THURSDAY 1/18 Mira Kamdar Mobias Tattoos. Another interesting local author breaking on to the scene. ANNIE BLOOM’S BOOKS, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy, 246-0053, 7:30 pm Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Book Discussion Group This week’s focus: The Married Man, by Edmund White. BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, 7 pm Award Winners Book […]
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My Date With Satan
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My Date With Satan: Stories Stacey Richter (Scribner) “She smiled when she saw me coming, the Bitch, she smiled and stuck her fingers in her mouth like she was plucking gum out of her dental work. Then, with a little pout, like a kiss, I saw a line of silver slide toward my face. I […]
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THURSDAY 1/11 Partner Yoga: Making Contact for Physical, Emotional and Spiritual Growth Join the authors, Cain Carroll and Lori Kimata, to talk about yoga postures that benefit everything from the spine to emotional trust and resilience. BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, 7 pm * New User Orientation Find out what the […]
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Anthropology Dan Rhodes (Villard Books) Some writers have one story to tell, and will tell the same story over again in different forms. Perhaps it’s a story of lost love, lost under different names and circumstances, in short stories and novels, but always portrayed as equally tragic. With his book Anthropology, Dan Rhodes has taken […]
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SATURDAY 1/6 Meet Daisy Duck Books for kids! Stories, hugs, and picture-taking with Daisy! BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC, 708 SW 3rd Ave, 220-5911, 1 MONDAY 1/8 I Love Monday! Poetry Night Dan Raphael is joined this week by Laura Winter. Winter will read from No Gravy Baby, a book of poems inspired by the world […]
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Hollow City
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Hollow City Gentrification and the Eviction of Urban Culture by Rebecca Solnit (Verso Books) The Hollow City looks like a small, stylish coffee table book. It begins with a series of black and white photographs titled “Wrecking Ball Overture;” this is a photo essay, combining the dialogue of construction workers, finishers, and developers with images […]
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THURSDAY 12/21 Angel Tree-Gift Giving for Kids, Schools & Shelters Buy a book as an anonymous gift for a child, help out the “SMART” program and Start Making A Reader Today. Also, with every book purchased for a needy child through the SMART angels, receive a pass to the film Finding Forrester, written by Portland’s […]
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Final Confession: The Unsolved Crimes of Phil Cresta
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Brian P. Wallace & Bill Crowley (Northeastern University Press) This book will explain what it takes to become a master thief. These tried-and-true methods will keep the cops and the D.A. and the FBI in fits for years, and elevate you from a small-time yegg to a millionaire ten times over. First, you gotta have […]
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THURSDAY 12/14 Bear Deluxe/Orlo 8th Anniversary Benefit Fashion Bears All. Recycled clothing, sustainable wearables, & “celebrity” models. Art, poetry, dancing, Walt Curtis, Kristian Foden-Vencil, and an auction. Proceeds go toward financing this free, environmentally-oriented arts magazine. BERBATI’S PAN, 231 SW Ankeny, 248-4579, 7 pm, $20/sliding Is it a Boy or a Girl? See what the […]
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What Did You Expect?
John Ridley and the Portland Arts & Lectures Series
COMEDY IS in the timing, and interesting stories only happen to people who can tell them. Fiction is the art of lying until the lie is so complete it hits a larger truth. Standing alone on the stage of the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, John Ridley gave a one-man demonstration of how he shapes life […]
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Carrie
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Carrie Stephen King (Pocket Books) Published in 1974, Carrie was Stephen King’s first novel, motivated by a combination of hunger and ambition. King had two kids and lived with his family in a trailer. He was teaching high school English–which never pays enough–and supplementing his income by selling short stories to magazines. Spending time writing […]
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Women and the Cache of Cool
Eileen Myles on What’s “Cool For You”
IN THIS INTERVIEW, Monica Drake talks with author Eileen Myles about her new book, Cool For You. For more info, see our Readings calendar, pg 24. Monica: Why do you think it’s harder for women than for men to cash in on the cache of cool? Eileen: The cool thing is a great topic that’s […]