

# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Powell's Presents: Liz Prato in Conversation With Rene Denfeld
- **Event Start and End Date**: Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Event Description**: In 1910, Sabé Parella makes the journey from northern Italy to southern Colorado to join her husband, who had gone ahead to work in the coal mines.

But when Sabé arrives along the banks of the Purgatoire River, he is nowhere to be found.

Based on Liz Prato's ancestors, Purgatoire (Forest Avenue) paints a gripping portrait of Italian immigrants in rural America, and how the shame and secrecy of one man's abandonment haunts a family for generations. A single mother fights to reunite with her children, an immortal cat yearns for kin, a bootlegger's recklessness devastates his family, queer folk escape to secret spaces, and stranded spirits narrate, converse, and sometimes violate the laws of their realm: they interfere with the fate of the living. Melding familial research with richly imagined fiction, Prato weaves a mesmerizing story of the complex relationships between parents and children, the transcendent need for connection and redemption, and what we owe to our true desires.

Prato will be joined in conversation by Rene Denfeld, author of Sleeping Giants.

Buy the book: https://www.powells.com/events/liz-prato-9781942436690
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/powells-presents-liz-prato-in-conversation-with-rene-denfeld/200029861555543
- **Event Categories**: Art, literary-art
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 37

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://www.powells.com/events/liz-prato-9781942436690?utm_source=AllEvents.in&utm_medium=event-discovery-platform&utm_campaign=portland-events

## Event venue details

- **city**: Portland
- **state**: OR
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Powell's Books, Inc. (Powell's City of Books)
- **lat**: 45.52319
- **long**: -122.68142
- **full address**: Powell's Books, Inc. (Powell's City of Books), 1005 W Burnside ST,Portland, Oregon, United States

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- **organizer**: Powell's Books, Inc. (https://allevents.in/org/powells-books-inc/2049459)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Tue, 07 Apr, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-07:00)
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Powell's Books, Inc. (Powell's City of Books), 1005 W Burnside ST,Portland, Oregon, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** Powell's Books, Inc.
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** Art, literary-art
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about Powell's Presents: Liz Prato in Conversation With Rene Denfeld ?
  - **A:** You can find ticket details about this event on AllEvents.

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