Books

Thursday 6/15 * Gay, Lesbian & Bisexual Book Group This month discuss Tales of the Lavender Menance, Jay Karla’s history of the fight for gay rights. BORDERS BOOKS AND MUSIC, 708 SW Third Ave, 220-5911, 7 pm, Free Bill Bryson In a Sunburned Country is Bryson’s travel stories of the wild, obscure and desolate spaces […]

IF THE GULF WAR VINDICATED the sensational immediacy of modern journalism, the War in Bosnia exposed its intrinsic superficiality. Hundreds of years of ethnic history could not be distilled into a single photograph; a dissection of politics encompassing the actions of World War II-era governments and the decay of Cold War nation-states were beyond any […]

THE MOTHER TRIP by Ariel Gore (Seal Press) Book release party: Tues June 20, 7 pm, at the Old Church, 1422 SW 11; Call Reading Frenzy, 274-1449 for info. Ariel Gore consistently does right by moms. Longtime publisher of the witty Hip Mama magazine, her first book, Hip Mama Survival Guide, is more like an […]

THURSDAY 6/8 * Lewis Lapham: 150 Years of Harper’s Magazine This is the harvest of so many years of Harpers, from Herman Melville through Sylvia Plath, David Mamet, and Salman Rushdie. POWELL’S CITY OF BOOKS, 1005 W Burnside St, 228-4651, 7:30 pm Anndee Hochman The former Portlander returns to read from her collection, Anatomies. We […]

His book, The Crimes of Billy RedEyes, won the 1998 Matthew Thornton award. The novel is still seeking a publisher. Allred’s stories have run in The Text, Syzygy and other magazines. He’s teaching at Haystack this summer. How do you feel about the struggle for publication? “Rejection is part of being an artist. It’s the […]

In the desert at Summerlake Hot Springs–for four days with over 20 writers, staying in a row of Airstream trailers–one of the best things is seeing what books each writer packed. I’ve come with books on Joan of Arc; transcripts of her testimony. Joanna Rose, author of Little Miss Strange, brought Where Bigfoot Walks: Crossing […]

THURSDAY Open Mic Poetry Emily Riley ‘s poetry party! Everyone welcome. MOJO’S COFFEE DEN, 2853 SE Stark St, 238-8891, 8:30-1:00 am Nathaniel Philbrick Rammed by an angry sperm whale, facing head winds and shark attacks… The Heart of the Sea: the Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex pushes beyond Moby Dick to linger on deprivation, torment, […]

PRESIDENT CLINTON looks across the table at Sherman Alexie and asks him the big question. “So,” he says, “what do you think the most important thing is for Americans to know about American Indians? What do you think [is] the most important thing American Indians should be doing for themselves, or should ask us to […]

TOP TEN BESTSELLERS AT LOCAL INDEPENDENT BOOKSTORES for the week of May 8 FICTION 1. FIERCE INVALIDS HOME FROM HOT CLIMATES by Tom Robbins 2. THE HOURS by Michael Cunningham 3. ANIL’S GHOST by Michael Ondaatje 4. TIPPING THE VELVET by Sarah Waters 5. LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE by Karen Bender 6. THE VIRGIN SUICIDES by […]