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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…

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CLASH Books Offsite AWP Reading

East Side Delicatessen 1109 SE Madison St., Portland, OR, United States

CLASH Books gathers it's finest writers for an extravaganza of literature on Friday March 29th during the annual AWP lit festival in Portland, OR. Enjoy performances of poetry, fiction & nonfiction from some of the most exciting new & powerful voices on the scene. There will be books, there will be beer & there will be 6'' sandwiches for $7. What more could you want! LET'S GET LIT READERS Brandi Homan Anna Suarez Monique Quintana Jennifer Robin Kim Vodicka Lindsay Lerman Francesco Levato Chris Campanioni Big Bruiser Dope Boy Katy Michelle Quinn Megan Coe Autumn Christian Shy Watson Kevin Maloney NOah Cicero Kenning JP García Devora Gray Julia Laxer Garrett Cook Brian Alan Ellis Leza Cantoral Nathan Carson

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Kevin Maloney in Conversation With Jon Raymond

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

Provocative, poignant, and resoundingly hilarious, Kevin Maloney’s The Red-Headed Pilgrim (Two Dollar Radio) is the tragicomic tale of an anxious red-head and his sordid pursuit of enlightenment and pleasure (not necessarily in that order). On a sunny day in a business park near Portland, Oregon, 42-year-old web developer Kevin Maloney is in the throes of an existential crisis that finds him shoeless in a field of Queen Anne’s lace, reflecting on the tumultuous events that brought him to this moment. Growing up in the suburbs, young Kevin suffered “a psychological break that ripped me from my humdrum existence” mainlining high fructose corn syrup and episodes of The Golden Girls. Thus begins a journey of hard-earned insights and sexual awakening that takes Kevin from angst-ridden Beaverton…

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