A resource for the PDX literary community. Produced by Old Pal.
LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.
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Hold on tight and learn about weather and storms in illustrator Jonathan Hill’s Science Comics: Wild Weather: Storms, Meteorology, and Climate (written by MK Reed) (First Second), an action-packed nonfiction graphic novel for middle-grade readers. Furious floods, looming landslides, terrifying tornadoes, ferocious forest fires! Is Mother Nature trying to tell us something?
The Stoner Babes Reading celebrates empowerment. Join us as we listen to bad ass, gorgeous, intelligent, motivated and talented humans share their stories! The Rose City Book Pub has delicious food and drink. This is also a coloring party, so we can all color while we listen to these wonderful readers! The incredible readers are: Domi Shoemaker Nastashia Minto Mary Mandeville Anya Pearson Beth Cartino Valarie Rae Leah Baer Jewels Bring your friends, sisters, lovers and mothers.
**NOTE: Start time changed to 3:30pm. First reader will begin at 3:45pm. FREE READING Hodgepodge is back in May! Still a free event, still for the 21+ crowd, still at the Jade Lounge, at a *new time*. Our May reading will be hosted by Sione Aeschliman and feature special guests Chuck Caruso, Elle Marr, Erika Brumett, and Tiffany Grimes. The Readers: CHUCK CARUSO’s perverse tales make you snicker at things you shouldn’t laugh about, and then they punch you in the gut. https://chuckcaruso.com/ ELLE MARR writes adult thrillers and short fiction. She loves spooking herself around dark corners, and is excited for her debut novel, The Missing Sister, to be published in Spring 2020 by Thomas & Mercer Publishing. https://ellemarr.com/ Through science, history, parascience, and…
Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by Nova PDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday May 11th, we'll have a feature from Nastashia Minto, two mini features from Rachel Ancheta & Chris Gonzalez, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Nastashia Minto is an African American woman who was born in South Georgia and raised there by her grandparents. She grew up in poverty and around drugs, alcohol, and family violence. Her life experiences led her to obtain an associate’s degree in occupational therapy and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has been writing since she was nine years old and has found that her writing offers her another way to help people. Currently residing in Portland, Oregon her debut…