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Why There Are Words: Peace and Justice

Leach Botanical Garden 6704 SE 122nd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Why There Are Words – Portland returns for a second year of outstanding live author readings February 17, 2019 (Sunday) at 4pm, at  Leach Botanical Garden in SE Portland. The following six acclaimed authors will read on the theme of Peace and Justice. Doors open at 4PM; readings begin at 4:15. $10 at the door; proceeds to benefit Leach Botanical Garden. Donations to WTAW, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, are always welcome. For details, including readers’ full bios, see whytherearewords.com/pdx. Stevan Allred lives in Portland, Oregon, halfway between Hav and the Isle of the Dead, which is to say he spends as much time burrowed into his imagination as he possibly can. The Alehouse at the End of the World, his debut novel, was published by Forest…

Free – $10