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Literopolis: A Weekly Look at Portland Literary Events, February 8-February 14

Monday, February 08, 2016

 

Ruth Madievsky

Portland bibliophiles, take note. There are plenty of great book events happening every day in the Rose City.

It can be a lot to keep track of, with new authors books and events coming to town week after week. To help keep you in the loop, GoLocal has compiled some of the best literary events of the week. Read on below to find out where you should be this week.

 

Related Slideshow: Literopolis: A Weekly Look at Portland Literary Events, February 8-February 14

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Pagan Kennedy

Pagan Kennedy, writer of the New York Times Magazine’s popular “Who Made That?” column, reports on how these enduring methods can be adapted to the 21st century.

Inventology: How We Dream Up Things That Change the World uses the stories of inventors and surprising research to reveal the steps that produce innovation. 

When: Monday, February 8 at 7:30 PM.

Where: Powell's City of Books, 1005 Burnside St

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James R. Doty

James R. Doty, author of Into the Magic Shop: A Neurosurgeon’s Quest to Discover the Mysteries of the Brain and the Secrets of the Heart, will join by Wm. Paul Young, author of The Shack for this special event.

When: Wednesday, February 10 at 7:30 PM.

Where: Powell's City of Books, 1005 Burnside St

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Thoreau and Iran

An evening with Matthew Dickman and Ali Taghdarreh, a visiting writer from Iran and the first person to translate Thoreau’s Walden into Persian.

The evening includes a reading by Matthew Dickman and Ali Taghdarreh, followed by a conversation between the two poets.

When: Thursday, February 11 at 7 PM.

Where: Literary Arts, 925 SW Washington Street

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Sunday Morning Storytime

Join Green Bean Books for Sunday Morning Storytime. Green Bean promises plenty of stories, songs and good cheer.

When: Sunday, February 7 at 11 AM

Where: Green Bean Books, 1600 NE Alberta

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Ruth Madievsky

A book launch party for Emergency Brake, the debut collection of Los Angeles-based poet Ruth Madievsky, who was selected as Tavern Books' 2015 Wrolstad Contemporary Poetry Series poet.

Madievsky will read with Matthew Dickman, Jay Nebel and Julia Clare Tillinghast.

When: Saturday, February 13 at 7 PM

Where: Cardinal Club, 18 NE 28th Ave

 
 

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