Notable Portland: 1/29-2/4

Thursday 1/29: Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt shares his entertaining memoir about coming of age as a performer and writer in the late ’90s while obsessively watching classic films in his book, Silver Screen Fiend. Powell’s City of Books, 6 p.m., free.

Marilyn Sewell reads from her latest book, Raw Faith. Annie Bloom’s Books, 7 p.m., free.

Award-winning journalist Jennifer Senior analyzes the ways in which children shape the lives of parents in her new book, All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.

Friday 1/30: Julia Tillinghast, Bianca Stone, and John Beer read from their latest poetry. Mother Foucault’s, 7 p.m., free.

Acclaimed essayist and novelist Brian Doyle reads from his newest work, A Book of Uncommon Prayer. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.

Saturday 1/31: The Switch Reading Series welcomes Jennifer Karmin and A.M. O’Malley to read from their latest poetry. IPRC, 7:30 p.m., free.

Tuesday 2/3: Salon Skid Row presents Blake Nelson, Julia Laxer, Edie Rylander, and music by Cinema Obscura. Corner Bar, 7 p.m., free.

Alexandra Fuller reads from her latest book, Learning Before the Rains Come. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.

Wednesday 2/4: Gayle Forman discusses her latest book, I Was Here, with Blake Nelson, author of Paranoid Park, Girl, and The Prince of Venice Beach. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.

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Olivia Olivia comes from the same place all sad things come from—the sea. Her writing has appeared in Salon, The Rumpus, The Establishment, Ex-Berliner, and the Portland Mercury, among other places. Her speculative memoir set in the afterlife, No One Remembered Your Name But I Wrote It Down, is available through Impossible Wings Press. Prepare yourselves. You can follow her work at oliviawrites.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter.

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