the hands-on education movement into prominence. Follow the missteps and breakthroughs of Marilynne Eichinger and 11 other naive but dedicated museum directors, board volunteers, and National Science Foundation managers as they strove to change the way science was taught. Their oft humorous stories are revealed with candor and clarity. Responding to the latest research in learning and child development, they created engaging, self-teaching displays that impacted the landscape of 2,900 centers worldwide while serving 98 million people…

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Inkwater Authors Night

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

Join us for our monthly reading by authors from Inkwater Press! This month we welcome Justin A. McWhirter, Lisa Manning, and R.M. Allan. Thorne in the Rose City by Justin A. McWhirter: Thorne is an out of town loan shark who arrives in Portland, Oregon, for what was supposed to be an easy pick-up job. That is until he finds his target already dead, leaving him accidentally caught in a tangled mess of gun running, drug dealing, shady non-profit organizations, and Portland’s darkest secret— a secret the city is desperately trying to forget. Falcons in the City by Lisa Manning: Have you ever imagined what it would be like to be a bird of prey? Frida, the peregrine falcon, narrates the story of how her family came to live…

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Inkwater Authors Night – Henry Alley, Peter Swan, Erik L. Welchoff

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

Join us for another night of readings from Inkwater Press authors! This month we have Henry Alley, Peter Swan, and Erik L. Welchoff. Set against the background of the Measure Nine (anti-gay rights) crisis in Oregon in the early 1990s, Henry Alley’s Precincts of Light explore the combined quests of a brother and sister, both newly out, try to recover the lost affections of their children, from five points of view in a novel of continuously rich and poetic language. The voices of Joanne (poet and mother), Harold (minister and father), Appleton (retired law professor and grandfather), Eleanor (collectibles broker and grandmother), and Samuel (politician, father and secret member of the homophobic Oregon Protection Alliance) comprise a book that explores diversity, the possibilities of a potentially peaceable…

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