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CLASH Books Portland Book Festival Offsite Reading

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

From the Facebook event: Join CLASH Books for an all star lineup of Portland’s finest at the brand new Rose City Book Pub! Come for the drinks & stay for the lit! Books by the authors will be for sale. FEATURING JENNIFER ROBIN OPHELIA DARKLY ANNA SUAREZ DANGER SLATER GARRETT COOK CHRISTOPH PAUL JEFF BURK CHARLES AUSTIN MUIR KEVIN SAMPSELL KEVIN MALONEY JIM AGPALZA KATHRYN LOUSE NATHAN CARSON CONSTANCE ANNE FITZGERALD LEZA CANTORAL BIOS Jennifer Robin is the author Death Confetti (2016). Her short works have been published in Five2One, PLAZM, King Shot Press, and Ladybox Books. Robin's 2019 FUNGASM release, EARTHQUAKES IN CANDYLAND is a work of journalism in which she sings a song of soul gamblers in the age of disaster capitalism. Ophelia…

Free

STTS: Live! at LitCrawl

L5:ArtWorks 920 W Burnside St, Portland, OR, United States

It's Storytellers Telling Stories: Live! Where a live band plays while performers regale you with adventures in heartache, fame, and awkwardness. Storytellers Telling Stories Live! is where music meets storytelling -- authors, poets, actors, comedians, and musicians unite for a rousing performance full of laughter and heartache -- inspired by the Storytellers Telling Stories Podcast and hosted by Jude Brewer. OUR LINEUP: Brianna Barrett Kevin Sampsell Jennifer Robin Tabitha BlankenBiller Margaret Malone ...featuring the Colin Trio as the live band!

Free

The Hour That Stretches

Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

This month's Hour will scorch in a few weeks early, for the holiday. (December will be likewise early and full of fireworks.)This time: Portland-AF novelist Hobie Anthony. Poet Alice Lavender Love reading from Ted Cheng's SciFi novel THE HUMAN INSIDE. Bizarro author and powerhouse performer Josh Knapton. Punk Classicist poet and Hour virgin, my new homie Ross Robbins. Cafe Lena trailblazer and pillar of the Hour That Stretches, author/ poet/ phenomenon Jennifer Robin, possibly together with or separate from the electronic psychobilly stylings of another Hour pillar, AirOn GhostRadio (Erin K Smith). And just to make sure we have everyone's attention, monologist Caitlin Beckwith-Ferguson from a sterling headhunt of a headhunt that paid off in gold. This will be a fine way to begin closing…

Free

Books, Beer, Boogie: A Welcome Poetry & Dance Party!

NM Bodecker Foundation 2360 NW Quimby St, Portland, OR, United States

Join authors from Write Bloody Publishing and University of Hell Press at the fabulous NM Bodecker Foundation on Wednesday, March 27th, for a celebration of books, (a bit) of beer (+ wine), and (a lot) of boogie. Eight authors will share short, powerful selections of their work; ALL participants will dance dance dance the (early) night away. Readers include: Nicole Yurcaba! Jennifer Robin! Josh Lubin! Chad Christensen! 6:30pm Doors open! 7:30-8:30pm Reading begins! 8:30-9:30pm Fast and furious dance party! FREE! but MUST RSVP via the Eventbrite link to reserve your coveted spot for this exclusively rad event. Limited to the first 100 guests! (Again, on Eventbrite, not here, though we like to see unbridled enthusiasm on FB, too!)

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