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04.21: Ania Ahlborn
2015-03-18 19:04:47| Powells Books Events Calendar
From indie horror author Ania Ahlborn comes Within These Walls (Gallery), a brand-new supernatural thriller. With his marriage on the rocks and his life in shambles, washed-up crime writer Lucas Graham is desperate for a comeback. So when he's promised exclusive access to notorious cult leader and death row inmate Jeffrey Halcomb, the opportunity is too good to pass up. Lucas wants to tell the real story of Halcomb's faithful departed, but when Halcomb relents on his promise, he's left to put the story together on his own. Except he is not alone. For Halcomb promised his devout eternal life... and within these walls, they're far from dead.
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04.21: Daniel Clowes
2015-03-18 19:04:47| Powells Books Events Calendar
Before he rose to fame as a filmmaker and the author of Ghost World and David Boring, Daniel Clowes made his name from 1989 to 1997 by producing 18 issues of the beloved comic book series Eightball, which is still widely considered to be one of the greatest and most influential comic book titles of all time. Now, for the 25th anniversary, The Complete Eightball 1–18 (Fantagraphics) collects these long out-of-print issues in a slipcased, two-volume set.
04.21: World Book Night Kickoff Event
2014-03-18 00:36:18| Powells Books Events Calendar
Powell's Books has been chosen as one of 20 U.S. locations to host an official World Book Night launch event. Joining us to celebrate will be bestselling authors Cheryl Strayed, Matthew Dickman, Amanda Coplin, Paul Collins, and Chelsea Cain. As part of this celebration, all five local authors will speak briefly about a particular book that was instrumental in their lives as both a reader and a writer.
04.21: Meg Wolitzer
2014-03-18 00:36:18| Powells Books Events Calendar
The summer that Nixon resigns, six teenagers at a summer camp for the arts become inseparable. Decades later the bond remains powerful, but so much else has changed. In The Interestings (Riverhead), Meg Wolitzer follows these characters from the height of youth through middle age, as their talents, fortunes, and degrees of satisfaction diverge. Wide in scope and ambitious, The Interestings explores the meaning of talent; the nature of envy; the roles of class, art, money, and power; and how all of it can shift and tilt precipitously over the course of a friendship and a life.
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04.21: John Gierach
2014-03-18 00:36:17| Powells Books Events Calendar
"I have to go fishing; it's my job." John Gierach can say that and mean it. But fishing is only part of his job. The other part is writing about his fishing adventures. And that's the part we readers get to enjoy. In All Fishermen Are Liars (Simon & Schuster), Gierach travels across North America from the Pacific Northwest to the Canadian Maritimes to seek out quintessential fishing experiences. Gierach may occasionally lose a fish, but he never loses his passion for fishing or his sense of humor.
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