Thursday 6/9: Join PQ Monthly for their Pride Issue launch party. My Bartender, 5 p.m., free.
Peter Selgin reads from his passionate new memoir, The Inventors. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Friday 6/10: 1001 Journal celebrates the release of their latest issue with a reading, featuring readings by contributors Jenna Fletcher, Robyn Bateman, Mike Losier, Jon Boisvert, Thomas Mowe, Julian Smuggles, Nathan Wade Carter, and Joshua James Amberson. IPRC, 7 PM, free.
Alexis Smith reads from her new novel Marrow Island, and is joined in conversation afterwards by Peter Rock, author of My Abandonment. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 6/11: Grief Rites presents a storytelling event featuring Mary Mandeville, Marybeth Bonfiglio, Linda Resca, Leah Baer, Staci Wallace, Leora Marialicia Gonzalez, and Karia Daniel. Prior to the event there will be a yoga and journaling workshop. Yoga Refuge PDX, 4 p.m., free.
Negin Farsad, director and star of The Muslims Are Coming!, reads from his new memoir-in-essays about growing up Iranian-American in a post-9/11 world and the power of comedy to combat racism, How to Make White People Laugh. Powell’s City of Books, 4 p.m., free.
Sunday 6/12: The Other Side reading series welcomes Kate Gray, Linda Voght, and Stephen Whitney for this month’s reading. Happyrock Coffee Roasting Co, 2 p.m., free.
Kathleen Lane reads from her new book, The Best Worst Thing. Powell’s City of Books, 2 p.m., free.
The Get Nervous reading and performance series invites Kjerstin Johnson, Kelsey Wallace, Stacia Secreriat, Terra Setzler, Rachel Hirsch, and Mel Heywood to read for this month’s reading. The Jack London Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Monday 6/13: Terry Tempest Williams reads from her new book, The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America’s National Parks. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 6/14: Pride Northwest presents Meet the Author, a chance to mix and mingle with a handful of Portland’s up-and-coming LGBTQ authors as part of Pride 2K16. Featured writers include Cooper Lee Bombardier, Olivia Olivia, Geeta Lewis, and Kate Carroll De Gutes. Q Center, 5 p.m., free.
Salon Skid Row presents Christopher Luna, Celeste Gurevich, and Lisa Michelle for this week’s reading. The Corner Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Judith Freeman reads from her memoir on leaving the Mormon church, The Latter Days. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 6/15: The Spare Room reading series invites Jamondria Harris, Amaranth Borsuk, and Ian Hatcher for their latest reading. Passages Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.
The Unchaste Readers Series hosts a Pride edition this month, featuring readings by Nancy Dear, Nemo Pinkus, Emily Newberry, Galadriel Mozee, Leah Rainer, Brenda Taulbee, Sarah McKay, Pamela K. Santos, Mel Wells, Nghia Nguyen, Kate Carroll de Gutes, and Imani Sims. Literary Arts, 7 p.m., free.
Wendy Gordon reads from her twisting new novel, Wrong Highway. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
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