I'm so looking forward to this session, my friends are dope. Come on out and support your local compulsionist! And I'll give you a dollar if you share the invite.
Tommy Gaffney Book Tour (Whiskey Days 2nd Ed.)
Featuring Josh Gaines, Les Ailes, Leo London
Hosted by Benjamin Fisher of the In Memory Reading Series
7:30 pm
Wednesday, July 23
Hawthorne Hideaway
2221 SE Hawthorne
Portland, OR 97214
https://www.hh2221.com/
Josh Gaines ditched a promising military career to write books, and build blanket forts with his daughter. A winner in The Iowa Review's 2024 Short Fiction Prize, and the winner of the 2025 North Dakota State University's Poetry of the Plains Prize, Joshua's work has been published or is upcoming in The Iowa Review, The Pinch, Driftwood Press, and Hobart. His novel, Long Autumn, and poetry book, Cigarette Sonatas, were published by Thoughtcrime Press. His newest book of narrative poetry, After the Floating Barn, will be released in 2026 by NDSU Press.
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https://thoughtcrimepress.com/
Les Ailes is an indie dream-folk project synthesizing early jazz melodic influences with a folk honesty derived from formative years writing in the american south. these songs tease out a reconciliation of internal & external authority, both lyrically & often through the immediacy with which they’re shared--at times favoring transmission over production, & always inviting a dream-like presence & imagination. new album out August 8th!
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https://lesailes.bandcamp.com
Leo London of The Domestics is a Northwest indie rock vet with 20 something records out under various monikers. A songwriter's songwriter, prolific to a fault, his goal has always been heavy hitting ballad verse wit and shameless hook laden choruses from the Grecian school. You can find him on Spotify, MTVs Teen Moms and probably outside the Circle K.
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