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Live Wire with Luke Burbank: Studio Session

Alberta Street Pub 1036 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR, United States

Portland Book Festival Edition w/ Luis Alberto Urrea + Lauren Groff + Tommy Orange + Lucy Kaplansky When you’re the best-selling author of 17 books, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for nonfiction, and a member of the Latino Literature Hall of Fame, it makes perfect sense for NPR to hail you as a “literary badass.” Said badass, Luis Alberto Urrea, uses his dual-culture life experiences to explore greater themes of love, loss and triumph. His latest book, The House of Broken Angels, explores the “final fiesta” for a family as Angel de la Cruz gathers his progeny for his last birthday. Urrea’s prolific work in poetry, fiction, and essays is widely acclaimed and frequently selected by cities and colleges as community reads – which is pretty badass…

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$20 – $35

Luis Alberto Urrea

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

The quintessential story of what it means to be the first generation to live two lives across one border, The House of Broken Angels (Back Bay) is Pulitzer Prize finalist Luis Alberto Urrea's unforgettable portrait of the De La Cruz family as they celebrate the lives of two of their most beloved members over the course of one raucous and bittersweet weekend. Teeming with brilliance and humor, authentic at every turn, The House of Broken Angels is Urrea at his best, and cements his reputation as a storyteller of the first rank.

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Annie Bloom’s Books: Independent Bookstore Day 2020

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Independent Bookstore Day is going online for 2020. Check out this amazing schedule of livestream events! GOLDFISH GHOST drawing class with LISA BROWN Join us for a fun and interactive drawing demonstration with illustrator and author Lisa Brown. Her books include GOLDFISH GHOST, THE AIRPORT BOOK, THE PHANTOM TWIN, MUMMY CAT, LONG STORY SHORT and others. Join here at 10am on 8/29: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83926414626?pwd=UjFrenFzREVRS0ZlOVZMcURMald0Zz09 Middle Grade Fun with RENEE WATSON and illustrator NINA MATA with moderator ISAAC FITZGERALD Join RENEE WATSON (WAYS TO MAKE SUNSHINE), illustrator NINA MATA (I PROMISE), and moderator ISAAC FITZGERALD (HOW TO BE A PIRATE). Join here at 11am on 8/29: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88670459576?pwd=R1A5cEQwZU81UUNGMndQNXBLWCtKdz09 World-Building in YA Feminist Fantasy Fiction Join bestselling YA fantasy authors KAT CHO (WICKED FOX and VICIOUS SPIRITS), RENA BARRON…

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