Thursday 6/30: Sarah Bartlett celebrates the release of her debut poetry collection Sometimes We Walk With Our Nails Out, published by Subito Press, and reads alongside Coleman Stevenson. Cardinal Club, 7 p.m., free.
Local poets Dan Raphael, Neil Aitken, and Christi Krug reads from their latest work. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free.
Friday 7/1: Local author Ophelia Darkly and coffee artist Davey Cadaver present from their latest book of short stories with accompanying art, Coffee Monsters. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free.
Saturday 7/2: Russian Roulette brings together a live storytelling competition featuring John Roderick, Caitlin Weierhauser, Mark Russell, Alex Falcone, Diane Gasperin, Sasha Scarlett aka Joshua Ryan, and Nathan Carson. Hosted by B. Frayn Masters and four-time Russian Roulette winner Shannon Balcom Graves. Disjecta, 8 p.m., $16 – $20.
The Brody Improv series presents Free Verse, a reading of original works by poets Stephanie Adams-Santos, Samiya Bashir, and Julia Clare Tillinghast. Brody Theater, 8 p.m., $9 – $12.
Tuesday 7/5: Salon Skid Row presents Zachary Cosby, Christian Patterson, Emily Griffin, Melissa Amstutz, and Shahira Kudsi for this week’s reading. The Corner Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Poet Chris Forhan reads from his new collection, My Father Before Me, and is joined in conversation by Carl Adamshick, author of Saint Friend. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 7/6: To Celebrate Independence Day, enjoy a belated independent local authors reading together. Happy Indie-pendence Day! Featuring writers Stevan Allred, Eliot Triechel, James Bernard Frost, and Katie Chase for a reading, Q&A, and signing. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free.
Rikki Ducornet reads from her new novel, Brightfellow, and is joined in conversation by Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Small Backs of Children. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
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