Thursday 11/19: PQ Monthly holds it’s holiday issue release party with hors d’oeuvres and a no-host bar with signature holiday drinks. Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, 5 p.m., free.
Poetic Justice, a social justice poetry and spoken word open mic, comes to Portland State University and is hosted by John Slaughter. Cramer Hall, 6:30 p.m., $5 suggested donation.
Friday 11/20: Matt Mikalatos reads from his memoir, Sky Lantern. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free.
The unofficial “poet laureate of punk” Patti Smith reads from her unforgettable new memoir, M Train. Each ticket includes a copy of the book. Newmark Theater, 7:30 p.m., $27.
Saturday 11/21: Margaret Malone launches her debut book, People Like You with a live musical performance by the Dickel Brothers and a live reading and signing afterwards. Ford Food + Drink, 6:30 p.m., free.
Sunday 11/22: Margaret Malone reads from her moving collection of stories, People Like You, and then is joined in conversation by Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Small Backs of Children. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Monday 11/23: Matthew Dineen reads from his new zine, Not For You: Stories of Music & Work from the Precarious Service Industry. Reading Frenzy, 7 p.m., free.
Shann Ray reads from a new epic novel that runs from the Sand Creek Massacre of 1864 to the ore industry of 1930s, American Copper. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Cultural cartographers David Banis and Hunter Shobe bring Portland to life sharing from their new book, Portlandness: A Cultural Atlas. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 11/24: Jessica Hart, Sean Davis, and Jared John Smith read for Cats in a Dumpster Present: A Happy Reading. Everyone who brings in canned food will be entered in a raffle to win an end-of-night surprise giveaway. Post 134, 7 p.m., free.
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