Tonight 10-4: Ralph Nader presents "Only The Super-Rich Can Save Us!" at Powell's City of Books

Today’s Featured Book Event:

Ralph Nader (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): In Only the Super-Rich Can Save Us! (Seven Stories), former presidential candidate Ralph Nader asks: What if America’s wealthiest individuals decided to work for the collective good?

Other Book Events Today:

Friends of the West Linn Public Library Used Book Sale (West Linn Library, @12:00pm-5:00pm): It’s time for the annual Used Book Sale from the Friends of the West Linn Public Library. Cookbooks, gardening books, novels, and more!

A Children’s Place Bookstore 35th Anniversary Celebration (A Children’s Place Bookstore, @1:00pm): ACP is thrilled to announce our 35th Anniversary! On October 3rd and 4th we are having a huge birthday bash! All weekend (Sat & Sun) we will have a “Choose Your Own Discount” anniversary sale. We are also excited to celebrate our birthday with some of our favorite local authors and illustrators. Below is a list of activities we have planned for the weekend.

Sunday:

1-3 “Illustrator: A Day in the Life” An illustrator workshop hosted by local illustrators Lee White and David Hohn, for students ages 11+, call the store for your free ticket, space is limited.

Celebrate Oregon Through Poetry with Liz Nakazawa (Central Library, @1:00pm): 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.

Zachary Schomburg and Andrew Michael Roberts (Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, @4:00pm): Schomburg’s Scary, No Scary (Black Ocean) is a collection of poems at once dark and playful. In Something Has to Happen Next (University of Iowa), Andrew Michael Roberts imagines how small he can go with a poem and still maintain some sort of emotional or imagistic center.

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