OCTOPUS HUNTING

Upcoming & Past Events

  • Fight for Life & Cleveland's Fight for Revival Event

    Wednesday, May 1, 7:30 PM - 8:30.PM

    Steven Litt sits down with Richey Piiparinen on his latest book that links his fight for life and Cleveland's fight for revival.

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  • Octopus Hunting Book Launch

    Thursday, February 1, 5:30 - 7:30 PM

    Octopus Hunting is a mind-bending collection of new essays by Richey A. Piiparinen with illustrations by Liz Maugans.

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Praise + Reviews

Genre-bending journey

Blending memoir, urban history, economics and religious philosophy, the book is a genre-bending journey through Piiparinen’s struggle to make meaning and find connections between his medical experiences and the troubled city that shaped him.

“There’s a story of an individual struggling for life against death in a city that in itself is struggling for life against death and a region that’s struggling for life against death,’’ he said. “You can’t separate these things.” - Steven Litt, Cleveland.com