# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Powell's Presents: Chloe Benjamin in Conversation With Lydia Kiesling - TICKETED EVENT
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 01 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: The New York Times bestselling author of The Immortalists returns with an intimate yet epic love story — and a sweeping odyssey of scientific discovery. Under Story (G. P. Putnam’s Sons) invites us to consider the promise of this life, what might lie beyond it, and how far we would go for more time with the people we love, cementing Chloe Benjamin’s place among our best, and most lasting, storytellers. “We wake up to tomorrow, never yesterday.” At the edge of the world, biologist Laurel Salter is hiding from everything she’s ever known. For ten hours a day, six days per week, she works as a dishwasher at McMurdo Station, an isolated research base in Antarctica. She tells no one that before she arrived, she was a renowned young scientist with a promising career and a family. But even in this remote outpost, Laurel can’t escape her past. When a strange light appears across the ice — and draws a group of physicists to McMurdo — her former husband, Eli, won't be far behind. Laurel is captivated by the Arc: its surreal glow; the way it seems almost alive. And though Eli is reluctant to test her wildest theory, Laurel is convinced that the Arc leads down a rabbit hole and into a world they can barely imagine. Can she persuade him to risk everything to fix the burden that hangs between them — to turn back the clock and live their story a second time? A breathless page-turner and a love letter to our planet, Under Story grapples with the great questions of our time: human hubris, the precarity of the natural world, and the mysterious webs of consciousness that bind us. A modern epic of science and soul, of bravery and redemption, it offers a vision of the future that demands we reckon with what we owe to one another, and to the earth itself. Benjamin will be joined in conversation by Lydia Kiesling, author of Mobility.

Please note: This is a ticketed event. Tickets include admission, as well as one hardcover copy of Under Story. Books distributed at event.

📕🎟️: Purchase your book-inclusive ticket: https://securesite.pcs.org/15153/15232
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/powells-presents-chloe-benjamin-in-conversation-with-lydia-kiesling-ticketed-event/200030503555451
- **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, science-fair
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 112

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Portland Center Stage
- **lat**: 45.52417
- **long**: -122.68165
- **full address**: Portland Center Stage, 128 NW 11th Ave,Portland, Oregon, United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Powell's Presents: Chloe Benjamin in Conversation With Lydia Kiesling - TICKETED EVENT being held?
  - **A:** Powell's Presents: Chloe Benjamin in Conversation With Lydia Kiesling - TICKETED EVENT takes place on Tue, 01 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Tue, 01 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm at Portland Center Stage, 128 NW 11th Ave,Portland, Oregon, United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Powell's Presents: Chloe Benjamin in Conversation With Lydia Kiesling - TICKETED EVENT?
  - **A:** Powell's Presents: Chloe Benjamin in Conversation With Lydia Kiesling - TICKETED EVENT is organized by Powell's Books, Inc..
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Powell's Presents: Chloe Benjamin in Conversation With Lydia Kiesling - TICKETED EVENT is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Portland, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. With 110+ people already showing interest, this is clearly an event worth adding to your calendar - don't miss out.

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