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Books Around the Corner: Virtual Indie Bookstore Day

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

This year's Independent Bookstore Day is going to look very different. We always encourage you to come out and shop in store but not this year. Grab your coffee and credit card, stay in your pajamas, and cuddle your fur babies, watch a bookish show or film, and head to our online shop! With every $10 you spend in our online shop on Saturday, April 24th you'll be entered to win a variety of prizes. Including pins, stickers, books, and more! This year more than ever we need your support as we rely on the sales of this weekend for a third of our annual income. Shop with us now to help us be here tomorrow. ***Prizes can only be awarded to local bookworms for…

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Free

Attic Institute: SPRING Online: Monthly Poetry Gathering and Workshop w John Morrison

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

"If I write, the dark shadows move away from my desk". ~ Donald Murray Here’s a workshop that can flow with the longer rhythms of your writing. A Saturday morning of each month, we’ll gather and share one or two poems in a comfortable but focused fashion. You choose the poem to share based on what feedback you are looking for; the poems could range from one you want ready to submit for publication, to an experimental piece that needs a supportive but critical eye. Along the way we’ll talk about craft and how to grow and sustain a fulfilling practice.  Come ready to share your poems and insights and to carry generous feedback home to your writing desk. Register for this workshop NOTE: To protect…

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$215 – $242

Word by Word: A Generative Webinar with T Kira Madden

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

WHAT: A 2-hour online webinar. WITH: T Kira Madden WHEN: Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 1PM to 3PM PST WHERE: ZOOM (But of course.) Meeting ID will be provided ahead of time. This event will be recorded and registrants unable to make it to the session or who wish to revisit it will have access to the video for 48 hours afterwards. HOW MUCH: $100. Payment plans are always available, contact Daniel Elder at registration@corporealwriting.com SCHOLARSHIPS: Ten scholarships are available, prioritized for parents with children at home. Click here to apply. Word by Word with T Kira Madden Why do some stories require 30+ pages to reach a payoff, while others feel fully satisfying in a single paragraph or line? The answer, often, is in…

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$100

Co-Dependencies: On Healing, Remembering, Breathing & Writing Trauma

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Co-Dependencies: On Healing, Remembering, Breathing & Writing Trauma 4-Week Online Workshop starting April 25, 2021 “What really exists is not things made but things in the making.” –William James “How other kinds of beings see us matters. That other kinds of beings see us changes things.” –Eduardo Kohn On han: “A feeling of unresolved resentment against injustices suffered, a sense of helplessness because of the overwhelming odds against one, a feeling of acute pain in one's guts and bowels, making the whole body writhe and squirm, and an obstinate urge to take revenge and to right the wrong—all these combined.” –Suh Nam-dong How are the frames of reference and relationships between and of living beings activated? That is, how do different bodies and worlds articulate…

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$350

Poetry Workshop with Risa Mykland

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a Poetry workshop lead by Risa Mykland! This is a free workshop with an opportunity to tip Risa for their time. Workshop info: Risa Mykland (she/they) will be leading a workshop theming around writing about a simple personal experience and using it to illustrate a much larger story from your life. There will be an opportunity in the workshop to individually listen to a song (preferably one you know really well), so if you want to decide on that song before the workshop feel free to. You will also have time to choose it during the workshop. Come prepared with some way to take words down (ex. notebook + pen, phone notes app, laptop document), optionally a song, and your wonderful self.…

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Free

Brittney Corrigan and Charles Seluzicki, A Virtual Event

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

A Zoom Poetry Evening with Charles Seluzicki and Brittney Corrigan We continue the celebration of National Poetry Month with the authors of two gorgeous new chapbooks: Brittney Corrigan and her chapbook Breaking, and Charles Seluzicki with his chapbook Elegiac. We welcome them to the Broadway Books virtual stage on Monday, April 26th, at 4:30 pm Pacific Time. Elegiac by Charles Seluzicki is the first volume in the Cox Family Poetry Chapbook Series from Carnegie Mellon University Press. It is a collection of eleven elegies that remembers and celebrates the lives of lost friends of the poet. Seluzicki' s poems are classical in style and seek to engage in conversation with the dearly departed in an intimate and convincing sequence. Micheal Dickman says  "Charles Seluzicki has…

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Free

The Work Poetry Workshop: Monday Night Edition

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us on the second and fourth Monday of every month for The Work. The Monday Night Edition of The Work takes place from 6-8:30 pm on the second and fourth Monday of each month, unless otherwise noted. These workshops will take place on Zoom until it is safe to do so again in person. Upcoming Monday night workshops will take place on May 10 & 24, June 14 & 28, July 12, August 9 & 23. There will be no workshop on July 26. The Work is a drop-in poetry writing workshop for beginners as well as more experienced writers. Poetry encourages empathy and compassion, and sparks the shifts in consciousness which can lead to healing, personal growth, and an interest in fighting for…

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Free – $20

Jonny Sun in Conversation With Samantha Irby

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Jonny Sun is back with a collection of essays and other writings in his unique, funny, and heartfelt style. The wonderfully original author of Everyone's a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too gives us Goodbye, Again (Harper Perennial), a collection of touching and hilarious personal essays, stories, poems — accompanied by his trademark illustrations — covering topics such as mental health, happiness, and what it means to belong. The pieces range from long meditations on topics like loneliness and being an outsider, to short humor pieces, conversations, and memorable one-liners. Jonny's honest writings about his struggles with feeling productive, as well as his difficulties with anxiety and depression, will connect deeply with his fans, as well as anyone attempting to create in our chaotic world.…

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Free

#Virtualandia! 2021: YOUTH POETRY SLAM CHAMPIONSHIP

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

#Virtualandia! 2021 is an exciting opportunity for students from eligible Portland metro area high schools to take part in a dynamic virtual slam poetry competition, and to win prizes like the title of #Virtualandia Slam Champion and corresponding $1,000 Visa gift card. Up to 300 youth poets will submit original work via video by midnight on Wednesday, March 31 to be reviewed and judged by a diverse group of artists and fans with a pulse on the literary scene. Ten poets will advance to our April 29, 2021 grand slam championship event. During the grand slam, these ten students will have their poems professionally recorded, aired, and scored by five judges in the typical Verselandia! tradition, identifying a top five and our next Grand Slam Champion. Tickets for…

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Free – $100
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