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November 2, 2016
Page 9
Arts &
ENTERTAINMENT
Portland’s Book Festival
Wordstock to
connect authors to
readers of all ages
On Saturday, Nov. 5, readers of all ages
will come face to face with hundreds of
authors and book vendors as Wordstock:
Colson Whitehead
Yaa Gyasi
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Portland’s Book Festival is held at six ven-
ues surrounding the Portland Art Museum,
downtown.
There will be events for kids and adults,
including 15 writing workshops for aspir-
ing and established writers, food carts and
live music. Two free workshops for young
writers are planned.
The lineup of authors scheduled to at-
tend is diverse. African-American authors
of national acclaim will headline some of
the events, writers like Colson Whitehead
of New York who wrote “The Under-
ground Railroad,” and Ghana-born and Al-
abama raised author Yaa Gyasi who wrote
“Homegoing,” a portrait of the slave trade.
Wordstock is sponsored by Literary Arts,
a community-based nonprofit literary orga-
nization. Advance tickets are $15 and ad-
mission is free for those 17 and younger. A
full lineup is available at literary-arts.org.