Iranian-American writer Elizabeth Eslami received her MFA from Warren Wilson College in 2003. Her debut novel, Bone Worship, was published this year by Pegasus Books, and she’ll read at Broadway Books on Tuesday, March 16 at 7 pm. 
We caught up with Elizabeth to talk to her in more detail about Bone Worship…and to give you a chance to win a free copy of the book. Enter to win by leaving a comment on this post, or by linking back here from your own blog or site. We’ll choose a winner at random later this week. (You must be in the U.S. to win.)
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Another HUGE Thank you to a couple of sponsors who have donated in kind to the prize raffle for our Read to Rebuild Event.
Little Red Bike – They have given us the sweetest donation yet. A jar of Homemade Jam! Thanks Little Red Bike!
- Check out the Little Red Bike Cafe Blog. Wow that Blog makes me Hungry.
Murder by the Book – They have donated a wonderful Gift Certificate worth $25. Thanks Murder by the Book!
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Please join us Tuesday, March 16 at The Writers’ Dojo for Read to Rebuild: A Haiti Reading Benefit, featuring six outstanding Portland writers. This is the fourth in a special series of interviews with each of these readers. Look for more Read to Rebuild interviews in the next few days.
Tom Spanbauer is a critically acclaimed author and the founder of the Dangerous Writing technique and workshops. As a writer he has explored issues of race, of sexual identity, and of how we make a family for ourselves in order to surmount the limitations of the families into which we are born.
His four published novels, including Faraway Places (Hawthorne Books), The Man Who Fell In Love With The Moon (Harper Perennial), In The City Of Shy Hunters (Grove Press), and Now is the Hour (HMH), are notable for their combination of a fresh and lyrical prose style with solid storytelling.
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We are so close to the event now and you know how excited we are, so I won’t go into it all again today. But we’ve got a really exciting sponsor announcement for our Read to Rebuild prize raffle.
Dark Horse Comics – The wonderful and whimsical and always generous DHC has donated over $300 worth of materials in kind to our prize raffle.
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Please join us Tuesday, March 16 at The Writers’ Dojo for Read to Rebuild: A Haiti Benefit Reading, featuring six outstanding Portland writers. This is the third in a special series of interviews with each of these readers. In this case, because we interviewed Margaret so recently, we’re republishing the interview here. Look for more Read to Rebuild interviews in the next few days.
Margaret Malone’s writing has appeared in The Missouri Review, Swink, The Wordstock Ten Anthology, as well as on latimes.com, Rhapsoidia, Tablet, Too Much Coffee Man and elsewhere. She is a graduate of Humboldt State University with a B.A. in Philosophy and now lives with her husband, film-maker Brian Padian, in Portland, Oregon. A volunteer facilitator with Write Around Portland and a co-host of the impossible-to-describe SHARE, Margaret can be found most Thursday nights at the northeast corner of the Dangerous Writers table in Tom Spanbauer’s basement.
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I can tell you that those of us here at Reading Local are delighted that we can bring together such a stellar lineup of local writers for such a wonderful cause. I know I’ve been saying it every day for the past couple weeks, but for me it never gets old. Seeing how vibrant the Portland literary scene has been, how open-hearted, and generous is an experience unto itself. Even when some outfits wonder if they will still be in business next year they’ve managed to give to others, in this case, Haiti. And that is what makes the PDX literary scene Mighty!
Hawthorne Books - They’ve donated a large stack of SIGNED copies of their titles including Tom Spanbauer’s Faraway Places
Hawthorne Books is committed to independent publishing. While our interest in American literary fiction and narrative nonfiction shapes our catalog, one of our goals is to discover more international titles and books in translation. All of our titles are published as affordable original trade paperbacks but feature details not typically found even in case bound titles from bigger houses: acid-free papers; sewn bindings that will not crack; heavy, laminated covers with double-scored French flaps that function as built-in bookmarks.
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We’ve spent the last 11 days so far saying a quick thanks to all the wonderful sponsors that have so kindly donated in kind as part of our drive to create a ridiculously awesome prize raffle that will help us meet our goal of raising $3000 for Mercy Corps’ efforts toward Haiti support at the fabulous literary event Read to Rebuild. Not only have we seen support, but we’ve also seen way more support than we thought might be available due to a slow economy. This literary community has really shown its shining face to us and we are forever grateful.
Second Glance Books - We are grateful for your pledge of a $20 Gift Certificate to your store. I can’t think of a better way to spend my time than in your store finding books I can’t do without. Thank You!
Second Glance Books is a bricks & mortar bookstore located in Portland’s Hollywood district. Our specialties are fiction & literature, mystery , science fiction, romance, children’s books and cookbooks. We offer a wide selection of general nonfiction including history, metaphysics, health, sociology, biography, etc. We welcome inquiries and special orders. Second Glance Books is a member of the Portland Area Used Bookseller Association.
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We’re coming so close to the big event and have been receiving so many generous donations to the prize raffle that will take place at our Read to Rebuild Haiti Benefit Reading Hosted by Writers’ Dojo. Join us in less than a week and make a donation or several, for your chance to win. Here are just two more we’re grateful to receive.
Annie Bloom’s Books – They’ve thrown in a solid $10 Gift Certificate to their store! Thanks Annie Bloom’s!
Annie Bloom’s Books first opened its doors in Multnomah Village in 1978. Thirty years later, and we’re still thriving!
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Please join us Tuesday, March 16 at The Writers’ Dojo for Read to Rebuild: A Haiti Reading Benefit, featuring six outstanding Portland writers. This is the first in a special series of interviews with each of these readers. Look for more Read to Rebuild interviews in the next few days.
Laura Moulton earned an MFA from Eastern Washington University. She has taught writing workshops in 
prisons, universities and a shelter for homeless teens. Her zines and art projects have featured postal workers, immigrants and artists. Her public art project, Object Permanence, was commissioned by Portland State University in 2009, and is installed permanently in the Smith Student Union Building.
Laura currently teaches writing residencies at the Portland Art Museum for Writers in the Schools. Her work has been featured in Hip Mama, Nervy Girl, Portland Tribune, and Brain, Child. She is at work on a novel set in Provo, Utah in the early 90s.
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And we’re back with another edition of the Read to Rebuild – Sponsors! This whole event is really building steam and we are more than excited to be sharing with you all the wonderful folks in our community that have come together to support us at Reading Local: Portland, the Writers’ Dojo, Mercy Corps and the people of Haiti.
Floating World Comics – They’ve kindly donated 2, count ‘em, TWO copies of The Watchmen by Alan Moore.
That’s right friends, bring those readers who love a little more pop culture in their lives, buy a few raffle tickets to support Mercy Corps efforts in Haiti, and you too could win a copy of The Watchmen. It’s going to be a solid event, with a wonderful reward. Have you RSVP’ed on our Facebook event Page?
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We have another Sponsor we’d like to thank for donating to the prize raffle for our fine benefit Read to Rebuild. As we have stated before, it takes a whole community to pull off such an event and we are grateful to have such a wonderful community to support us as we try to support them.
Thank You Title Wave!!
Title Wave Books – They have offered up 2 $25 dollar gift certificates, a Title wave T-Shirt and a Hoodie.
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Another generous donation to our growing prize raffle. If you haven’t heard of our Read to Rebuild: Haiti Benefit Reading yet, now is the time to check it out. The sponsors are coming in and we are more than grateful to share a brief word about each of them. Our horde of prizes keeps growing and we are excited about we can offer for the price of a few raffle tickets and helping Mercy Corps rebuild. And that’s a small price to pay.
Green Bean Books – It is with kind hearts they offer a full gift basket for kids with a Spring theme. (We’ll have more details about the basket at the event.)
They are a unique, community based, independent children’s bookstore located in the Alberta Arts District of Portland, Oregon. They offer an excellent selection of affordable, new and used children’s books. Books for babies through adults and all stages in between can be found at Green Bean Books.
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