Spotlighted Literary Events

Date: Friday, May 1
Calling all teens! Come to Looking Glass Bookstore for a reading and book-signing with Emily Whitman. Whitman is the author of the young adult novel Radiant Darkness, revolving around the teenage goddess Persephone and the choices she has to make between her life with her overprotective mother or independence with a dark and mysterious stranger.
When: 7pm
Where: Looking Glass Bookstore, 7983 SE 13th Ave
Cost: Free
For more information, be sure to check out the events page at http://lookingglassbook.qwestoffice.net/

Date: Thursday, May 7
Check out “Word to Your Mother,” and evening of true tales, mortifying experiences, and juicy back talk featuring Greg Gasperin, Sarah Hoopes, fashion designer Adam Arnold, Metro Council President David Bragdon, Live Wire! host Courtenay Hameister, author Chelsea Cain, special guest host Derrick Brown, and musical guest Loch Lomond at the Bagdad Theater hosted by Powell’s Books. This event is open to those 21 and over.
When: 7pm
Where: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd
Cost: $12 advance/$15 door
For more information, call 503-236-9234 or check out the events page at www.powells.com

Date: Thursday, May 7
Tim Applegate, Barbara Drake, Paulann Petersen, Willa Schneberg, and Windfall editors Michael McDowell and Bill Siverly will be at the Looking Glass Bookstore for a poetry reading from the new issue of Windfall: A Journey of Poetry of Place.
When: 7pm
Where: Looking Glass Bookstore, 7983 SE 13th Ave
Cost: Free
Check out the events page at http://lookingglassbook.qwestoffice.net/ for more information.

Portland Literary Events

Monday, April 7
Portland’s Arts and Lectures series will present Marjane Satrapi, author of the graphic novels Persepolis and Persepolis 2
Where: Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, 1037 SW Broadway
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: $5 - $26
For more info: http://www.literary-arts.org/

Monday, April 7
Vincent Louis Carrella will be reading from his debut novel Serpent Box
Where: Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Tuesday, April 8
In celebration of National Poetry Month, poets published in Portland’s semiannual poetry journal, Windfall, will be reading, including Bill Siverly, Michael McDowell, James Grabill, David Filer, Carol Ellis, and Katy McKinney
Where: Broadway Books, 1714 NE Broadway
When: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Tuesday, April 8
Loretta Napoleoni will be reading from her new book Rogue Economics
Where: Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W Burnside
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Tuesday, April 8
Gerard Way, author of the comic book series The Umbrella Academy (and frontman for My Chemical Romance) will be doing a book-signing
Where: Things from Another World, 4133 NE Sandy
When: 4:00-6:00 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.tfaw.com/

Wednesday, April 9
Jim Hightower will be speaking, and a copy of his book Swim Against the Current: Even a Dead Fish Can Go with the Flow, is part of the admission fee
Where: Bagdad Theater, 3702 SE Hawthorne
When: 7:00 p.m.
Cost: $25.95
For more info: http://www.portlandmercury.com/

Wednesday, April 9
Daniel Mason will be presenting his book A Far Country
Where: Annie Bloom’s Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.annieblooms.com/

Thursday, April 10
Jeff Gordinier will read from his book X Saves the World
Where: Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W Burnside
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Thursday, April 10
The journals of Rachel Corrie, Let Me Stand Alone, will be presented by her mother, father, and sister
Where: Powell’s Books on Hawthorne, 3723 SE Hawthorne
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/

Friday, April 11
Gary W. Moore will be presenting his book Playing with the Enemy
Where: Powell’s City of Books on Burnside, 1005 W Burnside
When: 7:30 p.m.
Cost: Free
For more info: http://www.powells.com/