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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Local artist returns to Green Bean Books with Peter & Ernesto: The Lost Sloths on Saturday, April 13th at 1pm. The unlikely duo Peter and Ernesto are the best of friends and back better and funnier than ever. When a hurricane destroys their favorite tree, they're off on their biggest adventure yet in search of a new home! A signing will follow the reading.
Little People, Big World stars Jeremy and Audrey Roloff share what they learned from their own dating journey in order to equip readers to build godly relationships from their first date to saying "I do" and beyond. In A Love Letter Life (Zondervan), they share vulnerable insights from their own journey, offer perspective on male and female differences in dating, tackle tough topics like purity, give their nine rules for fighting well, suggest fun ideas for connection in a world of technology, and provide fresh advice on independence and boundaries as you seek the love you long for. Please note: A purchase of the Roloffs’ A Love Letter Life is required to join the signing line.
Chinese gardens in China and Lan Su Chinese Garden in Portland are filled with poetic inscriptions: as text, calligraphy, engravings and plaques. Inspired by the culture of literature in Chinese gardens, prolific poets share their work with garden visitors every Saturday in April at 3 p.m. Included with Lan Su membership or admission; no registration is required. April 6 A. Molotkov April 13 Clemens Starck April 20 Stella Jeng Guillory April 27 Joni Renee Whitworth About the Presenters: Born in Russia, A. Molotkov moved to the US in 1990 and switched to writing in English in 1993. His poetry collections are The Catalog of Broken Things, Application of Shadows, and Synonyms for Silence (Acre Books/Cincinnati Review, 2019). Published by Kenyon, Iowa, Antioch, Massachusetts, Atlanta, Bennington and…
Come out for an evening of stories and songs with local author and musician Ken Scholes. Sample the food, music, and books of this unique Portland venue! Ken Scholes is the award-winning, critically-acclaimed author of five novels and over fifty short stories. His work has appeared in print for nearly twenty years. His series, The Psalms of Isaak, is published by Tor Books and his short fiction has been collected in three volumes published by Fairwood Press.
Please join the artists of Future Prairie as we dance our way through camellia season and into the cherry blossoms. This will be our spring fling: calling on visions of paradise, utopia, dreams, romances, and joy. Musical performances by Joni Renee Whitworth, Vivian Cecylia Tylińska, and Allegra Jongeward Live painting by Jasmine Co, Kathleen Boudwin, and Megan Krzmarzick Comics by Sabine Rear Poetry by Chris Gonzalez, Julia Laxer, and Olivia Marovich Dance by Jaleesa Johnston Photography by Sam Reynolds and Kimberley Hasselbrink Lecture by Roseanna Zanna Colabella We will have American Sign Language interpreters. Thanks to a grant from CymaSpace, our show can be inclusive of the Deaf and hard of hearing community! Our queer variety show is inspired by the chautauquas of the 19th…
Writers on the songs that terrified and inspired them. Eight readers, eight experiences, eight readings eight songs played after the eight readers read their eight pieces. April's SongbookPDX is already on fire. Come on out for the literary mixtape you always wanted. Featuring: Carmel Breathnatch, Flint, Daniel Dagris, Chris Bleiler, Bethann Cartino, Missy Ladygo, Carol Fishbach, and Adam Strong