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Event date: March 16th, 2010 6:30 PM
Event location: Writers' Dojo, 7518 N Chicago Avenue
Please join the Writers' Dojo and Reading Local Portland in raising relief funds for Haiti. While the first wave of urgency has passed, Haiti will continue to need help for a long time to come. Mercy Corps, a world-class international aid organization with its headquarters right here in Portland, is working to help repair Haiti's infrastructure—and we all have a part to play.
On Tuesday, March 16, the Writers' Dojo will host Read to Rebuild, an all-star reading by six Portland writers, including Ariel Gore, Kevin Sampsell and Tom Spanbauer. The Portland literary community is strong and energetic, so we've set a goal for this event to raise at least $3,000 to help Mercy Corps' ongoing work in Haiti.
Read to Rebuild: Featured Readers
Ariel Gore is a journalist, author, and founding editor and publisher of the award-winning Hip Mama magazine. Her new book, Bluebird: Women and the New Psychology of Happiness, was published by Farrar, Straus, Giroux in 2010.
Margaret Malone is a local writer who was awarded an Oregon Literary Fellowship in 2009.
Laura Moulton is a local artist and writer who has shown work in local galleries and at Portland State University.
Ben Parzybok's debut novel Couch was published by Small Beer Press in 2009.
Kevin Sampsell is an author, editor, and publisher of Future Tense Books. His memoir, A Common Pornography, was published in 2010.
Tom Spanbauer is the author of several novels, including The Man Who Fell in Love With the Moon (Harper Perennial) and In the City of Shy Hunters (Grove Press).
Join us March 16th, 2010 at the Writers' Dojo. Doors open 6:30 p.m., Readings begin at 7 p.m.
$10 Suggested donation at the door.
Enjoy Free Cameron Hughes Wine, and a Prize Raffle, where items like a $100 gift card to Broadway Books, tickets to Backfence PDX, a Dark Horse Comics package, and much more will be up for grabs.
Please RSVP on our Facebook event page, and keep track of updates on the Reading Local: Portland blog and twitter feed. Those who are unable to make the event can still show their support by making a donation through Reading Local's fundraising page on Mercy Corps' web site.
