Join Us for the Ultimate Lit Crawl During the Portland Book Festival.

The Body Has Teeth: A Reading & Conversation

Saturday, November 7 · 6:30–8:30 p.m. · BOLD Coffee & Books, 1755 SW Jefferson Street, Portland

Four writers enter the dark from different doors. Anthony DiPietro’s poems move through gay love, sex, and the strange repetitions of desire. Amy Baskin gives Lilith—the first woman, cast as demon—her fierce voice. Summer Stewart’s poems and essays expose the scripts written onto women’s bodies and lives. In David Loring Nash’s Northwoods, witchcraft, revenge, and human folly wait just beyond the treeline. Join them for a reading and conversation. It’s bound to get sharp.

The Night Shift at Leikam Brewing 

Saturday, November 7 · 7PM · EAST BURNSIDE

The festival floor closes; the reading goes on. Continue the crawl at Leikam Brewing with short readings from Unsolicited Press authors, a good pour, and the kind of talk that keeps going after the last page. Drop in for this stop, or make it the first round of a full weekend of books and breweries.

The Big Pour: An Independent Press Gathering at Breakside

Sunday, November 8 · 2:00 p.m. start · Breakside, Milwaukie

The biggest brewery gathering of the weekend: Unsolicited Press authors and publisher still in town, independent presses from around Portland, and readers, writers, editors, booksellers, and anyone else who loves books. Join us for readings, local beer, and a Sunday afternoon with the people making the literary scene.

Last Call for Books at Migration Brewing

Sunday, November 8 · 7:00–8:30 p.m. · Migration Brewing · SE GLISAN

One last round before the weekend slips away. Close the crawl at Migration Brewing with readings from Unsolicited Press authors, a pint, and one more chance to get into the books and the conversation. Come for the final stop—or make this your only stop.