Palooka-Ville Gregory Seth Gallant 10th Anniversary Special re-issue (Drawn & Quarterly) Stories change with each telling, and the meaning of content takes place in context. A comic written in the ’90s, about the ’80s, and re-issued in 2001, takes on the challenge of time. With the re-issue of the inaugural Palooka-Ville, the author has added […]
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THURSDAY 8/2 * New User Orientation Find out what the IPRC has to offer! Lots of equipment and resources. This is a chance to meet the people who run the place. Orientation takes about 45 minutes. Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC), 917 SW Oak Street, #218, 232-5673, 7 pm, free MONDAY 8/6 Debra Ginsberg Waiting: […]
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On Bullfighting
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On Bullfighting A.L. Kennedy (Anchor Books) Because books are written by real people, it’s hard to comfortably criticize a nonfiction work that opens with the writer’s aborted suicide attempt. In On Bullfighting, A.L. Kennedy describes sitting on a window ledge, thinking about jumping. Kennedy is dissuaded not by remembering life’s small pleasures or by the […]
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THURSDAY 7/26 * Bruce Campbell: Confessions of a B-movie actor Ever wonder what the life of a B-movie actor is all about? Bruce Campbell is ready to tell you all about what it’s like to be both a movie star and a regular guy, in his memoir If Chins Could Kill, Confessions of a B […]
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Billy Ray’s Farm
Billy Ray’s Farm Larry Brown (Algonquin Books) One of the reasons I love Larry Brown is that he has managed to gain his strong reputation without going to college. Sure, he might step into classrooms these days and teach a few courses or do a residency, but he learned his writing craft by doing it […]
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THURSDAY 7/19 The Original Book Group Skull Mantra, by Elliot Pattison. Borders-Beaverton, 2605 SW Cedar Hills, 644-1498, 7 pm Hollywood Theater 75th Anniversary Celebration Alice Cotton, author of When Buildings Speak. Learn more about what seems to be such an ordinary and accessible form of extraordinary craftsmanship, beauty, and history. Houses, buildings, the city around […]
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If Only They Knew
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If Only They Knew 2000/20001 Anthology Writers In The School If you’ve lived through grade school, you’ve got enough material to write about for a lifetime. Flannery O’Connor said that. Now, If Only They Knew is an anthology of writing by local high school students, and the wealth of material is endless. These are students […]
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THURSDAY 7/12 * New User Orientation Find out what the IPRC has to offer! Lots of equipment and resources. This is a chance to meet the people who run the place. Orientation takes about 45 minutes. Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC), 917 SW Oak Street, #218, 232-5673, 7 pm, free FRIDAY 7/13 Poems Over Broadway […]
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Letters to Wendy’s
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Letters to Wendy’s Joe Wenderoth (Verse Press) What first comes across as a cute gimmick–a gathering of strange notes written on Wendy’s comment cards (Tell us about your visit–WE CARE!), displays a stunning depth that you wouldn’t expect. Spanning a time of 13 months, the unnamed scribe of these thoughts and confessions (and yes, sometimes […]
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FRIDAY 7/6 The Traveling Woman Catherine Comer and Lavon Swaim offer travel and safety tips. Barnes & Noble-Beaverton, 18300 NW Evergreen Parkway, 645-3046, 7 pm George Plimpton Sports writer and editor of the Paris Review, Plimpton is touring with an anthology of sports writing, Home Run. Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, […]
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The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things
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The Heart is Deceitful Above All Things JT LeRoy (Bloomsbury) When I pick up the phone and there’s no sound on the other end, it’s JT LeRoy. After I read his debut novel, Sarah, I started an e-mail correspondence with him. He sent me raccoon penis bones collected from roadkill along Southern highways–gifts unique to […]
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THURSDAY 6/28 Powell’s Books Square Deal Sale If you’re really crafty, you might even find something you can sell back to Powells someday. Books from $2.50 to 50 cents! Pioneer Courthouse Square, 701 SW 6th Ave, 9 am-9 pm Goldberry M. Long It’s true—a misguided hippie name can drive you mad. Juniper Tree Burning is […]