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03-11 & 12-2020
2020-08-04 22:50:15| PortlandOnline
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03.11: Who We Be: The Colorization of America
2015-02-14 01:01:37| Powells Books Events Calendar
Race: The greatest social divide in American life, a half-century ago and today. During that time, the U.S. has seen the most dramatic demographic and cultural shifts in its history, what can be called the colorization of America. But the same nation that elected its first Black president is still plunged into endless culture wars. Jeff Chang's Who We Be (St. Martin's) remixes comic strips and contemporary art, campus protests and corporate marketing campaigns, Martin Luther King Jr. and Trayvon Martin into a powerful and timely cultural history of the idea of racial progress.
03.11: Words Will Break Cement: The Passion of Pussy Riot
2014-02-25 00:35:26| Powells Books Events Calendar
Masha Gessen's Words Will Break Cement (Riverhead) is the heroic story of Pussy Riot, who resurrected the power of truth in a society built on lies. On February 21, 2012, five young women entered the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in Moscow and performed a "punk prayer" beseeching the "Mother of God" to "get rid of Putin." They were quickly shut down by security, and in the weeks and months that followed, three of the women were arrested and tried, and two were sentenced to a remote prison colony. But the incident captured international headlines, and footage of it went viral. People across the globe recognized not only a fierce act of political confrontation but also an inspired work of art that, in a time and place saturated with lies, found a new way to speak the truth. Drawing on her exclusive, extensive access to the members of Pussy Riot and their families and associates, Gessen reconstructs the fascinating personal journeys that transformed a group of young women into artists with a shared vision, gave them the courage and imagination to express it unforgettably, and endowed them with the strength to endure the devastating loneliness and isolation that have been the price of their triumph. This event is presented in partnership with the World Affairs Council of Oregon.
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03.11: Science Fiction Book Group
2014-02-18 23:35:14| Powells Books Events Calendar
This month we meet to discuss Ancillary Justice by Ann Leckie. Join us!
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03.11: Sharon Kay Penman
2014-02-18 23:35:14| Powells Books Events Calendar
A King's Ransom (Marian Wood Book), the long-anticipated sequel to Sharon Kay Penman's Lionheart, is a vivid and heart-wrenching story of the last event-filled years in the life of Richard, Coeur de Lion. Taken captive by the Holy Roman Emperor while en route home, he was to spend 15 months imprisoned, while Eleanor of Aquitaine moved heaven and earth to raise the exorbitant ransom. The courage, compassion, and intelligence of this warrior king became the stuff of legend, and A King's Ransom brings the man and his world powerfully alive.