October 18, 2009
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Today’s Featured Book Event:

biespiel_menandwomenDavid Biespiel (Powells Books on Hawthorne, @4:00pm): Biespiel’s fifth poetry collection The Book of Men and Women (University of Washington), addresses our time and human condition in ways both domestic and global.  A book party at The Saphire Hotel follows the reading.

Other Book Events Today:

Celebrate Oregon Through Poetry with Liz Nakazawa (Hollywood Library, @2:00pm): How would you describe Oregon through poetry? Do you have a favorite Oregon poet? Have you written a nature poem about Oregon? Share it with us!  Liz Nakazawa, editor of the anthology “Deer Drink the Moon,” will be reading from her book, which features the works of 33 esteemed poets of Oregon. She will also invite audience members to share their favorite Oregon nature poems.  Please keep readings to five minutes. We will be recording and offering these podcasts as part of the Oregon 150th celebration.

L. K. Madigan (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @2:00pm): In Flash Burnout (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt), L. K. Madigan captures her photo-prone protagonist with balanced wit and seriousness as he navigates crucial moments in his adolescence.

You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah CountyClackamas County.

Gabe Barber started Reading Local in January of 2009 as a vehicle for exploring Portland's literary scene. He's not an aspiring author, and you won't find his work on a bookshelf or in any prestigious lit rag. He is however, a full on book nerd, with a passion for independent literature.

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