Event: Portland Queer, Tales of the Rose City edited by Ariel Gore

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Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City
Editor: Ariel Gore
Authors: Dexter Flowers, sts, Kathleen Bryson, Colleen Siviter, David Ciminello, Tony Longshanks LeTigre, Michael Sage Ricci, Annie Murphy, Sarah Gottesdiener, Jacob Anderson-Minshall, Gabrielle Rivera, David Oates, Donal Mosher, J.T. Neel, Marc Acito, Christa Orth, Sarah Dougher, Nicole Vaicunas, Jacqueline Raphael, Lois Leveen, Megan Kruse, Stevie Anntonym, Wayne Gregory, and Tom Spanbauer
Paperback: 256 pages
Publisher: Lit Star Press; First edition (May 15, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1934620653
ISBN-13: 978-1934620656
Amazon: Portland Queer: Tales of the Rose City

At once a love letter to the Rose City and a dream of escape, the first-person narratives of Portland Queer reveal the contradictions and commonalities of life in one of the world s great queer meccas. A waiter falls in love with a straight guy from the cafe next door. A young dyke discovers gay karaoke at the Silverado. A pregnant man prepares for new life transitions. An ambitious teenager finds her tribe at St. Mary s Academy. A closet-case is confronted by his wife. And a video-game addict takes a chance on love.

As rough-hewn and gorgeous as the city that inspired it, this anthology breaks queer ground as it shows us that everywhere is Portland but Portland is its own special place, home to queers seeking and finding home, from the city itself to each others arms. --Daphne Gottlieb, author of Kissing Dead Girls

Broadway Books – NE Portland – Monday, June 8, 7 p.m.
Featuring:
Tom Spanbauer
Michael Sage Ricci
Colleen Siviter
Dexter Flowers

Reading Frenzy – Downtown Portland – Tuesday June 16, 7 p.m.
Featuring:
Lois Leveen
Michael Sage Ricci
Jacqueline Raphael
Nicole Vaicunas

In Other Words – NE Portland – Tuesday, June 23, 7 p.m.
Featuring:
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Jacob Anderson-Minshall
J.T. Neel
Megan Kruse

Powell’s City of Books on Burnside – Downtown Portland – Tuesday, June 30, 7:30 p.m.
Featuring:
Wayne Gregory
Dexter Flowers
Donal Mosher

Q Literati! – Q Center – SE Portland – Wednesday, July 8, 7 p.m.
Featuring:
Nicole Vaicunas
Jacob Anderson-Minshall
David Oates
Lois Leveen