Thursday 6/18: Sue Schaefer reads from her debut novel, Now I Am Here Doing This. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Releasing the new season of his long-running, fairly epic, and certainly ambitious series of zines, Kip Manley will read from the new installation of City of Roses. The Spritely Bean, 7 p.m., free.
Pulitzer Prize finalist and investigative reporter Bryan Denson reads from his latest book, The Spy’s Son. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Colin Winnette reads from his new book, Haints Stay. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 6/19: The first night of Poetry Press Week Spring/Summer 2015 will showcase the work of poets Carl Adamshick,Tyler Brewington, Zachary Cosby, Alicia Jo Rabins, and Drew Scott Swenhaugen. Disjecta, 7 p.m., suggested donation of $3–$12.
Saturday 6/20: Eric Tyler Benick celebrates the release of his new chapbook, Fox Hunts, by reading alongside poets Nathan Wade Carter and Kevin Gwozdz. Glyph, 3:30 p.m., free.
Portland author Kevin Maloney reads from his debut novella, Cult of Loretta. American Legion Post 134, 7 p.m., free.
Night two of Poetry Press Week Spring/Summer 2015 will showcase the work of poets A.M. O’Malley, Robert Lashley, Andrea Hollander, Stacey Tran, and Timmy Straw. Disjecta, 7 p.m., suggested donation of $3–$12.
Sunday 6/21: The Portland Poetry Slam hosts its weekly reading. Cotton Cloud Natural Beds & Furniture, 6:30 p.m., $5 suggested donation.
Monday 6/22: Celebrate the release of Almost Crimson by Dasha Kelly, who will read alongside Cari Luna, this year’s Ken Kesey Award for Fiction recipient and author of The Revolution of Every Day. Reading Frenzy, 7 p.m., free.
Richard Schemmerer reads from his latest book, Citizen X. Sound Grounds Café, 7 p.m., free.
Tuesday 6/23: Salon Skid Row presents Ryan Mills, Karolinn Fiscaletti, Sarah Borsten, and Amy Leona Havin for this week’s reading. The Corner Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Judith Barrington will read from her newest collection, The Conversation. She will be introduced by Oregonian Poetry Editor Kirsten Rian. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Join Dzanc Books for a special night featuring four of their authors. In The Words and Wisdom of Charles Johnson, National Book Award-winner Charles Johnson muses about a wide range of topics, from Buddhism to race relations in America and everything in between. In Shya Scanlon‘s The Guild of Saint Cooper, an obscure author, drawn in by the mysterious Guild of St. Cooper, must rewrite the history of a dying city. Patrick O’Neil’s memoir, Gun, Needle, Spoon, follows a punk rock pioneer on his slide into drug abuse and life as an armed robber, all the way through recovery and what it’s like to look back on those times. Jen Grow’s debut story collection My Life as a Mermaid stares down the dark side of what it means to live ‘happily ever after.’ Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 6/24: Veteran environmental journalist Fred Pearce reads from his latest book, The New Wild: Why Invasive Species Will Be Nature’s Salvation. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
