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Airstream Poetry Festival

Sou'wester Lodge 3728 J Place, Seaview, WA, United States

From Mother Foucault's website: October 19-21, join publishers, authors, and plain old book lovers for potlucks in the pavilion, parlor games, readings, workshops, walks by the sea, and maybe even some karaoke. It's our 4th Annual Airstream Poetry Festival (prose and prints also welcome). Workshops and Presentations by: Alicia Jo Rabins, Anis Mojgani, Coast No Coast, Entre Rios Books, Expedition Press, Kisha Schlegel, Melissa Stein, NW Film Forum, Rob Schlegel, Sophia Shalmiyev, Tavern Books, University of Hell Press, and more! Tickets for the weekend's activities: $15 Available online: https://motherfoucaultsbookshop.brownpapertickets.com To book lodging at the Sou'wester, call (360) 642-2542

$15

Portland Lit Crawl: Our Words Are a Bridge

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland, OR, United States

We proudly present our Lit Crawl Portland 2018 event, Our Words Are a Bridge: An Evening with The Rumpus, VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, and YesYes Books! Where: Coporeal Writing 510 SW 3rd Ave #101 Portland, OR 97204 With readings from Elizabeth Acevedo, Nabila Lovelace, Terese Mailhot, Sophia Shalmiyev, Stacey Tran, and Lidia Yuknavitch. Hosted by Marissa Korbel. Original event art by Stephanie Tartick! Check out more of Stephanie's work here: https://www.stephanietartick.com/

Free

One Page Wednesday December

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

Writers, escape the solitude of your desk. Readers, come hear great fresh work. An opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented Portland writers. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired! Please, no reading from electronic devices. December’s One Page Wednesday is hosted by Emily Chenoweth, with featured readings by Leni Zumas and Sophia Shalmiyev. Leni Zumas is the author of the novels Red Clocks and The Listeners, and the story collection Farewell Navigator. She teaches creative writing at Portland State University.

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Sophia Shalmiyev in Conversation With Leni Zumas

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

Sophia Shalmiyev’s Mother Winter (Simon & Schuster) is an arresting memoir equal parts refugee coming-of-age story, feminist manifesto, and meditation on motherhood, displacement, gender politics, and art that follows her flight from the Soviet Union, where she was forced to abandon her estranged mother, and her subsequent quest to find her. Mother Winter is the story of Shalmiyev’s years of travel, searching, and forging meaningful connection with the worlds she occupies – the result is a searing observation of the human heart and psyche’s many shades across time and culture. Shalmiyev will be joined in conversation by Leni Zumas, author of Red Clocks.

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MOTHER WINTER BOOK PARTY

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Come help us celebrate the launch of Sophia Shalmiyev’s beautiful new book, Mother Winter! We’ll have music, drinks, and friends galore, immediately following the Powell’s event.

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Eva Hagberg Fisher in Conversation With Sophia Shalmiyev

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

Eva Hagberg Fisher spent her lonely youth looking everywhere for connection: drugs, alcohol, therapists, boyfriends, girlfriends. Sometimes she found it, but always temporarily. Then, at age 30, an undiscovered mass in her brain ruptured. So did her life. A brain surgery marked only the beginning of a long journey, and when her illness hit a critical stage, it forced her to finally admit the long-suppressed truth: she was vulnerable, she needed help, and she longed to grow. She needed true friendship for the first time. Fisher’s How to Be Loved (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt) is a luminous memoir about how friendship saved one woman’s life, for anyone who has loved a friend who was sick, grieving, or lost – and for anyone who has struggled to…

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