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Compose Creative Writing Conference 2019

Clackamas Community College 19600 Molalla Ave, Oregon City

Clackamas Community College’s annual creative writing conference – Compose – features a full day of workshops from local authors and publishers. This year, we are offering workshops in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, publishing, and more!! Schedule for the Day: 8:45am-9:15am / Registration 9:30am-10:30am / Welcome Address 10:45am-12:15pm / Workshops 12:30pm-1:30pm / Lunch 1:45pm-3:15pm / Workshops 3:30pm-5:00pm / Workshops Our Creatives confirmed so far (with more to be added soon): Kate Gray Kate Ristau Tabitha Blankenbiller Stephanie Lenox Dennis Stovall Brett Warnock Trista Cornelius & Robin Vada Melissa Duclos Apricot Irving Courtenay Hameister Jessica Wadleigh Wendy Willis

$25

Amena Brown LIVE: An Evening of Poetry, Music, and Storytelling

Sunnyside United Methodist Church 3520 SE Yamhill Street, Portland

Music, poetry, and storytelling vibrantly infused with laughter, lament, and dance. Amena Brown and her husband DJ Opdiggy are bringing their unique style of music, poetry and event curation to Portland, Oregon in partnership with UMC NW! Spoken word poet and author, Amena Brown, will perform a night of poetry and storytelling, including a reading from her latest non-fiction book, How to Fix a Broken Record. DJ Opdiggy will spin amazing tunes which may even cause a dance party after the show. From learning to love her big feet and natural hair, to bad dating stories and learning how to properly adult, Amena's performance will speak of home, surrender and searching for the groove while leaving the audience room to laugh, lament, and dance as…

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$5 – $25

Filament’s May Reading

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland

Join us at Mother Foucault's for our last official Filament reading of the year! We'll have food, drinks, and really wonderful writing from students in the MFA program. See you on the 18th!

Free
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