Devon Monk spent her early childhood tucked behind couches or any other place with low light, "ruining her eyes" and reading. Her love of fairytales turned into a love of adventure, magic, future science, romance, mystery, humor, noir, and anything else she could get her hands on.

She wrote her first story when she was six. When her teacher praised its quality, Devon was surprised. She looked it over again and all she thought was, "I can do better than this."

And thus, a writer was born.

Join us to hear Devon read from Magic At the Gate, her newest installment in the Allie Beckstrom series of dark fantasy novels.  Set partly in our own beloved neighborhood of St. Johns, the series pits magical detective Allie against dark leaders in the world of magery--and against forces in her own past, including (yes Luke) her own father.  Devon also has produced a collection of short fiction, A Cup of Normal. 

Light refreshments will be served.

 

 

Magic at the Gate: An Allie Beckstrom Novel (Mass Market Paperback)

By Devon Monk

$7.99

ISBN-13: 9780451463623
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Published: Roc, 11/2010

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A Cup of Normal (Paperback)

By Devon Monk

$16.99

ISBN-13: 9780982073094
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Published: Fairwood Press, 9/2010

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Now reading: Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Join us on Thursday, 7 October at 6:00pm.

"Demanding but confident and beautifully written" (Boston Globe), this is the story of a young Native American returning to his reservation after surviving the horrors of captivity as a prisoner of the Japanese during World War II. Drawn to his Indian past and its traditions, his search for comfort and resolution becomes a ritual--a curative ceremony that defeats his despair.  Ceremony was recommended to the group by Molly Gloss, author of our greatly enjoyed August selection, Wild Life.  Molly will interview Leslie Marmon Silko onstage at Lincoln Hall (Portland State University) as part of an author conversation series produced by Portland Arts & Lectures.  Click here to learn more about that event.

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Ceremony (Paperback)

By Leslie Marmon Silko

$16.00

ISBN-13: 9780140086836
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Published: Penguin Books, 3/1986

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...love poetry!  Seduction, sensation, delight, despair, commitment, confusion: great writers have been expressing it for millennia.  Give poetry to your love for Valentine's Day! 

FREE LOVE: Tell us your favorite love poem on our Facebook page  and you could win a copy of Pablo Neruda's glorious Love Poems in the beautiful little Pearl Edition from New Directions Press. No purchase necessary, not much fine print: we'll assign each entry a random number and draw for the winner on Wednesday, 10 February.  Value of prize $9.95 or endless and timeless, depending on your view of love poetry. 

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Stung with Love: Poems and Fragments (Paperback)

By Aaron Poochigian, Carol Ann Duffy

$14.00

ISBN-13: 9780140455571
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Published: Penguin Classics, 10/2009

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Love Poems (Paperback)

By Pablo Neruda, Donald D. Walsh

$11.95

ISBN-13: 9780811217293
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Published: New Directions Publishing Corporation, 1/2008

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Love Poetry Out Loud (Paperback)

By Robert Alden Rubin

$16.45

ISBN-13: 9781565124592
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Published: Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2/2007

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Passionate Hearts: The Poetry of Sexual Love (Paperback)

By Wendy Maltz, Molly Peacock, Barry McCarthy

$14.00

ISBN-13: 9781577315674
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Published: New World Library, 1/2007

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