Thursday 6/11: PQ Monthly throws their June issue release party and kicks off Portland Pride week. Vendetta Pdx, 5 p.m., free.
Polly Dugan reads from her poignant new story, The Sweetheart Deal. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Margaret Grundstein reads from her new memoir, Naked in the Woods: My Unexpected Years in a Hippie Commune. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 6/12: Join Poor Claudia for the release party for Kit Schluter’s translation of The Cold by Jaime Saenz—published in a facing-page bilingual edition. IPRC, 7 p.m., free.
National Book Award finalist Jim Shepard reads from his latest novel on children caught up in the Holocaust, The Book of Aron. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 6/13: Come celebrate the release of Fox Hunts, a new chapbook by Eric Tyler Benick, who will read alongside Nathan Wade Carter and Kevin Gwozdz. Glyph, 3 p.m., free.
A new reading series curated by blind online submission and based out of Portland is hosting its inaugeral reading and book release party for Elaine Kahn’s Women in Public, and will also feature fiction writer David Shafer, author of Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.
Brian Stephen Ellis new collection, Often Go Awry, will host a release party will featuring readings by Mindy Nettifee, A.M. O’Malley, Carrie Seitzinger, Jenna Marie Fletcher, Leah Noble Davidson, and Robyn Batemen. IPRC, 7 p.m., free.
Sunday 6/14: Acclaimed poet Joanna Klink reads from her new collection, Excerpts from a Secret Prophecy, and is joined in conversation by poet Michele Glazer, author of It Is Hard To Look at What We Came to Think We’d Come to See. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 4 p.m., free.
The Studio Series celebrates its five year anniversary by featuring poetry by international journalist Heather Bourbeau and translator Elizabeth Gray Jr. Stonehenge Studios, 7 p.m., free.
Monday 6/15: Come celebrate the release of the new anthology Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movements. Featuring readings by Walidah Imarisha, Gabriel Teodros, David F. Walker, and audio of Mumia Abu Jamal reading his essay. IPRC, 7 p.m., free.
Yarn live storytelling features writers Gloria Harrison, Melea Seward, Josh Lubin, A.M. O’Malley, Martha Grover, and Reuben Nisenfeld as they share tales on this night’s theme: acceptance. Clinton Street Theater, 7:30 p.m., $9 presale, $12 door.
Joseph Kim reads from his new memoir about escaping North Korea and becoming one of only a handful of refugees from the country to make it to the Unites States, Under the Same Sky. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 6/16: Unchaste Readers all-women reading series hosts a special reading this month in celebration of Pride, featuring Katie Kaput, Mari Shepard-Glenn, Kelly Jeske, Sara June Woods, Rhiannon Dexter Flowers, Lisa Galloway, Brenda Taulbee, Kate Gray, and Samiya Bashir. Local Lounge, 7 p.m., free.
Bitch Magazine celebrates summer with the release of their Blue issue, exploring the work fo Wendy Reed Star, the history of women and swimming, postpartum depression onscreen, and more. The Waypost, 7 p.m., $4 suggested donation.
Lev Grossman reads from his latest book, The Magician’s Land. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 6/17: Vendela Vida reads from her new mesmerizing novel of ideas, The Diver’s Clothes Lie Empty. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
