BOOK RELEASE READING / PARTY (FREE!)
23 Unread Novels by Riley Michael Parker
Featuring readings from Riley Michael Parker, poet Lisa Ciccarello, and poet / musician Colin Keating. Free snacks and beverages, plus music, fun people, and a nice open space. Doors at 6:30, party / reading at 7pm, hang til whenever.
23 UNREAD NOVELS by Riley Michael Parker
Written in direct response to The Abortion by Richard Brautigan, 23 Unread Novels is a collection of twenty-three short & shorter stories about 3-legged cats, past lives, uncultured waitresses, Viet Nam, and three women named Sam.
Riley Michael Parker is a 40-something writer and comic artist living in Portland Oregon. He has a wife, two step-cats, and one dead parent. He is the author of POEM DOG (poems and comics), Summertime Blues (erotic "fiction"), and Three Halloweens Ago (a crime / romance novella). He currently has 3 pieces in the Northwest Museum of Comic Arts (Downtown Portland), and countless more that all known museums refuse to display (Southeast Portland). He is kind of fat, kind of ugly, and has a mustache.
@rileymichaelparker on instagram
Lisa Ciccarello is a poet and creative guide based in Portland. Her work covers a wide range of topics—everything from the splendor of nature to survival horror video games, from cheesy movies to 18th century prison reports, and maybe six or seven other things. Her specialty is finding the intersection between playfulness and personal attachment, and exploring the boundaries of self-reflection.
https://lisaciccarello.com/
Colin Keating is a poet, musician, and collage artist in the Pacific Northwest. He makes earnest, sometimes funny, and occasionally cynical (in a hopeful way) music, poems, and visual art. He is taller than many poets you may be familiar with, and needs glasses to see properly. His birthday is December 4th, and he's stoked to be spending that evening sharing his work with friends and strangers.
@francisbaconbits on instagram