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Floyd Skloot in Conversation With David Biespiel

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

Floyd Skloot’s Far West (LSU) intertwines the past and present, as time alternates between racing and standing still. Crafting poems that confront memory lapses and painful recollections, Skloot traces his moments of purest perception and expression. Skloot will be joined in conversation by David Biespiel, author of The Education of a Young Poet and Republic Café.

Free

Maxine Scates and Shaindel Beers – reading and Q&A

The Tiny Theater PDX 3306 SE 65th Ave, Portland

The Voice of Empathy is back for season 2 at thetinytheaterPDX, 3306 SE 65th Ave, Portland, OR. The series showcases poets whose work investigates the human capacity for compassion and generosity and invites the reader/listener to care deeply for others and the world. This description is for the poets’ reference only and does not presume to impose any constraints on the work selected for presentation. There is room for 37-39 poetry lovers. Please come a few minutes in advance to reserve your seats. Maxine Scates is the author of three collections of poetry, Undone (New Issues), Black Loam (Cherry Grove) and Toluca Street (University of Pittsburgh) . She is coeditor, with David Trinidad, of Holding Our Own: The Selected Poems of Ann Stanford (Copper Canyon).…

Free

Poetry Slam and Open Mic feat. Nelle Jones

Tiny's Coffee - NE MLK Jr 2031 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland

Join us for another amazing poetry slam and open mic!!! This slam is a qualifying slam for the Women of the World Poetry Slam Finals. There is a 5 dollar suggested donation for this event but no one is turned away. We will have a feature from Nelle Jones! We will be at our venue, Tiny's Coffee Northeast! This means our show is all-ages! Everyone is welcome. We do not censor our mic except for instances of hate-speech. Please also note that we start a little earlier then at previous venues. Accessibility info: Tiny's is on the 6 bus line, which is a frequent service line. It is a quarter mile from the the streetcar line and about a half mile away from the max.…

Free