Thursday 3/26: The ACRL Zine Pavillion is your chance to read a zine, make a zine, talk to librarians who use zines for teaching and outreach, edit ZineWiki.com, and buy zines from local zinesters. Oh, and make sure to add a page to our collaborative conference zine. Oregon Convention Center, 9 a.m.–4 p.m., free, open Friday as well.
Three-time spoken word world champion Buddy Wakefield stops in Portland on his Riled Up and Wasted on Light World Tour. Holocene, 6:30 p.m., $10.
Jacob Rubin reads from his debut novel, The Poser, on impression, magic, and mimicry. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Author of Blue Like Jazz Donald Miller is back with a new book on his own experiences with intimacy and first impressions, Scary Close. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 3/27: Bird No Bird, a reading curated by Rob Schlegel and Emily Kendal Frey, welcomes Jeff Alessandrelli, Sarah Bartlett, John Beer, Donald Dunbar, Becks Nguyen, Kelly Schirman, and Kisha Lewellyn Schlegal to read from their best “pro-bird” and “anti-bird” poems. Glyph, 5 p.m., free.
Come to Words We Love Too and listen to Alex Dannemiller, Jenny Forrester, James Bernard Frost, Celeste Gurevich, Nicole Rosevear, Kevin Sampsell, and Leni Zumas read locally written prose and poetry that you simply have to hear. Post 134, 6 p.m., free.
Stevie Edwards celebrates the release of her second poetry collection, Humanly, and is joined by poets Josh Gaines, Ross Robbins, Emmett Wheatfall, and Cassie Von Alst. IPRC, 7 p.m., free.
A.J. Swoboda reads from his achingly honest new book on faith and fear, A Glorius Dark. Powell’s City of Books, 7: 30 p.m., free.
Ally Harris, author of Her Twin Was After Me, and Quan Barry, author of Loose Strife, read their latest poetry at the If Not For Kidnap reading series. Ristretto Roasters, 7:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 3/38: To celebrate Women’s History Month, local literary journal VoiceCatcher will host a reading of poetry and prose from contributors to its Winter 2015 issue, including Cathy Cain, Jennifer Kemnitz, Margie Lee, Gypsy Martin, Elizabeth Moscoso, Meghana Mysore, and Jennifer Pratt-Walter. Central Library, 1 p.m., free.
Politician Barney Frank is proud to visit Portland and share from his latest memoir on his struggles of being openly gay, Jewish, and intellectually combative in American politics, Frank. Powell’s City of Books, 4 p.m, free.
Sunday 3/29: Join À Reading, a monthly celebration of contemporary literature and performance, with this month’s readers, Allison Cobb, Mindy Nettifee, Maggie Foree, and Ross Robbins. Hosted by Robert Duncan Gray. Valentine’s, 6 p.m., free.
Monday 3/30: Quan Barry reads from her luminous fiction debut, She Weeps Each Time You’re Born, which spotlights modern Vietnam along with its surreal history, employing magical realism and the voices of the dead. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
The first issue evening of Yarn, featured storytellers including Travis Kurtz, Kerry Cohen, Jeffrey Selin, Melanie Coffee, Donald Rose, and Alicia McDaid will share their stories. Clinton Street Theater, 7:30 p.m., $9.
Daniel Arnold reads from his powerful debut story collection, Snowblind: Stories of Alpine Obsession. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 3/31: Alabanza: Return to Joy is a one-on-one, face-to-face conversation in poems between Samiya Bashir and Cindy Williams Gutiérrez. Glyph, 5 p.m., free.
Robert P. Wright shares the story of the birth and growth of the world famous public house, The Horse Brass Pub, in Portland, in his latest book, The Brass. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Salon Skid Row presents a showcase of authors from Small Doggie Press including Stevie Edwards, Robert Lashley, Carrie Seitzinger, and Matty Byloos. The Corner Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Emily Nagoski reads from her newest book on women’s sexuality and emotional well-being, Come As You Are. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
April 4/1: In celebration of National Poetry Month, three poets present their newest collections. Jim Moore‘s first career retrospective, Underground, shows a poet whittling down experience to its essential confrontation with one’s own limitations. Lisa Fishman’s 24 Pages and Other Poems is centered on bodies and where they are in relation to each other. In Mouthful of Forevers, Clementine von Radics writes of love, loss, and the uncertainties and beauties of life. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
