VIRTUAL FESTIVAL SCHEDULE

Portland Book Festival virtual events, presented by Bank of America, will feature variety-show style interviews. Each night, three authors whose work shares thematic connections will join remotely, with interviewers broadcasting live from Portland literary locations. The audience will tune in via our custom streaming platform, PDXBookFest.org. Head to literary-arts.org/PBF to get your virtual Festival pass.

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 8 THEME: TENDERNESS

Donika Kelly, Kirstin Valdez Quade, Brandon Taylor

7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Live from Literary Arts.

Poet Donika Kelly discusses her new collection The Renunciations with Christopher Rose; Kirstin Valdez Quade shares her debut novel The Five Wounds with Portland Monthly’s Fiona McCann; and Brandon Taylor in conversation about his best-selling story collection Filthy Animals with Genevieve Hudson.

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 9 THEME: FREEDOM

Aminder Dhaliwal, Nathan Harris, Maggie Nelson

7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Live from Broadway Books.

Cartoonist Aminder Dhaliwal in conversation about her graphic novel Cyclopedia Exotica with OPB’s Tiffany Camhi; debut novelist Nathan Harris discusses The Sweetness of Water with Garbiel Urza; award-winning essayist, poet, and critic Maggie Nelson in conversation about her new book On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint with journalist and author Masha Gessen.

Schedule and lineup subject to change.

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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10 THEME: HOME

Rita Dove, Lauren Groff, Qian Julie Wang

7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Live from Annie Bloom's Books.

Rita Dove, former U.S. Poet Laureate, discusses her new collection Playlist for the Apocalypse with National Book Award winner Mary Szybist; Lauren Groff in conversation about her stunning new novel, Matrix, with Literary Arts Executive Director Andrew Proctor; Qian Julie Wang discusses her debut memoir Beautiful Country with OPB’s Jenn Chávez.

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 11 THEME: HIDDEN WORLDS

Julia Cooke, Ruth Ozeki, Atsuro Riley

7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Live from Powell's Books.

Julia Cooke discusses Come Fly the World: The Jet-Age Story of the Women of Pan Am with The Oregonian’s Amy Wang; award-winning novelist Ruth Ozeki on The Book of Form and Emptiness with OPB’s Dave Miller, host of Think Out Loud; poet Atsuro Riley shares his new collection Heard-Hoard with David Biespiel.

FRIDAY NOVEMBER 12 THEME: LOVE & LOSS

Jasmine Guillory, Danielle Henderson, Devon Walker-Figueroa

7:00 to 8:30 p.m. Live from Literary Arts.

Best-selling author Jasmine Guillory on her new novel While We Were Dating, in conversation with Kisha Jarrett; Live Wire joins PBF to talk with Danielle Henderson about her memoir The Ugly Cry; poet Devon Walker-Figueroa discusses her collection Philomath with Jennifer Perrine.

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