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Thursday 11/12: Mary Jo Bang reads from her acclaimed poetry as part of this semester’s visiting writers series at Reed College. Eliot Chapel, 6:30 p.m., free. Scott Nadelson celebrates the release of his new novel, Between You and Me, with…

Thursday 11/5: Chelsea Clinton hosts an official signing for her new book, It’s Your World. Powell’s City of Books, 5:30 p.m., free. Carrie Brownstein, codeveloper of Portlandia and musician from Sleater-Kinney, reads from her memoir, Hunger Makes Me a Modern…

Thursday 10/29: The Reed College Visiting Writers program welcomes Emily Hunt to read from her standout debut poetry collection, Dark Green. Eliot Hall, 6:30 p.m., free. Don Miguel Ruiz reads from his book, The Toltec Art of Life and Death.…

Thursday 10/22: Slipknot and Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor hosts a signing for this third book, You’re Making Me Hate You. Powell’s City of Books, 12:30 p.m., free. National Poetry Slam finalist and Vietnamese refugee Bao Phi reads from his latest work. Hollywood Library,…

Thursday 10/15: New York Times bestselling author Vanessa Diffenbaugh discusses her array of novels, answers audience questions, and is joined in conversation by Mary Lee, national coordinator for Youth Villages’ LifeSet, a program helping former foster youth and other young people transition…

Thursday 10/8: Michael Golding reads from her spiritual novel, A Poet of the Invisible World. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free. Mark Sten reads from All Ages: The Rise and Fall of Portland Punk Rock, 1977-1981, an in-depth history and analysis of Portland’s first…

Thursday 10/1: Robert Michael Pyle reads from his latest book Wintergreen: Rambles in a Ravaged Land and is then joined in conversation by David Guterson, author of Snow Falling on Cedars. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free. The…

Thursday 9/24: Todd Gleason celebrates the release of his first print anthology, Drunk at a Midnight Choir, by reading alongside Faith McGee, Sophia Pfaff Shalmiyev, Amie Zimmerman, Robert Lashley, Clementine von Radics, Samantha Peterson, John Barrios, Kiki Nicole, Jamie Mortara,…

Thursday 9/17: Historian Michael Helquist reads from his latest book that follows the life of one of Oregon’s first women physicians, Marie Equi: Radical Politics and Outlaw Passions. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free. Warren C. Easley reads from his new…

Thursday 9/10: Tavern Books throws a release party for Megan Levad and her debut poetry collection, Why We Live in the Dark Ages. Literary Arts, 7 p.m., free. Sara Donati, bestselling author of Into the Wilderness, reads from her highly…

Thursday 9/3: Join the Red Umbrella Project for a sex workers writing workshop, which will help local writers generation stories for the next issue of Working It zine and Prose & Lore journal. Pivot, 5 p.m., free. Justin Taylor reads…

Thursday 8/27: Christopher Moore reads from his latest novel, Secondhand Souls. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m., free. Jennifer Pashley reads from her latest dark and compelling novel, The Scamp. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free. Friday 8/28:…