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Delve Readers Seminars Online Fall 2020: The Essays of Michel de Montaigne

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

There are few things more pleasurable than conversing with the great master of the essay, Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592). Sarah Bakewill’s excellent How to Live: A life of Montaigne in one question and twenty attempts at an answer (2011) has inspired wide current interest in Montaigne as a writer whom readers uncannily feel they know—our contemporary. He lived in a deeply contested and divided society, to which his answer was to become the greatest reader of his age. His essays, among the best ever written, bring all of life into discussion: from birth to death, from his hometown to the New World being explored and exploited in his day, all the virtues and the vices, cannibals and cats, drunkenness, books he read, names, thumbs, coaches,…

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$150

Delve Readers Seminars Online Fall 2020: Lost Children Archive

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

“We walked out onto Broadway, into the late morning, and the city was buzzing, the buildings high and solid, the sky pristine blue, the sun bright—as if nothing catastrophic were happening.” Valeria Luiselli’s newest novel ​Lost Children Archive ​contrasts a privileged existence in a time laden with myriad state-funded horrors. It begins with a woman in New York who records soundscapes for NYU, translating for a mother from Tlaxiaco whose two children are held in a Texas detention facility. As the unnamed narrator learns more about the hundreds of detention facilities imprisoning migrant youth, she is compelled to leave New York with her family to drive to Arizona. Her plan is to interview these detained children, uplift their stories, and provide a perspective on the…

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$150

Write Now Online: The Narrative Triptych w/ videos by Lidia Yuknavitch

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Write Now: The Narrative Triptych—a 4-week creative incubator launching October 16 A painted or carved triptych typically has three hinged panels, and the two outer panels can be folded in towards the central one. A literary or musical triptych generally consists of three closely related or contrasting themes or parts. Triptychderives from the Greek triptychos ("having three folds"), formed by combining tri- ("three") and ptychē ("fold" or "layer"). Although triptych originally described a specific type of Roman writing tablet that had three hinged sections, it is not surprising that the idea was generalized first to a type of painting, and then to anything composed of three parts. The triptychs most etched on my brain are Bosch's Garden of Earthly Delights, Ruben's Elevation of the Cross, and Bacon's Three Studies for Figures at the…

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$99.00

PUBLISHING: Literary Agent Rayhané Sanders Webinar + Consultations

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

We have the great privilege of hosting Rayhané Sanders, literary agent at Massie and McQuilkin who represents our own Lidia Yuknavitch, for a 90-minute webinar on Publishing (with ample opportunity for Q&A) on Saturday October 17, 2020. at 1PM Pacific Time. In addition to the webinar, Ms. Sanders is taking on ten private manuscript consultations. Over the course of a 20-minute Zoom session, she will give you feedback from an agent’s point of view on the first 30 pages of your manuscript, submitted ahead of time. (A note: Ms. Sanders comes from New York publishing, and is very encouraging but also very direct!) The deadline for submitting your 30 pages will be October 1st and consultations will be scheduled throughout the day Sunday October 18th.…

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$125

VIRTUAL Risograph Basics with Outlet!

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Welcome to our Risograph Basics course: a printing, collage, experimentation, and mark making extravaganza! Get to know Outlet and our RISO sisters (Barbara, Janet, Corita, and Tina) and learn the basics of this fun and unique print method with Kate Bingaman-Burt! IMPORTANT: Due to social distancing this class will be taught virtually via Zoom—more info on that below! About the Workshop: Want to learn what Risograph printing is? Want to meet others who do too? Join us to learn all about the basics of the Risograph in our two-color introduction workshop. The workshop will kick off with a Show & Tell of exactly what a Risograph can do with a printing demo, print and zine samples and a general exploration of how we can get the best results from this…

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$15 – $100

Fall 2020: Six-Month Short Story Intensive: Starting the Story Collection

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This class is for experienced writers who are dedicated to starting the first draft of a story collection over the course of 6 months. We will have 22 class meetings between October and April, with a four-week break from mid-December to mid-January to focus on generating and revising our work. Participants should have experience writing stories and familiarity with the elements of literary short fiction including scene, character, conflict, place and revision. We will study individual stories by authors, read craft essays, and discuss several published collections and how the stories unite to form a book. This class is specifically designed for writers who are comfortable in a workshop setting. We will be giving and receiving feedback on works in progress at each of our…

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$925

Portland Book Festival: Opening Day

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join Literary Arts for the annual Portland Book Festival, presented by Bank of America, taking place online November 5-21, 2020, with digital events streaming at different times throughout the day. The digital festival will feature author events for all ages, pop-up readings, and writing classes. Come together with your community and celebrate our shared passion for books. Subscribe to our monthly e-news and continue to check online for the latest news. The schedule is here! You can RSVP to events to receive reminders and add to your calendar. Be sure to register at PDXBookFest.org, our custom live streaming site, and tune in starting November 5. The 2020 Festival is free to attend, no passes are required. Register to watch at PDXBookFest.org. If you’d like to support the work we do…

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Free

Flash Creative Nonfiction

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In this two-part class taught by Jay Ponteri, we will write compressed creative nonfiction together. We will do guided writing exercises and study brief nonfiction works / passages by Asiya Waddud, Layli Long Soldier, Nathalie Léger, Ocean Vuong, and Poupeh Missaghi, among others. The techniques we shall encounter include specificity, syntax and diction, expansive brevity, structure. Most notably, we will form a community of writers that is guided by belonging, visibility, and respect. *IPRC Creative Workshops for Fall 2020 will be held online via zoom, PST. Sunday Nov. 8th & 15th, 3-6pm Cost: $75 Register here *2 spots available at sliding scale, BIPOC prioritized; email hquinn@iprc.org *2 spots available at no cost, BIPOC prioritized; email hquinn@iprc.org About the Instructor: Jay Ponteri directs the Low-Residency MFA…

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$75

E-books and audiobooks at the library: Libby & Hoopla

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The library offers a large digital collection of e-books, comics, audiobooks, music and more. Learn how to download the library on your mobile device! -Learn how to search for and borrow digital items. -Practice downloading content on your smartphone, tablet, computer or e-reader. -Customize reading and audio settings. The first hour of this event will be a group class. The last 30 minutes are optional and will be for more personalized support on this topic. Register/join via Zoom. Sign up to reserve a seat - space is limited: https://multco-us.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEscuisqD0jG9UGU0ct5-ajGDWwdH8Pdz6x.

Free

Producing Theatre for Online Platforms

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Portland Area Theatre Alliance presents Producing Theatre for Online Platforms via Zoom from 7 pm to 9 pm on Wednesday, November 18, 2020. Taught by Cassie Greer (Artistic Director of Bag&Baggage Productions) and Patrick Nims (Founder of Zoom Theatre). Learn how you can produce your own online theatrical work.

Free
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