Today 3-29: Matthew Dickman and Carl Adamshick at Lewis & Clark College

Today’s Featured Book Event:

Matthew Dickman and Carl Adamshick (Lewis & Clark College, Smith Hall, @7:00pm): Matthew Dickman’s first collection of poetry, All American Poem (Copper Canyon Press, 2008), received the American Poetry Review/Honickman First Book Award.  In addition, Dickman has received fellowships for his work from the Michener Center for Writers, the Vermont Studio Centers, and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown.  He lives and works in Hudson, New York.

Carl Adamshick has published poems in Beloit Poetry Journal, American Literary Review, Rhino and Mid-American Review. He lives in Portland, Oregon.

Other Book Events Today:

Angry Fat Girls (Powells Books at Cedar Hills Crossing, @7:00pm): Angry Fat Girls (Berkley) is Frances Kuffel’s funny, painfully honest memoir that follows five women — including the author — as they diet and eat, lose and gain weight, and struggle to find their individual definition of freedom along the way.

Allison Cobb & Kaia Sand (Pacific University, Taylor Auditorium, @7:30pm): Allison Cobb and Kaia Sand will read from their new books of poetry that investigate history and political history. Cobb’s Green-Wood centers on a historic Brooklyn cemetery, while Sand’s Remember to Wave explores a Portland site of Nikkei internment.

Run Like a Mother (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): A book for today’s multitasking wife/mother/working woman, Run Like a Mother (Andrews McMeel) offers an insider’s advice on how a woman can strengthen her inner athlete. Drawing on personal experience, Sarah Bowen Shea informs women about shoes, training, racing, marathoning, nutrition, injuries, life beyond running (husband, kids, job), and a host of practical topics.

Indu Sundaresan (Powells Books on Hawthorne, @7:30pm): From internationally bestselling author Indu Sundaresan comes Shadow Princess (Atria), an epic novel based on actual events about princesses fighting for power and respect in India’s 17th-century royal court.

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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.

Image credits Narrative Magazine and Missouri Review.