Thursday 8/25: Poetry is a Beautiful Object presents local readers with the chance to listen to poetry while browsing unique vintage finds. This month’s reading will feature Timmy Straw, Hajara Quinn, Dao Strom, and Nathan Wade Carter. Workshop Vintage, 7 p.m., free.
Enjoy a night of poetry and music, featuring Common Starling, Sean Croghan, Liz Mehl, and Brandi Katherine Herrera. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.
Diana Block reads from her new political novel, Clandestine Occupations: An Imaginary History. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Enjoy a coast-themed night of poetry from local writers Nancy Slavin, author of Oregon Pacific, and Tricia Knoll, author of Ocean’s Laughter. An open mic will follow where you can read your own poetry about the coast, or a favorite poem about the coast. Bathing suits optional! Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free.
Chris Struyk-Bonn reads from her new novel, Nice Girls Endure. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 8/27: Grief Rites, a reading series on storytelling that embraces grief and inspires love, invites the community to listen to the work of a variety of writers at a local ceremony to celebrate the closing of summer. Lone Fir Pioneer Cemetery, 5 p.m., free.
Local writers Timmy Straw, Stephanie Adams-Santos, and A.M. O’Malley join forces to read together for the public. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.
Sunday 8/28: The À Reading series brings together performances by Olivia Olivia, Lillian Nickerson, and Maxx Martinez for this month’s reading. Valentines, 5 p.m., free.
Monday 8/29: Rae Meadows reads from her new book, I Will Send Rain, and is followed up in conversation by journalist Anthony Effinger. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 8/30: Salon Skid Row invites Chrys Tobey, Allison Tobey, Daniel Elder, and Ty Phelps to read for this week’s reading. The Corner Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Alan Wieder reads from his new book on the work of an American icon and leftist, Studs Terkel: Politics, Culture, but Mostly Conversation. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Malala Yousafzai, winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize and advocate for education worldwide, will speak in Portland and read from her international bestseller, I Am Malala. Theater of the Clouds, 7:30 p.m., $29.
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