LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.

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2020 Tin House Residents Virtual Reading

Online N/A, Portland

with Ashia Ajani, Jari Bradley, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Faylita Hicks, Kirin Khan, and Abbey Mei Otis Free and open to the public! ASL Interpreters! We’re very excited to host the 2020 Tin House Residents for an online reading! Mark your calendars for September 14th, 5:00 pm PST, and join us for an evening of remarkable talent! Head to our website for more info about the Residents and their incredible work.

Free

An Appointment with Emily and Your Chair: Free Writing Session

Online N/A, Portland

Writing, even on a good day, is hard. So how do we do it on the not-good days, on the days when it feels like the world is upside-down? “Butt in chair” is the simple answer. We make ourselves sit down, and we don’t get up until we’ve gotten a few sentences down at the very least. But sometimes it feels impossible to even get to the chair. We’d honestly rather throw the chair out the window than sit in it. But what if we made an appointment with the chair? And we knew that other interesting people were doing it too, at the exact same time? This free Zoom meeting is that appointment. We’ll say hello, and then we’ll work from a writing prompt.…

Free