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Ambient literature, new and used, 
translated lit, curated, poetry, and non fiction. 

Open daily noon to 6pm.
Closed Mondays.
2732 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. // Portland, OR 97217

Order online at our bookshop.org store 
Join our email list. 
Or email nate@lost-avenue.com

Online store coming soon.
In the meantime, email me if you'd like a tee shirt, sweatshirt, tote bag, or curated book.

Also on substack and instagram

Upcoming Events.

august 22. 

JEFF VANDERMEER
in conversation with patricia wolf
free. 6pm doors. 
paper tickets at shop, to guarantee seating.
first come first serve



some notable new releases

wg sebald. silent catastrophes.
marlen hauschofer. killing stella.
esther kinsky. seeing further.
naguib mahfouz. i found myself ...
catherine lacey. the möbius book.
aysegul savas. long distance.
laurent binet. perspecitive(s).
jose eduardo agualusa. the living and the rest.
katia katimura. audition.
sonya walger. lion.
daniel kehemann. the director.
omar el akkad. one day everyone will have always been against this.
ingeburg bachmann. the handisch cross.
ali smith. gliff.
yuri herrera. season of the swamp.
jeff vandermeer. absolution.

reissues / redesigns of bolaño, borges, murakami...





note: our book club is taking a short break -- but will resume in october ; possibly in time for the upcoming jon fosse novel.

previous author events:

emmi greer, joshua pollock, colin keating, madeline mcdonnell, caryl page, leni zumas, armin tolentino, bri-skye mckizzie, benjamin mcpherson ficklin

previous musicians/performers:

harrison rapp, twingle, barna howard, merle law, timesbold, gautam tejas ganeshan


Previous book club picks :

clarice lispector's agua viva, katie kitamura's audition, tezer özlü's journey to the edge of life. anna seghers's transit.
rachel cusk's outline , sylvia plath's the bell jar , carver's what we talk about when we talk about love , and de kerangaal's eastbound

previous book & movie clubs

wim wender's perfect days
paired with patricia highsmith's "eleven"

beyond the valley of the dolls
paired with susan sontag's "notes on camp"
(curated by dj stonebunny)

my dinner with andre 
paired with the little prince




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