Robert Moor
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Notable San Francisco: 8/2–8/8
Wednesday 8/2: San Francisco’s current Poet Laureate (its seventh), Kim Shuck, will present one of her first readings in that capacity (taking over from Laureate #6, Alejandro Murguia). Shuck’s previous honors include a local hero award from KQED, a Mary Tall…
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Notable Portland: 7/27–8/2
Thursday 7/27: Join Tavern Books for a reading featuring Wrolstad Series poets Megan Levad and Elsbeth Pancrazi. Literary Arts, 7 p.m., free. Manuel Arturo Abreu and Rob Gray read from their select works. Powell’s City of Books, 7 p.m., free.
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On Faulkner and Cocktails
There are two Faulkners, and each of these Faulkners is embodied by one of the author’s two favorite drinks, as Robert Moor posits in a recent Paris Review article. The julep is High Faulknerian. Taking in the dense, lush language in…