Mother Foucault's Bookshop

Join us for the Portland launch of Any Time But This Time (Mad Creek Books), the debut story collection from LA filmmaker and author Adam Peterson, in conversation with Portland poet, novelist, and painter Zachary Schomburg. The human condition...

Join us for a reading and celebration of Paul Maziar’s Junebug. The evening with feature musical guests Kelli Schaefer and Drew Grow. When asked for eight words to describe Junebug, Maziar channeled Agent Cooper: “Everyday, once a day, give...

A public lecture and discussion exploring Freud's 1917 essay "Mourning and Melancholia," and what it still has to teach us about loss, attachment, and the unsettled life of the mind. In partnership with L'école buissonnière. Featuring Kellye...

Join us for the Mountain Writers Series readingswith: Gerald Costanzo & Michele Glazer Gerald Costanzo’s Badlands: First Poems, was published by Copper Canyon Press in 1973, and in 1974, In the Aviary, won the Devins Award. Other of his poetry...

Join us to celebrate the release of Exorcising the Patriarchy: Leonora Carrington’s Plays and Scenography by Abigail Susik, published by Eberhardt Press Leonora Carrington (1917–2011) is best known as a painter associated with international...

How we talk about Death? Story, Memory & Remembrance Presented by L’École Buissonnière, Dougy Center, and Sabrina Görlitz In recognition of Children’s Grief Awareness Month. An evening of storytelling and conversation about death, grief, memory,...

Join mother and daughter duo Sara Kolp and Lola WK as they read from their new graphic novel, Wild Years. The book (a true story) follows their mother/grandmother Cindy through her teenage years in the 1970’s, navigating a world of pimps,...

Blue Selvage reminds us that a revolutionary message often requires new forms of discourse. The poems in Blue Selvage weave lyric, essay, documentary fragments, and historical reckoning into an exploration of skin, cloth, color, and form as...

Join us for the Mountain Writers Series with Suzanne Matson & Joe Wilkins Suzanne Matson’s third book of poems, As Creatures, was selected as the Editor’s Choice for the Vern Rutsala Book Prize from Cloudbank Books (2026). Her other poetry...