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Local Author Reading | The Jesus He Deserved

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United States

Join us for a Local Author Reading of The Jesus He Deserved with Sean Davis, Matthew Robinson, and Jacob Meeks. Three Oregon authors and combat veterans, Sean Davis, Matthew Robinson and Jacob Meeks, drawing on their experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan, Haiti, Africa and the Middle East, offer anatomies of war and of peace. The book can ordered before the reading by emailing: info@booksaroundthecorner.com. The cost of the book is $14 and can be paid at the time of pickup. Sean Davis is the author of The Wax Bullet War, a Purple Heart Iraq War veteran, and the winner of the Legionnaire of the Year Award from the American Legion in 2015 and the recipient of the Emily Gottfried Emerging Leader, Human Rights award for 2016.…

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The Jesus He Deserved – Matthew Robinson and Sean Davis

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

Join us on Saturday, March 2 at 7 pm to hear Matthew Robinson and Sean Davis read from their new collaboration with Jacob Meeks, The Jesus He Deserved: & Other Thoughts on War & Returning. Sean Davis is the author of The Wax Bullet War, a Purple Heart Iraq War veteran, and the winner of the Legionnaire of the Year Award from the American Legion in 2015 and the recipient of the Emily Gottfried Emerging Leader, Human Rights award for 2016. His stories, essays, and articles have appeared in the Ted Talk Book The Misfit’s Manifesto (Simon and Schuster), Forest Avenue Press anthology City of Weird, Sixty Minutes, Story Corps, Flaunt Magazine, The Big Smoke, Human the movie, and much more. PRAISE FOR SEAN DAVIS:…

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The Jesus He Deserved – Sean Davis, Matthew Robinson, Jacob Meeks

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

Returned veterans are becoming writers and artists. And American stories are changing. The Jesus He Deserved tells the tales of the wars our soldiers fight at home before they fight abroad and once that battle has ended. Each holds the conscience of the world right now. Each shows how someone who has seen too much death can recover into life. Sean Davis is the author of The Wax Bullet War, a Purple Heart Iraq War veteran, and the winner of the Legionnaire of the Year Award from the American Legion in 2015 and the recipient of the Emily Gottfried Emerging Leader, Human Rights award for 2016. His stories, essays, and articles have appeared in the Ted Talk Book The Misfit’s Manifesto (Simon and Schuster), Forest…

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