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Whitman at 200: Words of Resistance

Roll-Up Studio + Gallery 1715 SE Spokane St, Portland, OR, United States

Leaves of Resistance, Secret Society of Book Artists Show Closing GALA Friday, May 31 7 PM Celebrating Walt Whitman’s 200th Birthday with Animation and Poetry Readings, in Partnership with Passages Bookshop • Animation by Gratz, Zornado, Jetten, Kuehn, Tetenbaum & Others • Whitman political readings by David Abel & Friends • Projection performance by Devon Damonte • Birthday cake Secret Society of Book Artists Dawn Banker Anita Bigelow Marian Christensen Mary Elliott Ellen Fortin Joely Helgesen Judilee Fitzhugh Deanna Lautenbach Megan Leftwich Ilsa Perse Kathy Karbo Kathy Kuehn Bernie Smith Gay Walker Marilyn Zornado See exhibition page here.

Free

Future Prairie Screening + Q&A

Multnomah Arts Center 7688 SW Capital Highway, Portland, OR, United States

Please join us for a free screening and showcase of recent interdisciplinary work by Future Prairie artists, followed by a Q&A. Founded in January 2018 by Joni Renee Whitworth in Portland, Oregon, Future Prairie is a 501c3 non-profit organization and artist collective led by women and queer creatives. We develop and mentor emerging and under-represented artists. We also produce a monthly podcast, host a quarterly variety show, and curate exhibitions, panels, performances, and published works. When we say "under-represented artists", we are specifically referring to creatives of different abilities, races, gender identities, national origin, religion, and age. We serve historically-marginalized groups such as women, disabled, racial, ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities, and low-income individuals. This event is free to attend and open to the public.…

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Free

Booklover’s Burlesque: As You Tease It

Crush Bar 1400 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

Lacy Productions presents... Booklover's Burlesque: As You Tease It (Shakespeare Edition) Friday, May 31st, 2019 on the Crush Bar stage in Portland, Oregon! Booklover's Burlesque is the Pacific Northwest's sexiest literary salon which matches titillating, inspiring, and empowering book readings with burlesque performances all in one show! Professional readers, actors, and/or local authors & writers read aloud a three to five minute piece of poetry, fiction (from any genre), memoir, non-fiction, etc, which is then followed by a burlesque performance inspired by the piece. Hosted by the illustrious Hyacinth Lee Starring: The Infamous Nina Nightshade Sandria Dore Mandy Flame (Seattle) The Mad Marquis Bayou Bettie Miles Wilder T L Ford & Fannie Fuller Princezz Monochokeme Our readers include members of Speculative Drama, Lily Le Fauve,…

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$18 – $30

2019 Certificate Program Graduation

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Please join the IPRC Community and Certificate Program Faculty to celebrate the Graduation of the Poetry, Prose and Art Book tracks.

Free

Oregon Battle of the Books 25% Sale

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United States

All titles of 2019-2020 OBOB will be 25% off all week. Did you know that if we don't have a title, OBOB or other, we can order for you in only a few days?! AND PREORDER! AND for no additional cost! Even if you will not be on a team and competing you still may enjoy these titles AND at a discounted price! FULL LIST BELOW. Happy Reading! 2019-2020 OBOB Book Titles 9th to 12th Grade Division Anna Dressed in Blood by Kendare Blake Audacity by Melanie Crowder Girl Code by Andrea Gonzales & Sophie Houser Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds The Love Letters of Abelard and Lily by Laura Creedle Mary’s Monster by Lita Judge A Northern Light by Jennifer Donnelly Six of…

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Free

Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Independently published from 2009 to 2019, Original Plumbing grew from a Bay Area zine to a nationally acclaimed print quarterly dedicated to trans men. For nearly 10 years, the magazine was the premier resource focused on their experiences, celebrations, and imaginations, featuring writing on both playful and political topics like selfies, bathrooms, and safer sex; interviews with queer icons such as Janet Mock, Silas Howard, Margaret Cho, and Ian Harvie; and visual art, photography, and short fiction. In celebration of the magazine’s 10-year run, Original Plumbing: The Best of Ten Years of Trans Male Culture (Amethyst Editions) compiles the best of all 20 issues. Original Plumbing founders Amos Mac and Rocco Kayiatos will present their essential collection. Mac and Kayiatos will be joined in conversation…

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Robert Lashley, Nastashia Minto, and Sophia Shalmiyev

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

Three writers and poets (Lashley, Minto and Shalmiyev) will read from and discuss their work through an audience Q/A. A 2016 Jack Straw Fellow, Artist Trust Fellow, and nominee for a Stranger Genius Award, Robert Lashley has had poems published in such journals as Feminete, Seattle Review of Books, NAILED, Gramma, Drunk in a Midnight Choir, and The Cascadia Review. His work was also featured in Many Trails to the Summit, an anthology of Northwest form and lyric poetry, and It Was Written, an anthology of poetry inspired by hip hop. His full-length books include THE HOMEBOY SONGS (Small Doggies Press, 2014) and UP SOUTH (Small Doggies Press, 2017). Nastashia Minto is an African American woman who was born in South Georgia. Her life experiences…

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Windfall: A Journal of Poetry of Place

Broadway Books 1714 NE Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

We look forward to another wonderful reading with representative authors from the lastest edition of the Windfall Journal. Reading this evening will be Christine Colasurdo, Kari Easton, David Filer, and Elizabeth McLagan, along with co-editors Bill Siverly and Michael McDowell.

Free

Writers Group

Books Around the Corner 40 NW 2nd Street, Gresham, OR, United States

Join fellow writers the first Wednesday of the month for a friendly critique. The goal is to support one another with constructive feedback and participate in writing exercises. All experience levels welcome!

Free

One Page Wednesday – June

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

Writers, escape the solitude of your desk. Readers, come hear great fresh work. Here is an opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented Portland writers. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired! Please, no reading from electronic devices. This month’s one page will be hosted by Natalie Serber

Free
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