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Curated literature, new and used, 
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

Also on substack and instagram

notable new releases in stock

wg sebald. silent catastrophes.
katia katimura. audition.
sonya walger. lion.
tove jansson. sun city.
omar el akkad. one day everyone will have always been against this.
ali smith. gliff.
maggie nelson. pathemata
eva baltasar. mammoth.
yuri herrera. season of the swamp.
rachel cusk. parade.
ida vitale. lexicon of affinities.
han kang. we do not part.
jeff vandermeer. absolution.
lauren elkin. scaffolding. 
emmanuel carrère. v13.

(new in paperback)
alvaro enrigue. you dreamed of empires.
kivek akbar. martyr!
teju cole. tremor. (highest recommendation)
bolaño. multiple redesigns.

some notable used and 'sale' books in stock:

lina meruane. nervous system. 
rachel aviv. strangers to ourselves.
rebecca solnit. hope in the dark.
jenny erpenbeck. go went gone.
carlos fonseca. austral.
zizek. multiple used titles now in stock.

Upcoming Events.
(all events are 6:00p doors ; and are free, unless noted)

june 6 - june 15.
portland book week ! 
we are thrilled to once again participate :)

june 8. 
book club
discussing katie kitamura's new novel, audition

june 11. 
words and music
performances by 
harrison rapp (ache mono , divers)
anna sabatino (twingle)

readings by 
liam whitworth
maya dusenbery
emmi greer

june 13.
book & movie club

wim wenders' perfect days
paired with the first story from 
patricia highsmith's eleven 

june 15.
book social hour
with DJ Stonebunny

also: in store sales every day ! 
(to be announced)

(1 - 2 more events are in the works and will be announced soon. 




some previous author events & readers:

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

some previous musicians/performers:

barna howard, merle law, timesbold, gautam tejas ganeshan


Previous book club picks :

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

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




Recommended, 
in stock at the store


highest recommendations, in stock:

rachel cusk. outline.
wg sebald. austerlitz.
juan rulfo. pedro páramo.
clarice lispector. hour of the star.
antonio tabucchi. pereira maintains.
mircea cartarescu. solenoid.
john cage. silence.

Political anger/catharsis recommendations:

nona fernandez. the twilight zone. 
antonio tabucchi. pereira maintains.
roberto bolaño. by night in chile, distant star, 2666.
jose saramago. blindness. seeing.
fernanda melchor. hurricane season.
hisham matar. my friends. 
dasa drndic. belladonna.

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

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