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My AccountToday’s Featured Book Event:
Sisters Singing (Annie Bloom’s Books, @7:30pm): Seven poets and writers will read from Sisters Singing: Blessings, Prayers, Art, Songs, Poetry and Sacred Stories by Women, a fresh new anthology of spiritual writing, art and music by women. Among those reading are writers Johanna Courtleigh of Portland, June BlueSpruce of Seattle, and the poets Marigold Fine, Mary Thomas, Jean Mahoney, Cooper Gallegos, and Sisters Singing editor Carolyn Brigit Flynn, all from Santa Cruz, California.
Sisters Singing interweaves several spiritual traditions, reflecting a connection to the sacred among women that often transcends religious boundaries. The anthology includes work from more than 135 writers, artists and musicians across the country, who span a wide variety of spiritual traditions, religious affiliations and ethnicities. What they share is an intimate and profound connection with the sacred.
You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County. For other book events this week, please check the list.
Other Book Event’s Today:
Misty Nichols Reading (In Other Words Books, @7:00pm): I will read portions of the 6th chapter of my book; the chapter title is: A Javanese Princess and the Couch From Hell. This chapter entails the beginning of treatment for ED and describes the near-death state I was in when I was forced into hospitalization. Afterword I’ll answer any questions the audience has.
Elizabeth Lyon (The Old Church, @7:00pm): On July 7th, Elizabeth Lyon will speak to Willamette Writers at the Old Church, SW 11th and Clay in Portland about Writing–and Publishing–Through Hard Times. The meeting starts at 7 pm; doors open, 6:30. $10 for non-members, free to members of WW and students. For more information about the meeting, read Randal Houle’s column or view Elizabeth speaking about query letters, subtext, and writing with voice at Oregon Writers Speak.
Elizabeth is the founder of Editing Internation, a company that offers review and critique services. Elizabeth is also the author of Manuscript Makeover, a writing workbook that offers practical tools for revising manuscripts. In Dec 2008, The Writer magazine’s feature writer, Chuck Leddy, selected Manuscript Makeover as “perhaps the most comprehensive book on revising fiction,” and one of “10 Great Writing Books in 2008.” Her other five books cover the craft of fiction and nonfiction, writing queries and marketing novels, writing proposals and marketing nonfiction, and a directory of freelance editors.
Craft Circle Book Group (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): This month we meet to discuss Needled to Death by Maggie Sefton. Bring your crafting supplies as we talk books and crafts.
Gods and Soldiers: The Penguin Anthology of Contemporary African Writing (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): Gods and Soldiers (Penguin), edited by Rob Spillman, is a one-of-a-kind collection that showcases the energy of new African literature and offers a vibrant and essential glimpse of Africa as it enters the 21st century. “This collection sheds light on a multifarious continent too often thought of in one-size-fits-all terms,” hails Publishers Weekly.
