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Red Ink Series: Ambition

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland

“He thought her beautiful, believed her impeccably wise; dreamed of her, wrote poems to her, which, ignoring the subject, she corrected in red ink….”–Virginia Woolf, Mrs. Dalloway Red Ink makes one think of vitality, blood, the monthly cycle, correcting history, and making a mark on the world. This dynamic series focuses on women writers, past and present, and is held four times a year at Books are Magic in Brooklyn. Join us for a special Portland edition. Featuring Gabby Rivera (Juliet Takes a Breath), Cari Luna (The Revolution of Every Day), and Meaghan O'Connell (And Now We Have Everything). Curated and moderated by Michele Filgate (What My Mother And I Don't Talk About). The topic is ambition.

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WordPlay with Write Around Portland

CENTRL Office Downtown 1155 SW Morrison St, Portland

Write Around Portland presents WordPlay, a community writing extravaganza featuring prompts and exercises from our renowned workshop model. Led by trained facilitators, participants will have a chance write, share and stretch their literary muscles. Featuring group writes, mini-writes, speedy writes and more!

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Zyzzyva Reading

Dorsa Brevia 625 NW Everett Street #103, Portland

Come join ZYZZYVA—San Francisco's revered literary journal, featuring some of the West Coast's best writers and poets since 1985—for a program of short readings by some of their past and most recent contributors. With a long tradition of publishing writers living in Oregon, ZYZZYVA happily returns to Portland for this showcase hosted by Editorial Assistant Zack Ravas. Readings by Robin Romm, Don Waters, Lydia Kiesling, and John Sibley Williams.

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Sporcle Live presents: Literature Trivia at Lit Crawl PDX!

The Big Legrowlski 812 NW Couch St, Portland

Sporcle Live presents... Literature Trivia! Lit Crawl Portland hits the streets of downtown PDX for the fourth year in a row, November 8, the night before Portland Book Festival. Join Sporcle Live at The Big Legrowlski's Rug Room for three 45-minute long rounds of literature-themed trivia, beginning at 6pm, 7pm, & 8pm. Free to play, fun for everyone, bring a team or test your luck solo! At 6pm, we'll quiz on the topic of Children's Literature. At 7pm, test your knowledge on Books vs Movies. And we'll close out at 8pm with a potpourri of topics such as opening lines, titles by antonym, book by haiku, etc. Free and open to the public! No RSVP required, but hit "Going" to receive updates and reminders as…

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Lit Crawl Portland

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Lit Crawl Portland is back, November 8. Hope you’re ready. Can you believe Lit Crawl Portland is FIVE YEARS OLD!? We are thrilled to be hitting the streets of Portland again with a full slate of madcap literary programming--a mix of genres, ages, voices, and formats within a walkable, downtown radius. RSVP here for updates, but each program will also make an event of its own, connected with the venues that generously agree to host us each year. It's time to shake out of your summer haze, and get ready for a festive fall. Lit Crawl PDX kicks off the Portland Book Festival (Nov 9) on November 8, 2019. It will all be here before we know it. See you soon!

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Collaborative Reading/Performance by She Who Has No Master(s) and Counterpoint/Catapult

The Cleaners at Ace Hotel 403 SW 10th Ave, Portland

Counterpoint Press celebrates the reissue of multidisciplinary writer Dao Strom’s The Gentle Order of Girls and Boys, a collection of novellas centering the experiences of Vietnamese women in the contemporary landscape, with a lineup of three women writers of the Vietnamese diaspora—Strom, Amy Lam, and Jenny Chu—performing readings accompanied by visuals and multimedia. Bios: Jenny M. Chu was born and raised in Portland, Oregon by way of immigrant parents from Saigon and Hong Kong. She's an older sister to a little brother. In life, she is the Community Engagement Manager at Write Around Portland. In life, she thinks and writes. In life, her creative work is intermittently public. In life, her creativity is omnipresent. She often seeks the horizon on a clockless day. Amy Lam is a…

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Literary BINGO with Lilla Lit

CENTRL Office Downtown 1155 SW Morrison St, Portland

Candy will be flung, prizes will be won: Come bingo with Lilla Lit! We’re back with more literary bingo madness courtesy an all-star lineup of Portland writers. Who will read a flashback? A sonnet? The word “panty”? Mark your cards and claim your prizes! Your bingolicious hosts: Lilla Lit coordinators Virginia Bellis Brandabur and Lisa Gluskin Stonestreet. This year's brave readers: Rebecca Claren (Kickdown), Kate Gray (For Every Girl), Apricot Irving (The Gospel of Trees), Missy Ladygo, Gigi Little (The Untold Gaze), Jessica Mehta (Savagery), Liz Scott (This Never Happened), and Natalie Serber (Community Chest). 7 PM • CENTRL Office Downtown • 1155 SW Morrison https://www.facebook.com/events/502956033891541/

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Powell’s Booksellers Reading

ILWU Local 5 Union Hall 920 West Burnside, Portland

Not only is Powell's the cultural center of Portland, it's also full of people making amazing literary art of their own. They may look like mild-mannered booksellers and cashiers, but you have no idea! Hosts Mark Savage and Kevin Sampsell introduce Melissa Amstutz, Ryan Hall, Cosima Bee Concordia, Mia Vicino, Ariel Kusby, Elizabeth Neal, Kyan Oliver Furlong, and Francesca DeMusz in this special Powell's employee/Local 5/Deep Overstock showcase. Come see us during your LitCrawl 2019 festivities.

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PSU MFA Program’s Filament Series

Dorsa Brevia 625 NW Everett Street #103, Portland

Presenting the exciting and innovative work of the graduates in Portland State University’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing program! Readers: Mary Haidri Ann Petroliunas Charity Yoro Fiction: Mary Haidri is the author of the play Every Path (La Jolla Playhouse). Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in Permafrost Magazine, Pigeon Pages, The Molotov Cocktail, Winter Tangerine, Portland Review, Fairy Tale Review, and others. She was the recipient of the 2017 Fairy Tale Review Poetry Award and the 2018 Shadow Award. She is a collaborator of Nettleworks, a theater collective. Find her work at maryhaidri.com Nonfiction: Ann Petroliunas is a current student in PSU’s creative nonfiction writing MFA program and a 2017 graduate of the prose certificate program at the Independent Publishing Resource…

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Creatives and Cocktails: FUBU

Kelly's Olympian 426 Southwest Washington St, Portland

Hey there! I’d like to invite everyone to an open mic that Stay Litt will be hosting on November 8th. We’ll begin with a reading, featuring Rachelle Dixon who has recently published Between Sweetness and Spice: A Vegan Culinary Journey Across the Continents. The book is about their family’s culinary roots across the continents. Rachelle will read a few food stories from Between Sweetness and Spice and a sample recipe will be shared. After their reading, other creatives are invited and encouraged to come up and share their work too! Come make new friends!

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Reply All: Portland Review Reading

CENTRL Office Downtown 1155 SW Morrison St, Portland

Original, borrowed, and found texts from Portland-based multidisciplinary artists and writers Anis Mojgani, Joni Renee Whitworth, and Jenny Vu. With live performances, and visual contributions that explore art, work, and collective attention -- and the communal possibilities for live literature. Hosted by Portland Review.

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Lit Crawl Portland: Our Words Are a Bridge

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland

We proudly present our Lit Crawl Portland 2019 event, Our Words Are a Bridge: An Evening with The Rumpus, Corporeal Writing, and YesYes Books! Where: Coporeal Writing 510 SW 3rd Ave #101 Portland, OR 97204 With readings from Diannely Antigua, Jennine Capó Crucet, Steph Cha, Brandon Courtney, Ross Gay, Matt Hart, and T Kira Madden. This event is free and open to the public! Original event artwork by Lisa Lee Herrick. Join The Rumpus, Corporeal Writing, and YesYes Books for Our Words Are a Bridge! Featuring readings from Diannely Antigua, Jennine Capó Crucet, Steph Cha, Brandon Courtney, Ross Gay, Matt Hart, and T Kira Madden, and hosted by Rumpus Editor-in-Chief Marisa Siegel.

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