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Spring 2020: Filling the Well

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Meets online via Zoom. A generative class for beginning and experienced writers who want to be writing but feel stuck on an ongoing project or are fresh out of ideas. The class will explore tools that get the voices flowing (like Anne Lamott’s Shitty First Drafts and opening/beginning strategies from James Scott Bell’s Plot and Structure), alongside fun and challenging prompts that serve as jolts to the imagination to get you writing. At the end of the course, students will have the opportunity to turn one of the exercises they worked on in class into a short piece and receive feedback from the instructor.  This class meets online via Zoom and registered participants will receive information on how to access the meeting a week before the class starts. Kristina Tate is…

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$175

On Becoming 1 / Lost and Found / Tolentino

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Whitenoise Project presents a new BIPOC writing workshop: On Becoming, where we explore the state of becoming as a state of infinite potential and evolution, to contrast with the static essentialism of being. Becoming is a verb with a consistency all its own; it does not reduce to, or lead back to, "appearing," "being," "equaling," or producing."(Deleuze/Guattari, A Thousand Plateaus, 39). zoom registration link posted soon! stay tuned. workshop description: how we are lost in space and time. How we find ourselves. How becoming "lost and found" is a present participle, an ongoing act rather than a linear act that can be completed. This is as literal as a new immigrant learning the physical space of their new world. How we orient ourselves with cardinal…

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Free

Pomodoro: Writing Alone Together with Natalie Serber

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Writers, having trouble focusing? Getting words on the page when our lives are so topsy turvy can be hard. There’s newsfeeds to check, social media to refresh, bread to bake, tomatoes to plant, homeschooling and another zoom meeting/happy hour to attend. Enter the pomodoro, named after the famous kitchen timer in the shape of a tomato. This free event takes place on Zoom, using the “audio only” option. If you’d like to participate, follow this link to register. Please note you need to register every time you attend: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/upQlduqsrj4v-xYNxRuLuks78mGeEz44uA Each session is limited to 25 people. From your host, Natalie Serber: Each Wednesday, from 12:30 – 2:30, we’ll virtually meet for a focused window of writing and community. We’ll have a quick hello, share a…

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Free

Your Next Good Read? Let a teen tell you!

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Are you in a reading rut? Do you love a good YA novel? Teen council members from St. Johns and Hollywood libraries, and librarians Alicia and Danielle will tell you about the books they've loved. Join us for a lively presentation, and be prepared to fill your To Be Read list with great titles! Register and join this event virtually Call into this event by dialing 1-415-655-0001 Access code- 922 456 367

Free

HOCUS Reading: The Tarot

Rose City Coffee Co. - Brooklyn Park 3370 SE Milwaukie Ave, Portland, OR, United States

HOCUS is a quarterly reading event in the guise of a secret society. Our reading events are simultaneously silly and serious. "Hilarious," "profound," "close to the bone," and "goofy" are all words which were bandied about by attendees of our last event.

Free

Happy Hour with OSU

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Marty Brown, from OSU Press, joins us to talk about some of their most exciting releases this season and next! To register and attend, visit this link: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/event/happy-hour-osu-press To get a peak at the books we'll be discussing, visit our website: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/happy-hour-osu-press

Free

Webinar: The Antifascist Artist

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

The Antifascist Artist: How can writers fight against right-wing extremism in the United States? In recent years right-wing extremist groups have specifically targeted Portland as a place to rally, recruit, and radicalize. How do communities fight back against hate on the local, national, and global level? And what role can art—in particular the written and spoken word—play in that fight? Portland authors Cari Luna, Maryam Gabriel-Imam, Janice Lee, Sophia Shalmiyev, and Leni Zumas will read from their work and then tackle this question in a panel discussion. This event is funded in part by the Regional Arts & Culture Council, through a project grant in support of Cari Luna’s ongoing research and writing about fascism. Click on this link to register in advance for this…

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Free

STAY HOME STAY QUEER

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

We're back with Stay Home Stay Queer edition of Queer PDXpression Babes. Bring your new shit, old shit, and dont forget your vulnerablilty. show starts at 7:30pm we will be meeting on Zoom and we will drop the room ID and password on the 21st.

Free

Spring 2020 Online: May Writer of Color Sunday Morning Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For writers of color at all levels Searching for a space to create new work with fellow writers of color? This two-hour workshop meets on Zoom.  Writers can register for one or more sessions. A variety of prompts will be presented as avenues for generating and sharing new work in an informal setting. Open to writers of color at all levels writing in poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. You can also bring your own prompts and questions about the writing process, and explore them with the group. Emilly Prado (she/her) is the Interim Director of Youth Programs at Literary Arts. She began her work with the organization in 2017 as a Writer in the School before joining the staff in 2018 as a WITS Program Specialist and…

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$15

Grief Rites May Monthly Reading Series

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Hello Dear Ones! On Sunday 5/24/20 at 4p PST, we will be having our second virtual reading on the Zoom platform. Please join us! Topic: Grief Rites 5/24 Time: May 24, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82279225945?pwd=TUdrd0JUUmdEb3M2Y2ljcTZyWVlSZz09 Meeting ID: 822 7922 5945 Password: 260772 One tap mobile +16699006833,,82279225945#,,1#,260772# US (San Jose) +12532158782,,82279225945#,,1#,260772# US (Tacoma) Dial by your location +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 929 205 6099 US (New York) +1 301 715 8592 US (Germantown) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) Meeting ID: 822 7922 5945 Password: 260772 Find your local number: https://us02web.zoom.us/u/kxOoCdrHE

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