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Ongoing

PNCA Low-Residency MFA Program Summer 2020 Residency Classes & Readings Open to the Public

Online N/A, Portland

As part of the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing program, PNCA offers talks, discussions, and readings by acclaimed writers and artists, July 24th to August 3rd. Everything is free and open to the public. All events this summer are hosted via Zoom. The passwords for all faculty classes are 515000. CLASSES Saturday, July 25 10am: Unsafe is Not a Feeling: How Writing Contends with the Illusion of Safety Sara Jaffe https://pnca.zoom.us/j/98345715004?pwd=OVVOLysrZUh5S0hxS0d5QlBHUDZMUT09 2pm: Winter Poop, Spring Revivals, Summer Fires, and Fall Marigolds Alison C Rollins https://pnca.zoom.us/j/98224439656?pwd=TnNGWkJmQUZaTWlOOXFhZjlhUnJudz09 Sunday, July 26 10am: THE ART OF WEALTH (in life & in literature) Vi Khi Nao https://pnca.zoom.us/j/95075415254?pwd=YVd4ZVJON3YrZHIrdWF1MXN4WmkwZz09 Monday, July 27 10am: Outsider Ecopoetics Tyrone Williams https://pnca.zoom.us/j/95516376236?pwd=T1EycmFvM05STEJlN1JPZ3k3WVY3dz09 11am: Feminism / Queer Theory Shawna Liption and Sloane McNulty https://pnca.zoom.us/j/97573944766?pwd=Y0NZeEtETmxZdDFRczRrYU0wdEJLdz09 Tuesday, July 28…

Free

Writing This Moment: From Thoughts of Despair to Words of Witness w/ Nana-Ama Danquah

Online N/A, Portland

WHAT: A webinar and six-week workshop led by acclaimed writer Nana-Ama Danquah. WHEN: Webinar—Saturday August 1st 1-3PM PST. Workshop—6 weeks beginning Sunday August 2nd. (Detailed breakdown of workshop available below.) WHERE: Webinar—ZOOM. Workshop—ZOOM plus WetInk, our online learning platform. HOW MUCH: Webinar—$100. Workshop—$350. (Please note, to purchase a seat in both you will have to choose each enrollment category from the drop-down menu separately and press the Sign Up button, then check out. The webinar is not required for the workshop, but would complement it nicely!) SCHOLARSHIPS: As always, scholarships are available. Apply for the webinar here, and the workshop here. In the dark times, will there be singing? Yes, there will be singing. About the dark times. --Bertolt Brecht These are difficult days with…

$100

Stephanie Scott in Conversation With Margaret Malone

Online N/A, Portland

A gripping debut set in modern-day Tokyo and inspired by a true crime — for readers of Everything I Never Told You and The Perfect Nanny — Stephanie Scott’s What’s Left of Me Is Yours (Doubleday) charts a young woman’s search for the truth about her mother’s life — and her murder. In Japan, a covert industry has grown up around the wakaresaseya (literally “breaker-upper”), a person hired by one spouse to seduce the other in order to gain the advantage in divorce proceedings. When Satō hires Kaitarō, a wakaresaseya agent, to have an affair with his wife, Rina, he assumes it will be an easy case. But Satō has never truly understood Rina or her desires and Kaitarō’s job is to do exactly that…

Free

The August Open Mic feat. Ashley Finley

Online N/A, Portland

Join us for our August Open Mic! You can sign up for the open mic the day of the show when we post a call about 30 minutes before the show. All poets have 3 minutes to read 1-2 poems! We will have a feature from Ashley Finley! More about Ashley: Ashley Finley is a performance poet, writer, and activist who grew up in the diverse neighborhoods of Southern California. At a young age, she began to use poetry as a way to process her experiences as an adopted, African-American girl, growing up in the melting pot of Los Angeles. As an adult, Ashley strives to empower those in under-served and underrepresented communities. Ashley uses her platform to remind these communities that their stories and…

Free – $5