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@ Literary Arts Online: One Page Wednesday – September

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Literary Arts is taking One Page online! Here is an opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented writers from everywhere. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired! September’s One Page featured reader is Nastashia Minto. Hosted by Natalie Serber. Click here to register. You do NOT need a Zoom account to log on to a Zoom meeting. You don’t need to live in Portland to participate. If you have questions, please contact jessica@literary-arts.org. Nastashia Minto is the author of Naked: The Rhythm and Groove of It. The Depth and Length to It. An African American woman born in South Georgia and raised there…

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Free

Virtual Open mic!

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

https://getvokl.com/open-room/Last-Stand?return_to=%2Fchannel%2Fmichael-42

Free

September Incite: Queer Writers Read

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

September Incite is coming up fast. This night will focus on the theme together/apart--which covers so much of 2020, we think. Hope we see you there! *You need to click the link to register and then you'll get the Zoom details: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMldO-hpzItE9QEfKijYS8WlWWG_60p4VqG* So, come together, right now... A curated reading series, hosted by Kate Carroll de Gutes and Kate Gray. The theme for September is “together/apart” Featured readers: Anel Flores Jennifer Perrine and Kate and Kate! Sign up in advance to attend here

Free

Write Around Portland: Bi-Monthly BIPOC Online Writing Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For people who identify as Black, Indigenous or People of Color (BIPOC). 2nd & 4th Friday of every month from 4 to 5:30 pm, Free. Workshops are held via Zoom. Pre-registration is required. Registration opens the 1st of the month every month. Pre-register for our 2nd Friday workshop here. Pre-register for our 4th Friday workshop here. Click here for more workshop details.

Free

Online Reading Live from the Rose City Book Pub

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

I'll be sharing from a few of my books this Friday from one of the coolest places in the world, the Rose City Book Pub (an amazing bookstore and literary-themed bar in Portland, Oregon), and you can join me in that cool space from anywhere in the world (but you'll have to bring your own beverage).

Free

Fall 2020: Writing No Matter What

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Walking the Path of Perseverance: Writing No Matter What The writing journey, exhilarating and wondrous as it is, can be punctuated with delays and disappointments. How do you keep writing through chaos or a stressful live event? If you are tired of not writing, and want to cultivate the “stick-to-it-ness” necessary for meeting your goals, this workshop is for you. Gleaning inspiration and guidance from writers like Annie Dillard and Julia Cameron, and mining the well of our own life experiences, this three-part workshop will help us identify the obstacles that keep us from writing, and provide tools to help us stay the course so we can keep writing, no matter what. Class level: This class is for serious writers who are ready to reclaim…

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$150

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). cost: FREE please register for zoom link and password: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/on-becoming-1-lost-and-found-tolentino-tickets-119973633367 By popular demand, we are bringing back our first workshop for the full two hours this time instead of only one! On Becoming (1) Lost and Found: 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…

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Free

2020 Tin House Residents Virtual Reading

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

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, OR, United States

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.…

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Free

Write Around Portland: Bi-Weekly Online Writing Workshop

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Writing is often thought of as something done in isolation; we know there is immense power when writing is done in community. Join us for 90 minutes of creativity and community-building, with generative writing exercises, sharing and strengths-based feedback. Our workshop model, refined over 21 years, is proven for people of all writing levels: from the budding writer to the published author. Workshops are held via Zoom. Weekly registration opens Mondays at noon and closes one hour before the workshop. Click here for more info. Wednesdays from 4 to 5:30 pm Sliding Scale Registration $5-$30. Register here. $0 registration available for past Write Around Portland participants at a social service agency and people experiencing financial hardship due to the coronavirus. Register here. Thursdays from 11 am to…

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$5 – $30
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