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Intersections: Street Roots, Kimbilio Fiction, and Barrelhouse

March 30, 2019 @ 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

Free
View Venue Website, 118 NW Couch St, Portland, OR 97209 + Google Map

Floyd’s Old Town Coffee and Tea presents:
Intersections: Street Roots, Kimbilio Fiction, and Barrelhouse

Come wind down after AWP with an offsite reading featuring the fiction and poetry of writers from:

Kimbilio Fiction: extending, nurturing, and sustaining a community of writers from the African Diaspora

Barrelhouse: non-profit litmag, small press, conference organizer, small grant maker, and purveyor of pop culture flotsam and jetsam

and

Street Roots: creating income opportunities for people experienceing homelessness and poverty by producing a newspaper and other media that are catalysts for individual and social change.

Readings will start at 6:30. Space is limited, so come early to claim a seat.

Readers include:

Kate Haake
K.B. Carle
Lucas Church
Amina Gautier
Melanie Hatter
Denise Campbell Laidler
Lori Lematta
Jeni McFarland
Aileen McPherson
Leo Rhodes
Rion Amilcar Scott
Nicole Steinberg
and
Chris Tonelli