Reading LocalCentral Library » Reading Local http://portland.readinglocal.com Portland Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:59:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Today 10-4: Wordstock presents Portland Stories Reading Showcase at the Central Library http://portland.readinglocal.com/2011/10/today-10-4-wordstock-presents-portland-stories-reading-showcase-at-the-central-library/ http://portland.readinglocal.com/2011/10/today-10-4-wordstock-presents-portland-stories-reading-showcase-at-the-central-library/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 13:57:17 +0000 Gabe Barber http://portland.readinglocal.com/?p=22896

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What: Portland Stories Reading Showcase

Where: Central Library/U.S. Bank Room (1028 SE Water Ave)

When: October 4th, 2011, 6:00pm-7:30pm

How Much: Free & Open to the Public

Info: Join Wordstock and Multnomah County Library for a free festival “sneak-peak” event. In honor of the Wordstock 2011 theme “American Stories,” three Portland-based festival authors present three different takes on “Portland Stories”: Kerry Cohen, “Seeing Ezra: A Mother’s Story of Autism, Unconditional Love, and the Meaning of Normal”; David Biespiel, “Every Writer Has a Thousand Faces,” “The Book of Men and Women”; and Kilong Ung, “Golden Leaf: A Khmer Rouge Genocide Survivor.”

Other Portland Literary Event’s Happening Today:

7:00pm-Taylor Anderson presents “Firestorm” at Powell’s Books at Cedar Hills

7:30pm-Justin Torres presents “We the Animals” at Powell’s City of Books

Are you attending this event tonight? We invite you to recap your experience, and discuss the event with others, here. Or, you can recap any of the other events added to our list. We will pick the best recaps to highlight on our blog!

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