Join us to learn about Korean cooking and culture alongside social media star Sarah Ahn (Ahnest Kitchen) and her mom, co-authors of Umma: A Korean Mom's Kitchen Wisdom and 100 Family Recipes. Sarah Ahn is social media manager for America’s Test Kitchen and the creator of the Ahnest Kitchen website. She records her experiences on […]
A Little Less Broken explores one woman's decades-long journey to a diagnosis of autism and the barriers that keep too many neurodivergent people from knowing their true selves. Marian Schembari was thirty-four years old when she learned she was autistic. By then, she'd spent decades hiding her tics and shutting down in public, wondering why […]
The Milwaukie Ledding Library and Spoke & Word Books presents a special talk with author, columnist, and cohost of Maintenance Phase, Aubrey Gordon. Aubrey’s work has been published in The New York Times, Vox, Literary Hub, SELF, Health, Glamour and more. Her first book, What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat was […]
In Blazing Eye Sees All, journalist Leah Sottile seeks to understand the modern New Age movement in America and how women like Amy Carlson (the leader of Love Has Won) and others become devoutly invested in their beliefs. Leah’s award-winning work has been published by The Washington Post, The New York Times Magazine, and The […]
If Portland is Comic City, USA, then Dark Horse Comics founder Mike Richardson is its mayor. Born of a maxed-out credit card and a passion for creator rights, Dark Horse Comics of Milwaukie, Oregon, has transformed the creative landscape in the Pacific Northwest, turning the Portland area into the country's largest community of cartoonists and […]
In his newest book Close to Home: The Wonders of Nature Just Outside Your Door, conservation biologist Thor Hanson encourages readers to see just how many exciting natural discoveries can be made in our most familiar environments. In addition to writing books, Hanson works as an independent conservation biologist. He has consulted for conservation groups […]
Starry Field: A Memoir of Lost History is journalist Margaret Juhae Lee's intimate and touching debut, weaving together Margaret's family story against the backdrop of Korea's tumultuous modern history, with a powerful question at its heart: can we ever separate ourselves from our family's past—and if the answer is yes, should we? Margaret is also […]
Emma Pattee imagines the impact of an anticipated 9.0 magnitude earthquake on the 700-mile Cascadia fault line in her breathtaking first novel, Tilt. Annie is nine months pregnant and shopping for a crib at IKEA when a massive earthquake hits Portland, Oregon. With no way to reach her husband, no phone or money, and a […]
