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Whitenoise Project 20: BI/PoC Open Mic

De-Canon Library / ArtHaus at Milepost 5 8155 NE Oregon St, Portland

Join Whitenoise Project for our 3rd BI/PoC literary open mic and featured reading! Bring any genre of writing or spoken word, essays, fiction, or hybrid, we'd love to hear it. All are invited to celebrate and support several emerging voices alongside more established names. Featured readers: jayy dodd Sea Mason jayy dodd is a blxk trans womxn from los angeles, california– now based in Portland, OR. she is a literary & performance artist. their work has appeared / will appear in zines & classrooms & basements & bookstores & over there probably. her words are award-nominated & are generally controversial. she is also a volunteer gender-terrorist, artificial intellectual, & wilderness prophet on the end times. find them talking trash online or taking a selfie. Sea…

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Book Launch: “Prospects of Life After Birth” by David Hedges

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland

Lifelong Oregon resident, David Hedges, poet & activist, invites you to the launch of his first full-length book, Prospects of Life After Birth Birth: Memoir in Poetry and Prose. In the words of celebrated poet, X.J. Kennedy, “David Hedges has given us a major work of literature—an account of his early life, in vivid, masterfully crafted verse.” Join David as he recounts the many (mis-)adventures of his youth, growing up in Northeast Portland in the 1940s and ’50s. You can read more about Prospects and David’s other work at https://david.hedges.name/books/ Prospects of Life After Birth: Memoir in Poetry and Prose chronicles the first 17 years in the life of Oregon poet David Hedges, from the high drama of his birth through one lively adventure after another.…

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Creatives and Cocktails: Poetry and Prose edition

Santé Bar 411 NW Park Ave, Portland

Hey Fam! Ever find yourself writing something that makes you think, “Damn, I wish I could read this in the Park Blocks”? Well, sigh no more! Stay Litt is hosting a poetry and prose night where you can share your best rhymes and stories. This is a free event held at Santé Bar, and the performers must sign up in advance. We’ll be prioritizing the voices of historically marginalized populations. If you’re interested in performing, email us at staylittpdx@gmail.com or you can pm us. Looking forward to seeing ya’ll!

Free

Tin House Summer Workshop Readings: Garth Greenwell, Terese Marie Mailhot, and Samiya Bashir

Reed College 3203 SE Woodstock Blvd, Portland

8:00 pm,  Cerf Amphitheater– Signing to Follow Garth Greenwell, Terese Marie Mailhot, Patricia Smith Garth Greenwell is the author of What Belongs to You, which won the British Book Award for Debut of the Year, was longlisted for the National Book Award, and was a finalist for six other awards, including the PEN/Faulkner Award, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize. A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice, it was named a Best Book of 2016 by over fifty publications in nine countries, and is being translated into a dozen languages. His short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, The Paris Review, A Public Space, and VICE, and he has written criticism for The New Yorker, the…

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