Thursday 9/10: Tavern Books throws a release party for Megan Levad and her debut poetry collection, Why We Live in the Dark Ages. Literary Arts, 7 p.m., free.
Sara Donati, bestselling author of Into the Wilderness, reads from her highly anticipated return, The Gilded Hour. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
Ursula K. Le Guin reads from her new guide to the craft of writing, Steering the Craft. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
PEN/Faulkner finalist T. Geronimo Johnson reads from his new provocative Southern-fried comedy, Welcome to Braggsville. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Join VoiceCatcher poet and editor Claudia Savage of Thick in the Throat, Honey (formerly THrum) for a sensual night of storytelling, poetry, and music, featuring stories by Jennifer Foreman and Tanya Jarvik. The event, Pulse, is a benefit for Voicecatcher. The Waypost, 8 p.m., suggested donation $5 to $15 but no one will be turned away for lack of funds.
Friday 9/11: Nancy Singleton Hachisu shares from her new book, Preserving the Japanese Way, on Japanese methods of salting, pickling, and fermenting that are approachable and easy to integrate into the Western cooking repertoire. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 9/12: Megan Levad, who was selected for publication in 2014 through the Wrolstad Contemporary Poetry Series, a program by Tavern Books that exists to champion exceptional literary works by emerging women poets under forty, presents a craft talk, Nanobots Exist: A History of Humanism and Lists. Literary Arts, 2 p.m., free.
Sunday 9/13: Salman Rushdie reads from his new lush modern fairytale, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty-Eight Nights. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 2 p.m., free.
The Studio Series Poetry Reading and monthly open mic features local Portland poets Quinton Hallett and Sharon Lask Munson for September’s reading. Stonehenge Studios, 7 p.m., free.
When the San José mine collapsed outside of Copiapó, Chile, in August 2010, it trapped thirty-three miners beneath thousands of feet of rock for a record-breaking 69 days. After the disaster, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Héctor Tobar received exclusive access to the miners and their tales, and in Deep Down Dark, he brings them to haunting, visceral life. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Monday 9/14: Naomi J. Williams reads from her gripping debut, Landfalls. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
The Attic Institute of Arts and Letters Atheneum program kicks off its sixth year with a star-studded faculty reading with David Biespiel, Vanessa Veselka, Whitney Otto, Wendy Willis, Merridawn Duckler, and Greg Robillard. Stonehenge Studios, 7 p.m., free.
Jonathan Evison reads from bighearted novel, This is Your Life, Harriet Chance! Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Summer Brennan reads from her latest book, The Oyster War, which chronicles the protracted battle between environmentalists and oyster farmers in the coastal towns north of San Francisco. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 9/15: McSweeney’s and Dikembe Press share a poetry reading to celebrate McSweeney’s Poetry Editor Jesse Nathan’s first chapbook of poems, Cloud 9. Readers will also include McSweeney’s poets Allan Peterson and Carl Adamshick, as well as acclaimed Portland poets Hajara Quinn and Sarah Bartlett. Glyph, 7 p.m., free.
A perennial favorite at poetry readings, Harold Johnson reads from his new novel The Fort Showalter Blues. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Jane Kirkpatrick reads from her latest book, The Memory Weaver. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
Unchaste Readers: Women Reading Their Mind brings together Stephanie Glazier, Marina Seaward, Carisa Miller, Elle Nash, Nicole Rosevear, Galadriel Rhodora, Celeste Gurevich, and Rene Denfeld for this month’s reading. American Legion, 7 p.m., free.
Salon Skid Row presents Tom Blood, Megan Burbank, Susan DeFreitas, and Josh Gaines for this week’s reading. The Corner Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Stephen P. Kiernan reads from his latest book, The Hummingbird. Annie Bloom’s Books, 7 p.m., free.
Patrick deWitt reads from his latest novel Undermajordomo Minor, the long-awaited follow up to The Sisters Brothers. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 9/16: Cara Nicoletti explores the intersection of great books and great food in her latest book, Voracious: A Hungry Reader Cooks Her Way through Great Books. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
Andrés Neuman reads from his mind-bending set of stories, The Things We Don’t Do. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
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