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My AccountToday’s Featured Book Event:
Story Time for Grownups: Richard Matheson (Grendel’s Coffee House, @7:30pm): David Loftus will read excerpts from the works of Richard Matheson for the latest installment of Story Time for Grownups. Matheson is a modern American master of fantasy, horror, and science fiction. If you haven’t read one of his books, even if you don’t recognize the name, you’ve likely seen his stories on the big or little screen. David Loftus has read aloud to numerous live audiences throughout the Northwest, in addition to doing voice recordings for a variety of projects. In July he will appear as the Kralahome in Broadway Rose Theatre’s production of “The King and I” and as the Genies in the company’s children’s theater production of “Aladdin.”
Other Book Events Today:
Mountain Writers presents Jessica Lamb & Students (The Press Club, @7:30pm): Jessica Lamb has taught writing for many years through the Northwest Writing Institute, Portland Community College, and Literary Arts Writers in the Schools program. Her poems have appeared in numerous journals, including Poetry, The Southern Review, and Willow Spring. Her collection of poems, Last Apples of Late Empires, from Airlie Press was published in 2009. This event will include brief readings by students from Jessica’s poetry workshop: Paul Guenther, Andrea Munoz, Casey Twining, Carmen Bradbury, Cassandra Schreiber, Dill McVein, and Erik Olson.
Heather Lende (Powells Books on Hawthorne, @7:30pm): In her second novel, Take Good Care of the Garden and the Dogs (Algonquin), Heather Lende (who has been called part Annie Dillard, part Anne Lamott by the Los Angeles Times) shows that the way individuals respond to setbacks has everything to do with faith.
Frank Meeink (Powells City of Books, @7:30pm): By age 16, Frank Meeink was a notorious skinhead gang leader. At age 18, he was doing hard time. Teamed up with African-American players in a prison football league, Meeink learned to question his hatred. Autobiography of a Recovering Skinhead (Hawthorne Books) describes his descent into and ultimate triumph over drugs and hate.
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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.
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