LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.

For details regarding specific events please contact the organizers or venues. If you are an organizer or venue and would like to reach out to us please feel free to contact us or submit an event using our submission form. We’d love to hear from you!

Calendar of Events

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Amy Long with Sophia Shalmiyev

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Seane Corn

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Jenny Brown in Conversation with Leni Zumas

2 events,

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A Frayed Knot / AFRAID NOT – JACQUELINE KEELER: READING + PRESENTATION

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Kristen J. Sollée in Conversation With Ev’Yan Whitney

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Westside Writing Group

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Jackie Shannon Hollis

2 events,

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The Mystery Box Show – True Stories All About Sex

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“How do we become . . . us?”

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Fatima Bhutto

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Tamim Ansary

2 events,

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Lily Bernheimer author of The Shaping of Us

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Shauna M. Ahern in Conversation With Lisa Congdon

4 events,

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Les AuCoin – CANCELLED

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Clyde W. Ford at OMSI

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Michael Meade: Chaos, Climate, and Creation

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The Fire Is Upon Us

3 events,

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Enough Is Enough: How Students Can Join the Fight for Gun Safety

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Unleash the Dragon Within

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Thom Hartmann

2 events,

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Monthly Story Swap

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Augusten Burroughs

4 events,

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Workshop: From Detritus To Gold: Spinning Blunders, Bafflements, and Pain into Humor

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Felicia Day in Conversation With Laini Taylor

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Rachel Carter’s Book Launch for Enduring the Cure

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Mystery Box Social Dinner Party!

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Laureen Nussbaum

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An Evening With Lawrence Lanahan

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The Moth: StorySLAM: Fraud

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Flynn Coleman

6 events,

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Noon Time Talk with Florence Grende

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Book Club for The Butcher’s Daughter: A Memoir

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Mark Mallman

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Reading: Jamie Mustard: The Iconist

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Story Swap, In Terms of Music

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Timothy Egan

3 events,

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Atlas Obscura: An Explorer’s Guide to the World’s Hidden Wonders, 2nd Ed.

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Westside Writing Group

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Ryan Holiday

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Pageturners Author Visit: Kenneth R. Coleman

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Paul Theroux in Conversation With Adam Davis

3 events,

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Fall 2019: DIY Writing Retreat Roundtable

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Powell’s Books Presents Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton & Chelsea Clinton

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Pageturners Author Visit: Jerry Sutherland

2 events,

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Janis: Her Life and Music

2 events,

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Jim Wallis

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Artificial Intelligence: A Guide for Thinking Humans

3 events,

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Craft of Memoir Workshop w Brian Benson

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The Moth: GrandSLAM Championship

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Christopher Ryan

6 events,

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Submission Deadline: Oregon Humanities: Spring 2020, “Union” Issue

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Christopher McDougall

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Discover Jazz: The Music and the Movement

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Reading: Lisa Loving: Street Journalist

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Kevin Scott, The Voice of This Stone

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Crossfire Hurricane: Inside Donald Trump’s War on the FBI

5 events,

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Small Press Residency – Perfect Day Publishing

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2019/2020 Portland Arts & Lectures: George Packer (Sold Out)

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Jake Brennan

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Melissa Matthewson in Conversation With Chelsea Biondolillo

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Back Fence PDX: RUSSIAN ROULETTE

1 event,

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Clara Parkes

3 events,

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Bobby Hundreds

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Writing Abroad: A Guide for Travelers

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Nina G, Mean Dave

3 events,

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Longreads Club: Why can’t we agree on what’s true any more?

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Delve Fall 2019: The Pre-Socratic Thinkers: The Greeks on Gods, Humanity, and Nature Before Socrates

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7 Deadly Sins: Fight or Flight!

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2 events,

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Reading: Shannon Kaiser: Joy Seeker

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John Mark Comer

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A Nonfiction Reading by Mohamed Asem

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Debbie Ethell

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Dog Is Love: Why and How Your Dog Loves You

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Simon Tam in Conversation With Jacqueline Keeler

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How to Have Impossible Conversations: A Very Practical Guide