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Kat Gardiner

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

From Powell's website: Asymmetric and misremembered, Kat Gardiner’s Little Wonder (Father/Daughter Records) fictionalizes the experience of opening and closing an all-ages music venue and café in 2008. An adult coming-of-age story told in fragments, Gardiner explores the bittersweet love affair that takes place between despair and hope whenever you try with all your heart to do something you believe in, and fail. Gardiner will be accompanied at the event by acoustic musician Rebecca Rasmussen. Preorder a signed edition of Little Wonder

Free

The Stoner Babes Reading and Coloring Party

The Stacks Coffeehouse 1831 N. Killingsworth St, Portland, OR, United States

Come join us for The Stoner Babes Reading and coloring party part deux. We missed the deadline to make this an "official" on the website AWP offsite event, so please tell your friends! We have a wonderful group of writers reading pieces about empowerment. Bring your book, or get one night of. Color pages of beautiful humans while absorbing these majestic voices. I am absolutely over the moon to have these powerful and inspiring humans reading for us. So far, they are: Pamela Santos Desiree' Wright Rios De La Luz Jewels Pederson Edee Lemonier Kat Gardiner

Free