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Buckman Journal 003 Launch & Holiday Art Market

Bunk Bar - Water 1028 SE Water Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Buckman Journal, a literary and art anthology features a wealth of short stories, essays, flash fiction, and visual art, all made by Portlanders. The third installment of Buckman Journal explores the way technology and media work with, for, and against our world. New issue out December 1st, 2019. Alongside the launch of Buckman Journal 003, Buckmxn Publishing is proud to host a holiday art market. Looking for unique gifts and want to support local artists and writers? Presto! Buckmxn has made it easy for you! Shop prints, stickers, craft items, original pieces, books, and more. Great deals and specials! All sales go directly to artists. Bunk Bar @ SW Water Ave. Thursday Dec 5. 6-9pm. Buy a sandwich. Have a drink. Browse art. Buy Buckman…

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Free

Fall 2019: December Writer of Color Sunday Morning Workshop

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

Searching for a space to create new work with fellow writers of color? This two-hour workshop meets once a month on Sundays. 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 is an award-winning multimedia journalist. A Chicana native of the San Francisco Bay Area, she has been writing and photographing since she was a child though studied education, social work, and library sciences after high school. Using an intersectional feminist framework,…

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$15

Spare Room reading: Gabriel Urza, Joel Bettridge

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland, OR, United States

$5 suggested donation for the readers (no one turned away for lack of funds) *** Gabriel Urza is the author of the novel All That Followed (Henry Holt & Co.) and the novella The White Death: An Illusion. His fiction and creative nonfiction have appeared in The New York Times, Guernica, The Guardian, LitHub, and other publications. He teaches Creative Writing in the MFA program at Portland State University. Joel Bettridge is the author of four books of poetry, Ligatures (Dos Madres 2019), The Public Life of Chemistry (The Cultural Society 2007), Presocratic Blues (Chax 2009), and That Abrupt Here (The Cultural Society 2007), as well as two critical studies, Avant-Garde Pieties: Aesthetics, Race, and the Renewal of Innovative Poetics (Routledge 2018) and Reading as Belief: Language Writing, Poetics, Faith (Palgrave 2009). He co-edited Ronald Johnson: Life and Works (The National Poetry Foundation 2008). He is Professor of English…

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Free – $5

Tell Me a Story

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

A curated series of readings hosted by Jessica Wadleigh.

Free

Passages Bookshop HOLIDAY CLEARANCE SALE: 30% OFF

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland, OR, United States

Visit Passages Bookshop between now and December 21 for great holiday bargains! * *  ALL BOOKS 30% OFF  * * PLUS: Hundreds of books, and all framed art, marked down 50–75% Markdowns in all categories: Poetry / Literature / Philosophy Music / Film / Video Art / Photography / Graphic Design Original prints, drawings, photographs; mixed media pieces; posters: Karel Appel / Tom Phillips / Antoni Tapies Mar Goman / John Martineau / Clayton Holcomb Josef Hodek / Ben Nelson / Jacqueline Brito * *  TWO WEEKENDS ONLY  * *  Thurs-Sat, December 12-14 Thurs-Sat, December 19-21 12:00-6:00 pm each day = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =…

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Free

Certificate Program Reading

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

Details TBA.

Free

Tales from Home

Two Rivers Bookstore 8836 N Lombard Street, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a special evening of tales from some of our amazing local authors! Kate Carroll De Gutes will lead the evening. Rene Denfeld will delight us with a selection from her own works. And Willy Vlautin will be treating us to a live performance of A Jocky's Christmas, a dark comedy about a misfit, overweight, alcoholic jockey whose career has dried up. After the reading, stick around for conversation and a book signing. Be sure to reserve your copies here: https://www.tworiversbooks.com/event/tales-home-home-town-author-reading Also participating will be: Matt Minicucci, Winner of the Oregon Book Award for Poetry {Small Gods} Author Taylor Zajonc Taylor Zajonc {The Maw} Martha Shelly {A Meteor Shower}, whose self-published book will be available for purchase in-shop at the event. AND! Rob…

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Free

Deep Overstock Issue 7 Launch

Dorsa Brevia 625 NW Everett Street #103, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a launch event with reading from contributors to the latest issue of Deep Overstock, the booksellers' journal. The theme for this issue is Horror. Deep Overstock #7: Horror is here! Come out on Friday the 13th for readings, journal copies, booze, and snacks. Confirmed readers: Robert Torres Mark Savage Benjamin Kessler Doug Chase

Free
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