Literopolis: A Weekly Round-up Of Portland Literary Events

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Monday, November 03, 2014

Deborah Reeves, GoLocalPDX Contributor

Portland, to say the least, is an eclectic city with a vast spectrum of interests and predilections. Which is wonderful and why we love it so! It can sometimes be tricky, though, to curate an event round-up that caters to everyone's literary tastes--one man's trash being another man's treasure etcetera. 

This week, however, there is an event that I do believe will unite the city in a consensus of awesomeness, as Portland is visited by the stellar, singing astronaut that is Chris Hadfield! The former ISS Commander has collected some of his most awe-inspiring photographs and accented them with commentary and his unique perspective in a book called 'You Are Here'. He touches down at Powell's City of Books on Burnside this Friday at 7:30pm, and I'm pretty certain there will be crowds of PDX earthlings there to greet him. Don't miss it; he's sure to be pure poetry! 

Also happening this week:       

Monday kicks off in a most Portland way with Bicycle Small Press night at Powell's on Hawthorne. Come celebrate Portland-based small press books about bicycling! See Facebook for line-up and further event details. 7:30pm, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd. FREE 

Also on Monday, Tony's Tavern hosts multimedia artist Lou Woods in celebration of her book 'I Am Not The Girl Of Your Dreams'. An open mic will kick the night off at 8:30pm, 1955 W Burnside St. FREE 

Powell's presents a top-notch line up of ladies on Tuesday with 'Spent', a book that explores women's complicated relationship with shopping. Editor Kerry Cohen will be joined by several contributors, including Emily Chenoweth and Monica Drake. See Powell's website for the full line-up. 7:30pm, 1005 W. Burnside St. FREE 

And on Tuesday at Powell's Cedar Hills location, filmmaker and former road manager for Janis Joplin presents his memoir 'On The Road With Janis Joplin'. 7pm, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. FREE  

On Wednesday, Broadway Books hosts Elizabeth Lopeman in conversation with Mary Rechner. Their story collections - 'Trans Europe Express' and 'Nine Simple Patterns for Complicated Women', respectively - are both published by Portland-based Propellor Books. 7pm, 1714 NE Broadway. FREE 

Powell's plays host to another rock music memoir on Thursday. David J. Haskin's will be at the Hawthorne location with his book 'Who Killed Mister Moonlight?'. 7:30pm, 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd. FREE 

On Friday, the If Not For Kidnap reading-series presents Rob Schlegel and Lisa Ciccarello at Ristretto Roasters. Schlegel is the author of 'January Machine' (Four Way Books) and Ciccarello's first book of poems, 'At Night', is forthcoming from Black Ocean. 7:30pm, 555 NE Couch St., FREE  

Also on Friday, the Independent Publishing Resource Center hosts readings by Lidia Yuknavitch, Lance Olsen, and Trevor Dodge. 7pm, 1001 SE Division St. FREE 

Best-selling author Michael Connelly will present his latest thriller, 'The Burning Room', at Powell's Cedar Hills on Friday. 7pm, 3415 SW Cedar Hills Blvd. FREE 

On Saturday afternoon, Forest Avenue Press presents a final reading from their wonderful anthology 'The Night, and the Rain, and the River' at Another Read Through bookstore. Victoria Blake, Christi Krug, and Gregg Kleiner will read from their contributions to the story collection. 1:30pm, 3932 N. Mississippi Ave. FREE 

Later on Saturday The Switch reading series presents an evening of poetry by Chris Ashby, Jamalieh Haley, and Mark Wallace at the IPRC. 7PM, 1001 SE Division St. FREE 

On Sunday at Glyph, Portland Poetry Slam continues but at the earlier time of 5pm (which applies through the winter). 804 NW Couch St. $5 suggested donation. See Facebook page for most current details. 

Deborah Reeves is an Irish writer, happy to call Portland home after many years of traveling. An avid reader, she blogs about books and writing at deborahrosereeves.com. You can reach her @debrosereeves on Twitter. 

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