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

Open 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

(note: bookshop.org store is not representative of what's in the shop. feel free to email or dm for any questions)

Official online store coming soon.
For now, please email me if you'd like me to mail a tee shirt, sweatshirt, tote bag, or curated book.

Also on substack and instagram

upcoming events

January 11. Monthly Book Club.
Thomas Bernhard's Woodcutters.
Social hour at 6pm. Discussion around 6:30p.


January 23. Book Launch: 
Cate Lycurgus. Seacliff. 
w/ Lycurgus, Jay Ponteri, and Alicia Jo Rabins. 
7pm. Free. 


January 24. Rick Fröberg book release :
"Plenty for All"
Panel discussion, followed by a short set of Rick's music. 
with Seth Lorinczi, Sohrab Hbibion (Obits), Alexis Fleisig (Girls Against Boys), Johnny Temple (GVSB) and more. 
6pm doors. 6:30 event. Free. 

some notable new releases

patti smith. bread of angels.
olga tokarczuk. house of day house of night.
yoko tawada. exophony.
slovej balle. on the calculation of volume, part 3.
jenny erpenbeck. things that disappear.
kate zambreno. the light room.
claire-louise bennett. big kiss, bye bye.
jon fosse. vaim.
brenda lozano. mothers.
thomas pynchon. shadow ticket.
georgi gospodinov. death and the gardener.
michael lentz. schattenfroh.
aysegul savas. long distance.
samuel moss. the veltd institute.

recommendations:

some favorites of mine:

rachel cusk. outline.
wg sebald. austerlitz.
antonio tabucchi. pereira maintains.
clarice lispector. hour of the star.
juan rulfo. pedro paramo.
thomas mann. magic mountain.
borges. the aleph and other stories.
calvino. if on a winters night a traveler ... 

recommended anti fascist fiction:

antonio tabucchi. pereira maintains. 
nona fernandez. the twilight zone.
roberto bolano. by night in chile.
fernanda melchor. hurricane season.
jose saramago. blindness, seeing, the cave.

newer litature recs
(release dates 2024 - 2026):

vincenzo lotronico. perfection. (2025)
katia katimura. audition. (2025)
jenny erpenbeck. kairos. (2024)
marlen haushofer. killing stella. (2025 translation / 1958 og)
hisham matar. my friends. (2024)
teju cole. tremor. (2024)


i am a slow reader -- so this is not a comprehensive shelf !  

previous author events:

jeff vandermeer, samuel moss, patricia wolf, 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 :

laszlo krasznahoraki, satantango. karl ove knausgaard, the morning star. clarice lispector, agua viva. katie kitamura, audition. tezer özlü, 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

contact:
nate@lost-avenue.com
ig: @lostavenuebooks
email list: (long link)

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