Broadway Books is pleased to announce a special event to be held at the store at 7 pm on Thursday, April 24.
Two Portland novelists will be here to present their newly published books.
Dan Berne is the author of Gods of Second Chances.
This is the story of Ray Bancroft, a widowed Alaskan fisherman who is
raising his granddaughter. Trouble comes when Ray’s estranged daughter
returns from prison, her search for a safe harbor threatening everything
Ray holds sacred.
Rob Yardumian’s debut novel is The Sound of Songs Across the Water.
The story takes place in the summer of 1995 in Los Angeles. Washed-out
musician Riley Walter hasn’t had an album in fifteen years. He joins
former bandmate Will Taylor to produce a new album, and long-buried
conflicts darken the sunny California scene. It’s a tale about the
struggles of two old friends, music, sex, charisma, art, love, and the
power of money.
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Poetry with Harold Johnson and Robert A. Davies
Harold Johnson and Robert A. Davies will give a poetry reading at Kenton Library
(8226 N. Denver Ave., Portland) 7-8:00 PM on Tuesday, April 22. Free.
Harold Johnson was born in Yakima, Washington, and has lived in Portland for the past sixty-two years where he has practiced music, visual art, and writing. His poems have been published in numerous small journals and anthologized in From Here We Speak: Poetry of Oregon, New Poets of the American West, Millennial Spring: Eight New Oregon Poets, Portland Lights, and Millennial Spring: African-American poetry of the 21st Century. He has co-edited the journal Fireweed and has a volume of poems forthcoming from Many Voices Press. Johnson's reading will include recent and older works.
Robert A. Davies lives in Portland, Oregon. He has published widely in the Little magazines and more recently in CounterPunch.com, Windfall, Subtopian and Dissidentvoice.com. He was co-editor of Mr. Cogito magazine for more than 20 years, has published TRACKS IN OREGON (a finalist for the Oregon Literary Award), TIMBER, SOMETIMES SUBVERSIVE, MELONS and MENDELSSOHN and BLUFF HOLLOW. H will be reading mostly from the last 3 books. rjdavies3@comcast.net
(8226 N. Denver Ave., Portland) 7-8:00 PM on Tuesday, April 22. Free.
Harold Johnson was born in Yakima, Washington, and has lived in Portland for the past sixty-two years where he has practiced music, visual art, and writing. His poems have been published in numerous small journals and anthologized in From Here We Speak: Poetry of Oregon, New Poets of the American West, Millennial Spring: Eight New Oregon Poets, Portland Lights, and Millennial Spring: African-American poetry of the 21st Century. He has co-edited the journal Fireweed and has a volume of poems forthcoming from Many Voices Press. Johnson's reading will include recent and older works.
Robert A. Davies lives in Portland, Oregon. He has published widely in the Little magazines and more recently in CounterPunch.com, Windfall, Subtopian and Dissidentvoice.com. He was co-editor of Mr. Cogito magazine for more than 20 years, has published TRACKS IN OREGON (a finalist for the Oregon Literary Award), TIMBER, SOMETIMES SUBVERSIVE, MELONS and MENDELSSOHN and BLUFF HOLLOW. H will be reading mostly from the last 3 books. rjdavies3@comcast.net
Dan Berne's "The Gods of Second Chances" Launch
Portland Author Debuts at Powell’s
The Gods of Second Chances,
Portland author Dan Berne’s debut novel, will launch with a reading at
7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, at Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W.
Burnside Ave., Portland.
The Gods of Second Chances features Ray Bancroft, a widowed Alaskan fisherman raising his
granddaughter with help from a multitude of gods and goddesses—not to
mention rituals ad-libbed at sea by his half-Tlingit best friend. But
statues and otter bone ceremonies aren’t enough when Ray’s estranged
daughter returns from prison, her search for a safe harbor threatening
everything he holds sacred.
“Every so often a novel comes along that feels like nothing you’ve read before,” said Karen Karbo, author of Julia Child Rules. “Dan Berne’s The Gods of Second Chances is
one of those, soulful and shattering in equal measure. Berne shines a
light on rarely visited corners of both the world and the human heart in
a page-turning story that stays with you long after you’ve reached the
end.”
Berne, whose fiction and poetry have been
published in literary magazines, owns a market strategy consultancy and
lives with his wife Aliza in Portland. Learn more at danberne.com.
The Gods of Second Chances is
illustrated by Portland artist Reid Psaltis, who draws inspiration from
the natural world. Psaltis’s comics and illustrations have been
featured on Top Shelf 2.0, Study Group Comics, Trip City, Scout Books
Good Ink Series, and by other independent publishers. More of his work
can be seen at reidpsaltis.com.
Forest
Avenue Press chose Berne’s manuscript as the first novel in its fiction
catalog, following the release of the linked story collection A Simplified Map of the Real World by Stevan Allred, which was named a #1 book of the year in the Powell’s Staff Top 5s. The Night, and the Rain, and the River, an Oregon short story anthology edited by Liz Prato of Portland, and Skin Drag, a debut novel by Portland poet Kate Gray, are forthcoming in May and September 2014.
For more information, see forestavenuepress.com.
Ooligan Press Book Launch: The Ninth Day
Ooligan Press Book Launch: The Ninth Day
Where: Koehler House
732 NW 19th Ave
Portland OR 97209
When: Monday, December 16, 7pm-9pm
Ooligan Press is proud to launch Ruth Tenzer Feldman's new title The Ninth Day at the historic Koehler House on Monday, December 16th at 7pm. In The Ninth Day is the follow up to the Oregon Book Award-winning Blue Thread.
The event will include refreshments and music from the 1960s.
Admission is free, and teachers will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for a free classroom set of The Ninth Day.
Poetry On Boradway Returns!
Poetry returns to downtown Portland!
The Attic Institute has partnered with Portland Center for Performing Arts to present Poetry on Broadway - a free poetry series in the heart of downtown Portland at PCPA in the rotunda of Antoinette Hatfield Hall at SW Main & Broadway.
Series opener | Monday, September 23, 8pm | Learn more
POETRY ON BROADWAY: LINDA BIERDSRaised in Anchorage, Alaska and graduate of the University of Washington, MacArthur Fellow and award-winning poet Linda Bierds uses her work to explore historical and scientific information from a new angle. Her poetry allows people to rediscover the lives of historical figures including Darwin, Beethoven, and Toulouse-Lautrec. Linda’s most prominent work includes her bookThe Ghost Trio (1994), named as a Notable Book Selection by the American Library Association. If you have seen Linda Bierds read, you know what a treat it is! Don't miss this poet in a rare Portland appearance.
The Attic Institute has partnered with Portland Center for Performing Arts to present Poetry on Broadway - a free poetry series in the heart of downtown Portland at PCPA in the rotunda of Antoinette Hatfield Hall at SW Main & Broadway.
Series opener | Monday, September 23, 8pm | Learn more
POETRY ON BROADWAY: LINDA BIERDSRaised in Anchorage, Alaska and graduate of the University of Washington, MacArthur Fellow and award-winning poet Linda Bierds uses her work to explore historical and scientific information from a new angle. Her poetry allows people to rediscover the lives of historical figures including Darwin, Beethoven, and Toulouse-Lautrec. Linda’s most prominent work includes her bookThe Ghost Trio (1994), named as a Notable Book Selection by the American Library Association. If you have seen Linda Bierds read, you know what a treat it is! Don't miss this poet in a rare Portland appearance.
Brittney Corrigan reading at Another Read Through
Brittney Corrigan reading at Another Read ThroughTuesday, September 10, 2013
7:00pm
Another Read Through
1435 N Killingsworth Street, Portland, 97217http://www.anotherreadthrough.com/Brittney Corrigan will be reading from her poetry collection, Navigation, as well as new work at Another Read Through, one of Portland's newest local bookstores. Come for the reading, stay for the open mic to follow, and browse the great selection of used books.
Brittney Corrigan was raised in Colorado but has called Portland, Oregon her home since 1990. She holds a degree from Reed College, where she is also employed. She is the poetry editor for the online journal Hyperlexia: poetry and prose about the autism spectrum (http://hyperlexiajournal.com/). Brittney’s poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and she is the author of the collection, Navigation, published by The Habit of Rainy Nights Press (2012), and the chapbook, 40 Weeks, published by Finishing Line Press (2012). To find out more about Brittney, visit http://brittneycorrigan.com/.
7:00pm
Another Read Through
1435 N Killingsworth Street, Portland, 97217http://www.anotherreadthrough.com/Brittney Corrigan will be reading from her poetry collection, Navigation, as well as new work at Another Read Through, one of Portland's newest local bookstores. Come for the reading, stay for the open mic to follow, and browse the great selection of used books.
Brittney Corrigan was raised in Colorado but has called Portland, Oregon her home since 1990. She holds a degree from Reed College, where she is also employed. She is the poetry editor for the online journal Hyperlexia: poetry and prose about the autism spectrum (http://hyperlexiajournal.com/). Brittney’s poems have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies, and she is the author of the collection, Navigation, published by The Habit of Rainy Nights Press (2012), and the chapbook, 40 Weeks, published by Finishing Line Press (2012). To find out more about Brittney, visit http://brittneycorrigan.com/.
STEVAN ALLRED BOOK RELEASE!
Fifteen linked stories chart a true course through the lives of families, farmers, loggers, former classmates, and the occasional stripper. In the town of Renata, Oregon, a man watches his neighbor's big-screen TV through binoculars. An errant son paints himself silver. Mysterious electrical humming emanates from an enormous barn.
A Simplified Map of the Real World (Forest Avenue Press), Stevan Allred's stunning debut, deftly navigates the stubborn geography of the human heart.
Pre-order a signed edition of A Simplified Map of the Real World .
Thursday, September 12th @ 7:30pm
Powell's City of Books on Burnside
1005 W Burnside (800) 878-7323
1005 W Burnside (800) 878-7323
ATTIC ATHENEUM FACULTY TO READ AT BROADWAY BOOKS
7 pm on Thursday September 5 at 7 pm.
In celebration of the Attic Institute’s Atheneum Master Writing Program and its incoming class of Atheneum Fellows, the faculty from this groundbreaking program will read from their work.
The Atheneum Master Writing Program is an annual certificate program that melds independent study under close faculty supervision, student receptions, public readings, and other special events created around good writing and dialog within the literary community. The program is designed to advance student’s writing and seed literary life in the city of Portland. Atheneum Fellows form a unique community of literary artists and citizens.
Scheduled to read at this event are writers and faculty members David Biespiel, Karen Karbo, Lee Montgomery, Wendy Willis, Merridawn Duckler, and Greg Robillard.
VoiceCatcher Contributors Read at Rain or Shine Coffee House
Join poets Stella Jeng
Guillory, Pattie Palmer-Baker, Marjorie Power, Cindy Stewart-Rinier and
Wendy Thompson along with memoirist Anne Gudger
Wen: Thursday, September 19, 2013. 6:30-8:30 pm
Where: Rain or Shine Coffee House, 5941 SE Division St.,Portland, OR 97206
Tonia Twigger McConnell, whose photographs are on display this month at Rain or Shine, will also discuss her photography.
Wen: Thursday, September 19, 2013. 6:30-8:30 pm
Where: Rain or Shine Coffee House, 5941 SE Division St.,Portland, OR 97206
Tonia Twigger McConnell, whose photographs are on display this month at Rain or Shine, will also discuss her photography.
TWO PORTLAND POETS AT BROADWAY BOOKS
7 pm on Wednesday July 10
Poets Penelope Scambly Schott and Andrea Hollander will be here to read from newly published books.
Penelope Scambly Schott’s new book is Lillie was a goddess Lillie was a whore and is published by Mayapple Press of Woodstock, New York. It’s a poetic look at the world’s “oldest profession” – prostitution. By turns funny, wise, historical, contemporary, sacred and profane, this book is a thoughtful consideration of the subject by a poet with an unflinching imagination. Ms. Schott’s previous books include several chapbooks and collections. She is the recipient of an Oregon Book Award for Poetry. She is a resident of Portland and Dufur, Oregon.
Andrea Hollander’s new book is Landscape with Female Figure: New and Collected Poems, 1981 - 2012, published by Autumn House Press of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is the author of three previous chapbooks and three full-length poetry collections. She has won many honors for her poetry and memoir work, including two NEA fellowships, a D.H. Lawrence Fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. She spent twenty-two years as Writer-in-Residence at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas and now lives in Portland.
Poets Penelope Scambly Schott and Andrea Hollander will be here to read from newly published books.
Penelope Scambly Schott’s new book is Lillie was a goddess Lillie was a whore and is published by Mayapple Press of Woodstock, New York. It’s a poetic look at the world’s “oldest profession” – prostitution. By turns funny, wise, historical, contemporary, sacred and profane, this book is a thoughtful consideration of the subject by a poet with an unflinching imagination. Ms. Schott’s previous books include several chapbooks and collections. She is the recipient of an Oregon Book Award for Poetry. She is a resident of Portland and Dufur, Oregon.
Andrea Hollander’s new book is Landscape with Female Figure: New and Collected Poems, 1981 - 2012, published by Autumn House Press of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She is the author of three previous chapbooks and three full-length poetry collections. She has won many honors for her poetry and memoir work, including two NEA fellowships, a D.H. Lawrence Fellowship and a Pushcart Prize. She spent twenty-two years as Writer-in-Residence at Lyon College in Batesville, Arkansas and now lives in Portland.
The Studio Series: Poetry Reading and Open Mic
VoiceCatcher poets: Maggie
Chula, Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, Andrea Hollander, Annie Lighthart,
Emily Pitman Newberry, Darlene Pagán and Pat Phillips West
at Stonehenge Studios, 3508 SW Corbett Avenue, Portland 97239 on Sunday, July 14 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public, the Studio Series is held monthly on second Sundays. The adjoining Ross Island Café is no longer open on Sunday evenings. For additional information please contact host and organizer Leah Stenson at leahstenson@comcast.net.
Margaret Chula is a poet, teacher and performance artist. She has published seven books of poetry and currently serves as the first Poet Laureate of Friends of Chamber Music in Portland and as President of the Tanka Society of America.
Poet-dramatist Cindy Williams Gutiérrez collaborates with musicians, thespians and visual artists. Her collection, the small claim of bones, is forthcoming from Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe (Arizona State University). Her plays have been produced by the Miracle Theatre Group and Insight Out Theatre Collective.
Andrea Hollander is the author of three chapbooks and four full-length poetry collections, most recently Landscape with Female Figure: New & Selected Poems, 1982 – 2012. She is the recipient of a 2013 Oregon Literary Fellowship.
Annie Lighthart began writing poetry after her first visit to an Oregon old-growth forest. Since then, she has continued to write while working as a teacher and mother. Her book of poetry Iron String is forthcoming from Airlie Press in October 2013.
Emily Pittman Newberry is a poet, speaker, writer and performance artist. One Spirit Press published Butterfly A Rose, her first book of poetry, in 2010.
Darlene Pagán is a writer and mother, an activist and wife, a teacher and thinker. She teaches writing and literature at Pacific University in Oregon. A full-length collection, Petty Crimes and Other Misadventures, is forthcoming.
Pat Phillips West’s poems have appeared or will appear in Imagination & Place: Weather, Persimmon Tree, VoiceCatcher6, Manzanita Writers Press, San Pedro River Review and elsewhere.
at Stonehenge Studios, 3508 SW Corbett Avenue, Portland 97239 on Sunday, July 14 from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public, the Studio Series is held monthly on second Sundays. The adjoining Ross Island Café is no longer open on Sunday evenings. For additional information please contact host and organizer Leah Stenson at leahstenson@comcast.net.
Margaret Chula is a poet, teacher and performance artist. She has published seven books of poetry and currently serves as the first Poet Laureate of Friends of Chamber Music in Portland and as President of the Tanka Society of America.
Poet-dramatist Cindy Williams Gutiérrez collaborates with musicians, thespians and visual artists. Her collection, the small claim of bones, is forthcoming from Bilingual Press/Editorial Bilingüe (Arizona State University). Her plays have been produced by the Miracle Theatre Group and Insight Out Theatre Collective.
Andrea Hollander is the author of three chapbooks and four full-length poetry collections, most recently Landscape with Female Figure: New & Selected Poems, 1982 – 2012. She is the recipient of a 2013 Oregon Literary Fellowship.
Annie Lighthart began writing poetry after her first visit to an Oregon old-growth forest. Since then, she has continued to write while working as a teacher and mother. Her book of poetry Iron String is forthcoming from Airlie Press in October 2013.
Emily Pittman Newberry is a poet, speaker, writer and performance artist. One Spirit Press published Butterfly A Rose, her first book of poetry, in 2010.
Darlene Pagán is a writer and mother, an activist and wife, a teacher and thinker. She teaches writing and literature at Pacific University in Oregon. A full-length collection, Petty Crimes and Other Misadventures, is forthcoming.
Pat Phillips West’s poems have appeared or will appear in Imagination & Place: Weather, Persimmon Tree, VoiceCatcher6, Manzanita Writers Press, San Pedro River Review and elsewhere.
Opened Window: a steaming evening of erotic verse
Verse In Person presents“Opened Window: a steaming evening of erotic verse”
· Featured readers will be Celina Wigle, Dena Rash Guzman, Joaquin Lopez, Ross Robbins, Sterling Clark
· A short open mic dedicated to erotic poems will precede the featured poets.
· Minors will be permitted if accompanied by a mature-looking adult.
· If an adult’s mature appearance is dubious, measurements of cranium and beadiness of eye will determine a subject’s grade of perversity and subsequent permission to enter event.
· Folding fans may be employed should audience members swoon.
· Smelling salts will not be provided.
STERLING CLARK is a poet, performance artist and creator. She hails from Los Angeles, CA where she began writing at the age of seven. Her poetry has been described as raw, erotic, and honest. She flays her heart open, exposes her vulnerability and presents it for all to hear through written word. She does queer, polyamoury and sex work activism and is a student of sexology. Her intent as a writer is to inspire honesty in a world so inhabited by fear.
DENA RASH GUZMAN is the author of Life Cycle-Poems (Dog On A Chain Press 2013.) Editor of the literary journal Unshod Quills, she is managing director for the Shanghai, China based English language publisher, HAL Publishing. In 2010 she was awarded Judge's Prize for Best Performance at the first known erotic fiction competition in post-Mao mainland China, at Glamour Bar in Shanghai.
JOAQUIN LOPEZ is a musician, writer, cultural events and music producer, and small business owner. Producer credits include Taste of Mexico at the Portland Art Museum and the annual cultural performance for Portland Latino Gay Pride: Voz Alta. In 2012, he released the album, “…For the Disenchanted,” a Spanish language ode to melancholia and longing featuring boleros. Joaquin received his BFA in Theatre Arts from Southern Oregon University and sits on the board of Business for Culture and the Arts, Momentum Alliance and Portland Latino Gay Pride. He works at La Bonita with his family.
ROSS ROBBINS lives, writes, and loves in Portland, Oregon. He is an avid self-publisher of chapbooks. His latest, "I want to say how I feel and be done with it forever," is available for purchase at his appearances, along with his other work.
CELINA WIGLE is an Oregon native and graduate of Portland State University's English Literature program. Her mystic alter ego, the Celestial Concubine, has produced three chapbooks and a spoken word album. She is a certified postpartum doula, freelance writer, steampunk fashion model, contributor to the Happy Hysteria holistic sexual health community, and a volunteer co-editor for VoiceCatcher literary journal.
Sign up begins at 5:45 pm. Reading runs 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm
Wednesday, June 26th
Northwest Library
2300 NW Thurman Street
For more info or questions email: verse.in.person.pdx@gmail.com
· Featured readers will be Celina Wigle, Dena Rash Guzman, Joaquin Lopez, Ross Robbins, Sterling Clark
· A short open mic dedicated to erotic poems will precede the featured poets.
· Minors will be permitted if accompanied by a mature-looking adult.
· If an adult’s mature appearance is dubious, measurements of cranium and beadiness of eye will determine a subject’s grade of perversity and subsequent permission to enter event.
· Folding fans may be employed should audience members swoon.
· Smelling salts will not be provided.
STERLING CLARK is a poet, performance artist and creator. She hails from Los Angeles, CA where she began writing at the age of seven. Her poetry has been described as raw, erotic, and honest. She flays her heart open, exposes her vulnerability and presents it for all to hear through written word. She does queer, polyamoury and sex work activism and is a student of sexology. Her intent as a writer is to inspire honesty in a world so inhabited by fear.
DENA RASH GUZMAN is the author of Life Cycle-Poems (Dog On A Chain Press 2013.) Editor of the literary journal Unshod Quills, she is managing director for the Shanghai, China based English language publisher, HAL Publishing. In 2010 she was awarded Judge's Prize for Best Performance at the first known erotic fiction competition in post-Mao mainland China, at Glamour Bar in Shanghai.
JOAQUIN LOPEZ is a musician, writer, cultural events and music producer, and small business owner. Producer credits include Taste of Mexico at the Portland Art Museum and the annual cultural performance for Portland Latino Gay Pride: Voz Alta. In 2012, he released the album, “…For the Disenchanted,” a Spanish language ode to melancholia and longing featuring boleros. Joaquin received his BFA in Theatre Arts from Southern Oregon University and sits on the board of Business for Culture and the Arts, Momentum Alliance and Portland Latino Gay Pride. He works at La Bonita with his family.
ROSS ROBBINS lives, writes, and loves in Portland, Oregon. He is an avid self-publisher of chapbooks. His latest, "I want to say how I feel and be done with it forever," is available for purchase at his appearances, along with his other work.
CELINA WIGLE is an Oregon native and graduate of Portland State University's English Literature program. Her mystic alter ego, the Celestial Concubine, has produced three chapbooks and a spoken word album. She is a certified postpartum doula, freelance writer, steampunk fashion model, contributor to the Happy Hysteria holistic sexual health community, and a volunteer co-editor for VoiceCatcher literary journal.
Sign up begins at 5:45 pm. Reading runs 6:00 pm – 7:45 pm
Wednesday, June 26th
Northwest Library
2300 NW Thurman Street
For more info or questions email: verse.in.person.pdx@gmail.com
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY MFA PROGRAM READING SERIES
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN WRITING PROGRAM PRESENTS ANNUAL READING SERIES ON FOREST GROVE CAMPUS: JUNE 21-28
The Pacific University Master of Fine Arts in Writing program will once again host readings by some of America’s finest writers during its 10-day residency on the Forest Grove campus.
Free and open to the public, the evening readings take place at 7:30 p.m. from Friday, June 21, through Friday, June 28, in the Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center which is also the location for the day readings. Taylor-Meade is located on campus at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street in Forest Grove.
This event is a rare opportunity to hear some of the best writers of contemporary American literature read on successive evenings. Featured authors include fiction writer Bonnie Jo Campbell, a National Book Award finalist; and poet Kwame Dawes, Emmy Award winner and Guggenheim Fellow.
EVENING READING SCHEDULE – 7:30 p.m.6/21 Kwame Dawes, Mary Helen Stefaniak & Kellie Wells
6/22 Jack Driscoll, Pam Houston & David St. John
6/23 Ellen Bass, Craig Lesley & David Long
6/24 Mike Magnuson, Joseph Millar & Christine Sneed
6/26 Marvin Bell, Bonnie Jo Campbell & Scott Korb
6/27 Sandra Alcosser, Carolyn Coman & Claire Davis
6/28 Debra Gwartney, Anna Journey & Dorianne Laux
DAYTIME READING SCHEDULE – 1:30 p.m.6/25 Frank Gaspar & Laura Pritchett
6/28 Steve Amick & Laura Hendrie
The Pacific University Master of Fine Arts in Writing program will once again host readings by some of America’s finest writers during its 10-day residency on the Forest Grove campus.
Free and open to the public, the evening readings take place at 7:30 p.m. from Friday, June 21, through Friday, June 28, in the Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center which is also the location for the day readings. Taylor-Meade is located on campus at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street in Forest Grove.
This event is a rare opportunity to hear some of the best writers of contemporary American literature read on successive evenings. Featured authors include fiction writer Bonnie Jo Campbell, a National Book Award finalist; and poet Kwame Dawes, Emmy Award winner and Guggenheim Fellow.
EVENING READING SCHEDULE – 7:30 p.m.6/21 Kwame Dawes, Mary Helen Stefaniak & Kellie Wells
6/22 Jack Driscoll, Pam Houston & David St. John
6/23 Ellen Bass, Craig Lesley & David Long
6/24 Mike Magnuson, Joseph Millar & Christine Sneed
6/26 Marvin Bell, Bonnie Jo Campbell & Scott Korb
6/27 Sandra Alcosser, Carolyn Coman & Claire Davis
6/28 Debra Gwartney, Anna Journey & Dorianne Laux
DAYTIME READING SCHEDULE – 1:30 p.m.6/25 Frank Gaspar & Laura Pritchett
6/28 Steve Amick & Laura Hendrie
Chapbook Release Party
Join Ryan Scariano, Jennifer
Liberts Weinberg, and Tiah Lindner Raphael for a poetry reading and
release party for Smithereens, the first chapbook by Ryan Scariano. http://ryanscariano.com/
Sunday, June 9
7 PMThe Waypost3120 N Williams Ave
Portland, OR 97227
Sunday, June 9
7 PMThe Waypost3120 N Williams Ave
Portland, OR 97227
Daniel Kine & Lidia Yuknavitch Reading
April 26, 2013
7:30 p.m.
Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside St., Portland, OR 97209
On April 26 Ooligan Press will celebrate the launch of Daniel Kine’s new novel Up Nights with a reading at Powell’s City of Books.
Kine will be joined by Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water. Join them for a conversation about writing, and a reading from Up Nights on the third floor of Powell’s City of Books in the Basil Hallward Gallery. Signed editions of Up Nights are available for pre-order from powells.com.
For more information about Up Nights, visit ooligan.pdx.edu/fiction/up-
Daniel Kine Book Release Party
May 2, 2013
7-9 p.m.
The Jack London Bar
529 SW 4th Ave., Portland, OR 97204
On May 2, Ooligan Press will celebrate the release of Daniel Kine’s new novel, Up Nights,
a classic road novel for a new generation.
The event will take place at
The Jack London Bar in the basement of the Rialto Poolroom from 7-9
p.m.
This release party is free and open to the public, and will include
a reading from Kine, book-signing, music, and door prizes.
For more
information about Up Nights, visit ooligan.pdx.edu/fiction/up-
Celebrate PNCA's New Writing BFA!
PNCA Launches BFA in Writing with Write Now: Tom Spanbauer, Lidia Yuknavitch, and Chuck Palahniuk
In celebration of the launch of its new BFA in Writing program, Pacific
Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is pleased to welcome three acclaimed
Portland writers - Lidia Yuknavitch, Tom Spanbauer, and Chuck Palahniuk -
for an evening of words and on words.
What: Write Now celebrates this
new writing program chaired by associate professor and award-winning
novelist Monica Drake.
Who: Tom Spanbauer, Lidia Yuknavitch, and Chuck Palahniuk
When: Monday, April 22 at 7:30pm
Where: in the Commons at PNCA (1241 NW Johnson St Portland, OR 97209)
Who: Tom Spanbauer, Lidia Yuknavitch, and Chuck Palahniuk
When: Monday, April 22 at 7:30pm
Where: in the Commons at PNCA (1241 NW Johnson St Portland, OR 97209)
Tom Spanbauer, founder of the Dangerous Writers workshop and author of The Man Who Fell in Love With The Moon and other novels will read from his works as will Lidia Yuknavitch, editor of Chiasmus Press and author of Dora: A Head Case and The Chronology of Water: a memoir.
Chuck Palahniuk, best known for his breakout novel, Fight Club, will lead a
discussion of what it means to be a writer now, to pursue the writing
life, to try to make a living, and to always make art with words.
Please note that the authors will not be available for book signing at this event.
Portland Bridges Poetry Reading
Join eight Oregon poets in celebration of Portland’s famed bridges and poetry for the launch of Motionless from the Iron Bridge: A Northwest Anthology of Bridge Poems.
When: Saturday, April 13, 2013 @ 7pm
Where: St. Johns Booksellers, 8622 N. Lombard St. Portland, OR 97203
David Cooke, A. Molotkov, Katharine
Quince, Sam Roderick Roxas-Chua, Coleman Stevenson, Mark S.R. Struzan,
Carrie-Ann Tkaczyk, and John Sibley Williams will be reading from this
exciting new anthology, published by Portland’s own Bare bone books.
There will be wine and hors d’oeuvres served.
Alive at the Center Book Launch
Date: Friday, April 19th
Time: 7:00pm-9:00pm
Location: Literary Arts
Address: 925 SW Washington St, Portland, OR 97205
Price: Free
Description: Emcee Susan Denning presents readings by Alive at the Center poets.
On April 5th, Ooligan Press will celebrate the launch of its forthcoming poetry anthology, Alive at the Center, at Literary Arts in downtown Portland, from 7-9pm. The launch will feature readings by poets Carl Adamshick, Emily Kendal Frey, Paulann Petersen, and other contributors. Drinks will be available.
On April 5th, Ooligan Press will celebrate the launch of its forthcoming poetry anthology, Alive at the Center, at Literary Arts in downtown Portland, from 7-9pm. The launch will feature readings by poets Carl Adamshick, Emily Kendal Frey, Paulann Petersen, and other contributors. Drinks will be available.
Amanda Coplin presents The Orchardist
Monday, 03/11/2013 7:00 pm
Annie Bloom's Books is delighted to host Portland author Amanda Coplin for the paperback release of her highly lauded debut novel, The Orchardist.
At once intimate and epic, The Orchardist is historical fiction at its best, in the grand literary tradition of William Faulkner, Marilynne Robinson, Michael Ondaatje, Annie Proulx, and Toni Morrison. In her stunningly original and haunting debut novel, Amanda Coplin evokes a powerful sense of place, mixing tenderness and violence as she spins an engrossing tale of a solitary orchardist who provides shelter to two runaway teenage girls in the untamed American West, and the dramatic consequences of his actions.
"Many contemporary novelists have revisited the question of what constitutes a family, but few have responded in a voice as resolute and fiercely poetic." -New York Times Book Review
"A stunning debut…The Orchardist is a poetic book, but its strength doesn’t lie solely in its language. Coplin’s understanding of abuse and the lasting effects of fear and loss on the individual psyche are deeply resonant. As a debut novel, The Orchardist stands on par with Charles Frazier’s Cold Mountain." -The Oregonian
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