Samuel Ligon is the author of two novels—Among the Dead and Dreaming and Safe in Heaven Dead—and two collections of stories, Wonderland, illustrated by Stephen Knezovich, and Drift and Swerve. His most recent work is Pie & Whiskey, edited with Kate Lebo. He edits the journal Willow Springs, teaches at Eastern Washington University in Spokane, and is artistic director of the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference.

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Pie & Whiskey at Wordstock

Date: Sunday, November 12
Venue: IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center), 318 SE Main St., Portland, OR 97214
Time: 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.

Portland release party for Pie and Whiskey: Writers under the Influence of Butter & Booze. Come for good pie, good whiskey, and good writers reading prose or poetry about pie and whiskey. Featured authors: Alexandra Teague, Ed Skoog, Joe Wilkins, Robert Lashley, Jess Walter, Shawn Vestal, Samuel Ligon, Kate Lebo. FREE! More info.