Literopolis: A Weekly Look at Portland Literary Events, July 13-19

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Monday, July 13, 2015

Emily Goldman, GoLocalPDX Contributor

This week is brought to you by Tin House Press’ annual Summer Writers Workshop. Located at Reed College, participating writers have the opportunity to attend a multitude of workshops, panels, seminars, and readings featuring a plethora of talented novelists, poets, short story, and nonfiction writers not to mention meet with agents and Tin House editors. While only participating writers can attend the workshops, both the morning and afternoon seminars and evening readings are open to the public. Check out Tin House’s website for more details regarding the content and participants of individual seminars and readings. Sunday July 12-Saturday July 18, 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, $15 per seminar, FREE for readings

MONDAY
Sound Ground Cafe will be hosting a reading of several authors—Jacqueline Freeman, Susan Chernak MacElroy, Tricia Knoll, Dan Raphael, and Claudia F. Savage—whom each live without air conditioning and have written about their experiences doing so. 3701 SE Belmont Ave., 7-9pm, FREE

At Powell’s on Hawthorne, Dawson Barrett will be sharing the history of organized teenage rebellion over the past 100 years in the United States, as discussed in his new book Teenage Rebels, published by local press Microcosm Publishing. 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 7:30pm, FREE

Robert Lewisohn Hamm has collected articles from 150 newspapers between 1804 and 1905, the years in between the Lewis and Clarke expedition and Exposition, chronicling the stories, trials, and adventures of pioneers travelling and homesteading in the West. All these articles appear in his book Becoming Oregon: From Expedition to Exposition, which Hamm will be presenting at Powell’s City of Books. 1005 W Burnside St., 7:30pm, FREE

TUESDAY
Annie Bloom’s Books will be hosting Kate Carroll de Gutes, who will be presenting her debut collection of essays titled Objects in Mirrors are Closer Than They Appear, in which de Gutes explores her relationship to sexuality, gender and gender presentation, and her relationships, all the while delving deeper into her past to uncover and understand herself on a more profound level.
Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear by Kate Carroll de Gutes at Annie Bloom’s Books 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, 7-8pm, FREE

In 1975, Ginny Gilder found herself at a pivotal point in history: the opportunity to participate in organized sports on Yale’s rowing team during the onset of Title IX. Gilder will be at Powell’s City of Books reading from her memoir Course Correction: A Story of Rowing and Resilience in the Wake of Title IX, the story of her rise in the ranks of competitive rowing all the way to the 1984 Olympics as well as her family struggles and her own journey towards coming out as a lesbian. 1005 W Burnside St., 7:30pm, FREE

WEDNESDAY
Ernest Cline, author of the science-fiction/dystopian homage to the eighties Ready Player One, is back with his new book Armada in which Zack Lightman, gamer nerd and bored teenager, is called upon to use his nerdery and gaming skills to defeat an alien invasion straight out of his favorite video game Armada. Cline will be signing books on Wednesday afternoon at Powell’s City of Books, and in the evening he will be doing both a reading and signing at Powell’s at Cedar Hills. 1005 W Burnside St, 12:30pm, FREE, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., 7p, FREE

The veterans organization Post 134 is hosting an event featuring eight Northwest writers who will be reading works concerning the existence and exploration of Hell. (And, of course, two of the participating poets are published by Portland’s very own University of Hell Press.) 2104 NE Alberta St., 7-9pm, FREE

At Powell’s City of Books, National Geographic author Michael Farquhar will be reading from his book Bad Days in History, a book in which Farquhar delivers 365 tales of terrible and unlucky occurrences in history, one for every day of the year. 1005 W Burnside St., 7:30pm, FREE

THURSDAY
At Another Read Through, local author and Oregon Book Award winner Lars Nordstrom will be giving a reading of both his poetry and prose. 3932 N Mississippi Ave., 7-8pm, FREE

Wesley Chu will be at Powell’s at Cedar Hills sharing his newest novel Time Salvager, set in a dystopian future in which the Earth and humanity is dying, and the only thing keeping it alive are chronmen, individuals who jump back into the past to retrieve items meant to act as a stopgap measure preventing humanity’s death. 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd., 7pm, FREE

Powell’s City of Books will be hosting Steve Anderson, who will be reading from his thriller The Other Oregon, in which protagonist Greg Simmons is recruited by the FBI to investigate a militia movement in rural Oregon due to his former friendship with a man who has ties to the militia and whom with he shares a secret that will condemn the both of them. 1005 W Burnside St., 7:30pm, FREE

Terry Masear, a hummingbird rehabber, will be at Powell’s on Hawthorne presenting her debut book Fastest Things on Wings: Rescuing Hummingbirds in Hollywood, in which she recounts her experiences rehabilitating 160 hummingbirds, including one particularly special hummingbird named Gabriel with whom Masear developed a special relationship. 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 7:30pm, FREE

SATURDAY
The weekend kicks off with the 15th annual Portland Zine Symposium, spanning both Saturday and Sunday. For anyone interested in exploring the world of zine publishing over the course of several workshops, panels, discussions, and the opportunity to pick the brain of over 150 tablers from around the world, this event is for you. The IPRC will be hosting both a kick-off event on Friday and an  afterparty on Saturday evening. Check out the Symposium’s website for more details. Ambridge Event Center, 1333 NE MLK Blvd., 11-5pm, FREE

The environmental art-and-literary magazine The Bear Deluxe will be honoring the nine winners of their poetry contest, seven of whom will be giving a reading of their work at Glyph Cafe. Check out the event page to see who will be participating. 804 NW Couch St., 3-5pm, FREE

SUNDAY
At Powell’s on Hawthorne, Vincent Navarrete will be sharing his new comic for kids published by Oni Press titled Booger Beard, a bilingual tale telling the story of Mijo’s new and epically cool booger beard that he fights to keep over his Ma-Mee’s objections. 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 4pm, FREE

Edan Lepucki will be at Powell’s City of Books reading from her new debut novel California, the story of Cal and Frida living in a post-apocalyptic wasteland who, upon discovering Frida’s pregnancy, set out in search of a settlement where they can raise their child in safety, only to discover the settlement they’ve entrusted their safety to has its own dangers. 1005 W Burnside St., 7:30pm, FREE

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