Tonight 2-1: Margaret Erhart at Powell's Books on Hawthorne

Today’s Featured Book Event:

Margaret Erhart (Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, @7:30pm): Set against the backdrop of the brooding and sensual landmark, Margaret Erhart’s The Butterflies of Grand Canyon (Plume) is the story of how a young woman’s heart is awakened and a decades-old mystery is solved. Publishers Weekly calls it “light and agreeable, touched with just the right amount of awe at the splendors of nature.”  Check out RLP’s interview with Ms. Erhart.

Other Book Events Today:

Books-to-Action (Hillsdale Library, @6:00pm): Read and discuss “Where I Slept” by Transition Projects. In 2007, Portland residents of Transition Projects shelters were asked to photograph the places they slept while living on the streets. With their disposable cameras and a willingness to show us their truth, they created a discomforting book that serves as a stark reminder that we can do better. Engage in a community service project related to homelessness, organized by the Boomer Initiative at Hands On Greater Portland. Books-to-Action is a quarterly series sponsored by Multnomah County Library and Hands On Greater Portland, partners with Life by Design Northwest.

West Linn Adult Book Club (West Linn Library, @6:45pm): Join the adult book club to discuss The Jump-Off Creek, by Molly Gloss. The Adult Book Club focuses on contemporary literary fiction, although non-fiction and classic works are read as well. All titles are selected by the members of the Book Club. Meetings are generally held on the first Monday of each month from 6:45 – 7:45 PM in the library’s Community Room.

The Portland Fiction Project: Love is Not Punny, It’s Surrealist (The Maiden, @7:00pm): The Portland Fiction Project returns to The Maiden to perform some of our favorite Love-themed flash fiction pieces. Ben Parzybok (Couch) will join us and read from his upcoming novel. Sweeter Than Sooner (Kendra Carpenter – cello / Greg Thelen – guitar) will be our musical guest. And if you stick around, The Pete Krebs Trio plays and people swing dance at 9.

Jacob Needleman (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): In What Is God? (Tarcher), his most deeply personal work, religious scholar Jacob Needleman cuts a clear path through today’s clamorous debates over the existence of God, illuminating an entirely new way of approaching the question of how to understand a higher power. “An erudite, challenging text full of difficult questions,” cheers Kirkus Reviews.

PSU MFA Monday Night Lecture Series Features: George Kuohar (Portland State, Shattuck Hall Annex, @7:30pm): George Kuohar will lecture about his work! The public is invited (its free, tell your friends)

You can find other events on your community Libraries schedule using these links: Washington County, Multnomah County, Clackamas County, and the rest of this weeks Portland book events here.

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