Shopping Bag
My AccountToday’s Featured Book Event:
Kate Greenstreet and Linda Russo (Portland State, Neuberger Hall 407, @6:00pm): Ahsahta Press published Kate Greenstreet’s first book, case sensitive. Her second, The Last 4 Things, will be out from Ahsahta in September 2009. This is why I hurt you, her most recent chapbook, is available from Lame House Press. New work is forthcoming in journals including jubilat, Court Green, Hotel Amerika, Practice, Saltgrass, and MAKE.
Linda Russo is the author of MIRTH (Chax Press, 2007) and o going out(Potes & Poets, 1999), and her poems appear in recent issues of Bird Dog and Fence. She wrote the preface to Joanne Kyger’s About Now: Collected Poems (National Poetry Foundation, 2007), and is currently writing an essay on writing that braids journal writing, literary criticism, & biography. A graduate of the Poetics Program at SUNY Buffalo, she currently teaches creative writing at Washington State University.
Other Book Events Today:
Lift Off Signing Event and Release Party (Bridge City Comics, @7:00pm): Bridge City Comics is proud to announce a special release party for Lift Off. You’ll be able to purchase copies of Lift Off hot off the IPRC copiers, meet and greet with the issue’s contributors, as well as enjoy some choice beverages provided by Stumptown Underground from 7pm until 9pm. Lift Off is the second monthly anthology from Stumptown Underground, centralized around the theme of flight. In this issue, you’ll find comics, writing and illustrations from Dylan Williams, Sean Christensen, Joseph Demaree, Alicia Moreland, and many more. Stumptown Underground contributors will be on hand during the party to sign copies and talk about the creative process! Copies of Lift Off will be available for purchase!
This event is open to the public and free to attend. Please come down and support our local comics talent!
Nicholas Kristof: Half the Sky (Bagdad Theater, @7:00pm): In Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide (Knopf), two Pulitzer Prize winners issue a call to arms against the oppression of women in the developing world. Co-author Nicholas Kristof appears in conversation on stage with Maria Wulff, president of the World Affairs Council (WAC) of Oregon, in an event co-sponsored by the WAC and Mercy Corps. Please note: This ticketed event takes place at the Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Tickets, $28, include admission and a copy of Half the Sky, and are available at the Bagdad Theater box office, the Crystal Ballroom box office, Ticketmaster.com, and all Ticketmaster outlets.
Cheeky Pages Romance Book Group (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): This month we meet to discuss Knight of Desire by Margaret Mallory. Join us!
Joseph Kanon (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): The author of The Good German returns with Stardust (Atria), a novel of Hollywood glamour, postwar espionage, and family secrets.
Refusing War, Affirming Peace (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): In Refusing War, Affirming Peace (Oregon State University Press), Jeffrey Kovac offers an intimate view of the Civilian Public Service Camp at Cascade Locks, Oregon, one of the largest and longest-serving camps for conscientious objectors in World War II — and one of the most unusual.
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.
