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Compose Creative Writing Conference 2019

Clackamas Community College 19600 Molalla Ave, Oregon City, OR, United States

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, OR, United States

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, OR, United States

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

Lilla Lit Launches on May 19!

Leach Botanical Garden 6704 SE 122nd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join Lilla Lit for our inaugural event on May 19, 4-6pm, and enjoy food, drink, books, nature, culture, community and readings from Portland writers.

Free – $10

WTAW Portland Presents Exile and Return

Portland Northwest Hostel Cafe 1810 NW Glisan St, Portland, OR, United States

Join Why There Are Words – Portland (WTAW-PDX) for “Exile and Return” May 19, from 4 to 6 pm at the Portland Northwest Hostel Cafe, our fabulous new venue. We’ll have an amazing afternoon with the following amazing feature. Kate Gray’s passion stems from teaching, coaching writers, and volunteering as a writing facilitator with women inmates. She is the author of two poetry chapbooks, one full-length collection, Another Sunset We Survive, which was a finalist for the Oregon Book Award, and a newly-released collection, For Every Girl: New & Selected Poems published by Widow & Orphan House. Her first novel, Carry the Sky stares at bullying without blinking. Now she is writing through Sylvia Plath in a novel-in-progress, narrating what led to The Bell Jar and her suicide…

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Free

Orpheus 2019 Night Three

Fort Vancouver High School 5700 East 18th Street, Vancouver, WA, United States

Featured Writers: Shannon Brazil, Daria Eckhardt Eliuk, Aaron Gilbreath, Sophia Shalmiyev, Kristi Straight

Free

Ooligan Press Writers of Color Spring Showcase

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

Literary Arts and Ooligan Press (part of Portland State’s graduate program in Book Publishing) partner to present the third Oregon Writers of Color Spring Showcase. This event will feature many of Oregon’s most talented, diverse writers and is designed to connect these artists with the publishers seeking to hear their voices. The evening’s host will be Anis Mojgani.

Free

Street Books presents: A Celebration of the Book

Portland City Hall 1221 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join Street Books at City Hall to celebrate reading and community! Bring a book you would like to see on Portland's street library. Enjoy tasty snacks & beverages and participate in an open mic (read a paragraph from your favorite book).

Free

Orpheus 2019 Night Four

Fort Vancouver High School 5700 East 18th Street, Vancouver, WA, United States

Featured writers: Christopher Ryan Gonzalez, Marissa Korbel, Erika Worth

Free

Everything is Fine Series #9

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

A casual monthly reading to help you forget all that other sh*t. Now in its new home at Mother Foucault’s, 3rd Wednesdays after May (because this is the 4th Wednesday).

Free
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