Spotlighted Literary Events

Date: Saturday, February 21
Chelsea Cain, New York Times bestselling author and Oregonian columnist, will be at the Multnomah Central Library as part of their Writers Talking series. Her works include Confessions of a Teen Sleuth: A Parody, The Hippie Handbook , and more recently her femme fatale serial killer series, Heartsick, Sweetheart, and Evil at Heart (due out in September).
When: 1-2:30pm
Where: Multnomah Central Library, US Bank Room
Cost: Free
For more information, visit the Multnomah County Library webpage at www.multcolib.org/events/writers

Date: Saturday, February 21
Angela Davis, writer, scholar, and activist, will be giving a lecture at Reed College this weekend. She is involved in the economic, racial, and gender struggle for equality and has most recently been teaching at U.C. Santa Cruz as the professor of the History of Consciousness. Her most recent books include Abolition Democracy: Beyond Prisons, Torture, and Empire and Are Prisons Obsolete?
When: 7pm
Where: Reed College, Kaul Auditorium
Cost: Free
For more information, visit www.reed.edu/bhm

Date: Monday, February 23
Paul Gerhards, author of Mapping the Dharma: A Concise Guide to the Middle Way of Buddha will be at the Looking Glass Bookstore, lecturing on “One Thing Every Author Needs to Know about Book Publishing.”
When: 7pm
Where: Looking Glass Bookstore, 7983 SE 13th Ave
Cost: Free
For more information, visit www.lookingglassbook.qwestoffice.net

Date: Thursday, February 26
Lewis & Clark College Alum Adam Bradley will be returning to Portland to discuss his new book Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop. Bradley argues that by understanding the language and rhythm of rap and hip hop, we can better understand the modern poetry of our generation. His book explores this new poetry and uncovers the complexity of this unique art form.
When: 7pm
Where: Lewis & Clark College, John R. Howard Hall, Room 102
Cost: Free
For more information, contact Rosie Ayala at the Lewis & Clark Office of Multicultural Affairs at 503-768-7743 or www.lclark.edu/dept/ethnic

Date: Thursday, February 26
Miriam Gershow, whose work has appeared in the 2008 Robert Olen Butler Prize Stories anthology, the Quarterly West, Gulf Coast, the Nimrod International Journal, and Black Warrior Review, will be at Powell's on Hawthorne reading from her book The Local News.
When: 7:30pm
Where: Powell’s on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Cost: Free
For more information, visit www.powells.com