Literopolis: A Weekly Look at Portland Literary Events, April 13-19
Monday, April 13, 2015
This week’s other exciting event is the second annual Linework NW illustration and comics festival, a celebration of creators, artists, and writers working in the world of independent comics, graphic novels, illustration, and other art forms. The festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday this coming weekend, and will feature as special guests Daniel Clowes, lisa Congdon, Lisa Hanawalt, and Jay Howell. Best part of this festival? It’s entirely free of charge. Check out the event's website for a complete list of attending artists, exhibitors, editors, and publishers, as well as the events schedule. Norse Hall, 111 NE 11th Ave., 12-8pm, FREE.
And the rest of the week?
Starting off the week on Monday, Gary Ferguson will be reading from his new memoir titled The Carry Home: Lessons from the American Wilderness at Annie Bloom’s Books. Following his wife’s death in a canoeing accident in 2005, Gary sets out to complete her final wish: scattering her ashes in five remote places they both loved and shared. 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, 7-8pm, FREE
Next on Monday, Atticus Lish will be at Powell’s on Hawthorne presenting his debut novel Preparation for the Next Life about the relationship forged between Zou Lei, a Chinese immigrant working in the kitchen of a small New York Restaurant, and Skinner, an Iraqi war veteran, as they fight to stick together as they face homelessness, prison, and their own personal demons. 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 7:30pm, FREE
Also on Monday at Powell’s City of Books, travel blogger Matt Kepnes will be teaching attendees several tricks on how to travel the world on relatively little money, many more of which can be found in the new edition of his book How to Travel the World on $50 a Day. 1005 W Burnside St., 7:30pm, FREE
First on Tuesday, Jeremy N. Smith will be presenting a nonfiction account regarding medical doctor and economist Christopher Murray’s Global Burden of Disease Studies, his research regarding how humans live and die, and his attempts to gain a better understanding of the state of global health and how to address large spread health issues. Smith will be reading from Epic Measures: One Doctor. Seven Billion Patients at Powell’s at Cedar Hills. 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., 7pm, FREE
Next on Tuesday at Powell’s City of Books, Per Patterson will be reading from his long-awaited new novel I Refuse, a story of two men whose accidental meeting sparks remembrances of their shared childhood and the effect each of them had on each other’s fate and fortunes. Joining Patterson in conversation will be Jonathan Raymond, screenwriter and author of The Half-Life and Rain Dragon. 1005 W Burnside St., 7:30pm, FREE
Finally on Tuesday, the Mountain Writers Series is hosting the book launch of Kathleen Halme’s fourth poetry collection My Multiverse at the Southeast Waterfront bar Vie de Bohème.
1530 SE 7th Ave., 7:30pm, $5 suggested donation.
First on Wednesday, Courtney Maum will be at Powell’s City of Books reading from her novel I am Having So Much Fun Here Without You, the synopsis of which describes as a reverse love story. Following the loss of his American mistress, British artist Richard Haddon attempts to reconnect and win his way back into the heart of his French wife, just as she learns the full extent of her husband’s extramarital affair. 1005 W Burnside St., 7:30pm, FREE
Next on Wednesday, Hilary Klein will be at Reading Frenzy sharing her book Compañeras: Zapatista Women’s Stories, documenting the stories of women involved in the Zapatista movement, the numerous roles they played, and the effect these women had on the future of their communities and the Mexican nation at large. 3628 N Mississippi Ave., 7pm, FREE
First on Thursday, Another Read Through will be hosting local author Traci Taylor, who will be presenting four years’ worth of interviews and letters containing the personal stories of over 50 LGBTQ people from around the world, all gathered into a collection titled Voices from the Rainbow. 3932 N Mississippi Ave., 7-8pm, FREE
Also on Thursday, Nam Le, author of the award-winning short-story collection The Boat and PSU’s Tin House Writer-in-Residence as part of the university’s MFA program in Creative Writing, will be giving a reading at The Little Church in Northeast Portland. 5138 NE 23rd Ave., 6:30pm, FREE. RSVP required to reserve seats. Email [email protected].
Patrice Vecchione will be at Annie Bloom’s Books on Thursday reading from her new guidebook on how to reconnect with nature in order to renew and revitalize one’s imagination titled Step into Nature: Nurturing Imagination and Spirit in Everyday Life. 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, 7-8pm, FREE
Lastly on Thursday, Marian Palaia will be at Powell’s on Hawthorne presenting her debut novel The Given World about one family’s coping with the loss of their son in Vietnam and one woman’s journey from Montana to San Francisco to Saigon and back again, in search of brother and herself. 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 7:30pm, FREE
On Friday, Powell’s City of Books will be hosting French mathematician Cédric Villani, winner of the Fields Medal in 2010. Villani will be presenting his memoir titled Birth of a Theorem: A Mathematical Adventure, which chronicles the years leading up to his win of the prestigious award, his process that led to his mathematical breakthroughs, and the various day-to-day pleasures and intimacies with his family that contribute to his work. 1005 W Burnside St., 7:30pm, FREE
First on Saturday, Annie Bloom’s Books is hosting a reading featuring illustrator Karl Edwards, author of the picture book Fly! about a fly attempting to figure out what he truly good at. The event will take place at The Craft Factory just next door to the bookstore. 7832 SW Capitol Hwy, 11am-12pm, FREE
Also on Saturday as part of Kid’s Storytime at Powell’s City of Books, children’s author Hanna Viano, author of the picture book S is for Salmon will be reading from her new book Arrow to Alaska: A Pacific Northwest Adventure about a young boy named Arrow who travels from Seattle to Alaska and back again by means of three unusual modes of transportation. 1005 W Burnside St., 11am, FREE
Saturday additionally contains a fundraiser held by CALYX Press, the long-standing feminist press located in Corvallis, titled Cocktails for CALYX, featuring dessert, cocktails, and readings by Kerry Cohen, Kate Gray, Paulann Petersen, and Willa Schneberg. 2-5pm, $20. RSVP at [email protected] for the address and more information.
Closing out the week’s events on Sunday, David Biespiel, acclaimed poet, critic, and writer of the longest-running newspaper poetry column in the country for the Oregonian, will be Powell’s on Howthorne's guest for the evening. Biespiel will be reading from his brand-new collection, a compilation of his best pieces featured in his poetry column regarding nearly one hundred ancient and modern poets titled A Long High Whistle. 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 4pm, FREE
Also on Sunday, award-winning film and TV actress Amber Tamblyn will be presenting her poetry collection exploring the lives of over 25 actresses who died young while at the height of their careers, the circumstances that led to their gruesome, ill-timed fates, and the sensationalized publicity surrounding these actresses’ lives and deaths. She will be reading from the collection, titled Dark Sparkler, at Powell’s City of Books.
1005 W Burnside St., 7:30pm, FREE
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