Thursday 9/18: The Reed College English department welcomes novelist and short-story writer Lynne Tillman for a reading. Reed College, 6:30 p.m., free.
Laila Lalami reads from her latest imagined memoirs of the New World’s first explorer of African descent, The Moor’s Account. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 9/19: Poets Tyler Atwood and John W. Barrios celebrate their latest book release by reading alongside Emily Kendal Frey and Robert Lashley. IPRC, 8 p.m., free.
Saturday 9/20: Poets Zachary Schomburg, Joshua Nathaniel, Covington White, Nathan Wade Carter, and Ryan Mills read for the latest Bone Tax Reading. Ford Food & Drink, 7 p.m., free.
Blue Skirt Productions presents author Jim Ruland as he reads from his latest book, Forest of Fortune. Glyph, 7:30 p.m., free.
Sunday 9/21: Poets Tyler Atwood and John Barrios read from the latest collections. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 4 p.m., free.
The Portland Poetry Slam hosts its weekly reading. Glyph, 7 p.m., free.
Sean Wilsey reads from his latest essay collection, More Curious. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Monday 9/22: The Switch Reading Series welcomes local writers Nathan Wade Carter, Sarah Dowling, and Rachel Zolf for this month’s event. IPRC, 7 p.m., free.
Join Sarah Waters as she discusses her new book, The Paying Guests, with Portland author Lidia Yuknavitch. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Journalist and author Ramita Navai reads from his new book on the inner lives of Iranians, City of Lies. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 9/23: Topside Press authors Casey Plett and Sybil Lamb read alongside local trans-lit luminaries Carter Sickels, Katie Kaput, Sara Woods, Tom Léger, Riley MacLeod, and Cooper Lee Bombardier. Floyd’s Old Town, 7 p.m., free.
Lois Leveen reads from her new book, Juliet’s Nurse. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 9/24: Kirsten and Christopher Shockey read from their fermenting guide, Fermented Vegetables. Powell’s City of Books, 7 p.m., free.
Rumpus columnist Cheryl Strayed visits the Pacific Northwest College of Arts to discuss her New York Times-bestselling book, Wild, and the exciting process of having her book turned into a movie. PNCA, 7:30 p.m., free.
