Notable Portland: 7/13–7/19

Thursday 7/13: Tavern Books is proud to present a bilingual reading by Caroline Wilcox Reul and guests to celebrate the launch of Who Lives, Elisabeth Borchers’s book translated from its original German. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.

Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic presents Oakland poets Tongo Eisen-Martin and Derek Fenner for their monthly reading. Angst Gallery, 7 p.m., free.

Friday 7/14: Kaitlin Solimine, author of Empire of Glass, reads alongside Warren Read, author of Ash Falls. Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.

Monday 7/17: Tracy J. Prince and Zadie Schaffer read from their historical work, Notable Women of Portland. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.

Tuesday 7/18: Ian Bassingthwaighte reads from his stunning debut, Live from Cairo. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.

Wednesday 7/19: The Unchaste Readers Series presents Gabrielle Drinard, Karleigh Frisbie, Melika Belhaj, Marina Seaward, Elle Bosque, Reema Zaman, Delphone Bedient, and Helena Rho for this month’s reading. Literary Arts, 7:30 p.m., free.

The Mountain Writers present Carl Adamshick and Chrys Tobey. Floyd’s Coffee, 7:30 p.m., $5 suggested donation.

Astrophysicist and author Mario Livio reads from his new book, Why?: What Makes Us Curious. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.

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Notable Portland logo art by Olivia Olivia.

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Olivia Olivia comes from the same place all sad things come from—the sea. Her writing has appeared in Salon, The Rumpus, The Establishment, Ex-Berliner, and the Portland Mercury, among other places. Her speculative memoir set in the afterlife, No One Remembered Your Name But I Wrote It Down, is available through Impossible Wings Press. Prepare yourselves. You can follow her work at oliviawrites.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter.

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