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Tales from Home

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a special evening of tales from some of our amazing local authors! Kate Carroll De Gutes will lead the evening. Rene Denfeld will delight us with a selection from her own works. And Willy Vlautin will be treating us to a live performance of A Jocky's Christmas, a dark comedy about a misfit, overweight, alcoholic jockey whose career has dried up. After the reading, stick around for conversation and a book signing. Be sure to reserve your copies here: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/event/tales-home-home-town-author-reading Also participating will be: Matt Minicucci, Winner of the Oregon Book Award for Poetry {Small Gods} Author Taylor Zajonc Taylor Zajonc {The Maw} Martha Shelly {A Meteor Shower}, whose self-published book will be available for purchase in-shop at the event. AND! Rob…

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Author Reading: The Index of Self-Destructive Acts by Christopher Beha and Power Ball by Rob Neyer

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for an evening of fiction, family, and baseball with Christopher Beha, author of The Index of Self-Destructive Acts, and Rob Neyer, former sportswriter and local author of Power Ball: Anatomy of a Modern Baseball Game. $5 Registration will benefit the Roosevelt High School Athletics Program. The Index of Self-Destructive Acts Sweeping in scope yet meticulous in its construction, The Index of Self-Destructive Acts is a remarkable family portrait and a masterful evocation of New York City and its institutions. Over the course of a single baseball season, Christopher Beha traces the passing of the torch from the old establishment to the new meritocracy, exploring how each generation’s failure helped land us where we are today. Whether or not the world is ending, Beha’s…

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