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Curated new and used literature,
poetry, and non fiction. 
(With an emphasis on indie presses and translated literature)

Open Tues - Sunday noon to 6pm.
2732 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd. // Portland, OR 97217

Order online at our bookshop.org store 

Or email nate@lost-avenue.com
for a personalized pick, hard to find, or used. (mailings happen twice a month)

notable new releases in stock

eva baltasar. mammoth.
laszlo krasnakhori. herscht 07769.
adam ross. playworld.
olga tokarczuk. the empusium.
yuri herrera. season of the swamp.
karl ove knausgaard. the third realm.
rachel cusk. parade.
han kang. we do not part.
jeff vandermeer. absolution.
lauren elkin. scaffolding

(new in paperback)
alvaro enrigue. you dreamed of empires.
kivek akbar. martyr!
teju cole. tremor. (highest recommendation)
hisham matar. my friends.
yoko tawada. suggested in the stars. 
cesar aira. festival & game of the worlds.
bolaño. multiple redesigns.


select new in stock & re-stocks :

mircea cartarescu. Blinding. (finally back in print !!)
borges. re-designs of collected fictions, poems, non fictions.
vigdis hjorth. will and testament.
flann o brien. the third policeman (new design).
helen gardner. the children's bach.
antonio tabucchi. requiem (and other titles)
lispector. multiple titles, back in stock.
krasnahorkai. multiple titles, back in stock.
nathalie leger. suite for barbara loden.
tokarckzuk. drive your plow over the bones of the dead

some notable used and 'sale' books:

borges. the aleph.
lina meruane. nervous system. 
rachel aviv. strangers to ourselves.
rebecca solnit. hope in the dark.
oyamada. weasles in the attic.
carlos fonseca. austral.
zizek. multiple used titles now in stock.

Recommended, 
in stock at the store


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.
jenny erpenbeck. kairos.

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 (and its sequel, seeing).
fernanda melchor. hurricane season.
hisham matar. my friends. 
dasa drndic. belladonna.

Upcoming Events.
(all events are at 6:30p and are free, unless noted)

march 22.
madeline mcdonnell. 
book launch and reading for lonesome ballroom
in conversation with caryl pagel

march 23.
book & movie club


dj stonbunny presents beyond the valley of the dolls
paired with susan sontag's essay 'notes on camp'

some previous events 

jan 17, 2025: reading with
armin tolentino
bri-skye mckizzie
benjamin mcpherson ficklin

january 26. book & movie club

the little prince
paired with a screening of my dinner with andre 
(a film which discusses the book)

BOOK CLUB WILL RETURN ... 
JUST ON A TEMPORARY HIATUS !! 

Previous books have included :

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





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