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.
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!
Come celebrate the publication of writer and influencer Maartje Hensen’s new book, “The Pride Atlas!” Space is limited, so register for the event here! Order the book now at bishopandwilde.com or add your name below to reserve a copy for pickup the day of the event.
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space for all literary communities in Portland. We encourage poets new and old to come share their work. We strive towards a safer space for poets to read their own poetry, witness others, and participate in community. This event takes place in-person. Proof of Covid-19 vaccine or a negative PCR test is required for admittance. Please see our Covid-19 guidelines for in-person events at Literary Arts. Hosted by Julia Gaskill. Julia Gaskill Julia Gaskill is a professional daydreamer hailing from Portland, Oregon. Her poetry examines the tightrope we sometimes walk of feeling our voices censored and also being unabashedly ourselves. Her poems touch on everyday…
April's event was a stunner, and we're thrilled to announce a stellar local lineup for our fifth Constellation on May18th, along with some exciting changes. Changes first: the reading space has been transformed into a beautiful independent bookstore! Bishop & Wilde will be open before the event. Feel free to arrive early and shop. And now, this month's readers: Kesha Ajose-Fisher (she/her) is the author of the award-winning collection of stories, No God Like the Mother, which focuses on the lives and realities of women who have been tasked with holding up the sky, all while the world whispers “you’re doing it wrong.” She has also earned a number of prestigious awards for other essays and stories she has written over the years, including The…
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space for all literary communities in Portland. We encourage poets new and old to come share their work. We strive towards a safer space for poets to read their own poetry, witness others, and participate in community. This event takes place in-person. Proof of Covid-19 vaccine or a negative PCR test is required for admittance. Please see our Covid-19 guidelines for in-person events at Literary Arts. Hosted by Julia Gaskill. Julia Gaskill Julia Gaskill is a professional daydreamer hailing from Portland, Oregon. Her poetry examines the tightrope we sometimes walk of feeling our voices censored and also being unabashedly ourselves. Her poems touch on everyday…
Spare Room and Passages Bookshop present a reading by CHRIS DANIELS TOM DE BEAUCHAMP FLAVIA ROCHA Wednesday, April 3 7:30 pm Free admission Doors open at 7:00 pm; no late entry Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660 Portland, OR 97209 info@passagesbookshop.com 503-388-7665 ============================================================== Upcoming Event at Passages April 7 Marathon reading: Keats Endymion & Boone Century of Clouds ============================================================== Chris Daniels is a self-taught, feral translator of global Lusophone poetry. Tom DeBeauchamp is a fiction writer living in Portland, Oregon. His work has been published in DIAGRAM, Full-Stop, Smokelong Quarterly, and other publications. He is currently working on a novel, The Not-Vampire, about country music, industrial design, various creatures of the night, love, and family drama. Flavia Rocha is the author of four books of poems…
Spare Room Reading Series presents our annual marathon reading: Endymion by John Keats & Century of Clouds by Bruce Boone Sunday, April 7, 2024 10:00 am until we finish (probably around 6:00-7:00 pm) Passages Bookshop, 1801 NW Upshur St., Suite 660, Portland Free admission; come and go as you please Readers include: David Abel, Chris Ashby, Chris Daniels, Laura Feldman, Rodney Koeneke, Sam Lohmann, Seann McCollum, Joe Safdie, Andrew Simon, & James Yeary. ============================================================== Also Upcoming at Passages April 3 Reading by Chris Daniels. Tom De Beauchamp, & Flavia Rocha ==============================================================
Join us for the 17th Season of The Milwaukie Poetry Series every second Wednesday of the month, September 2023 - July 2024, at 6 p.m. in the Ledding Library Community Room. The reading will also be livestreamed on the Ledding Library YouTube channel. September 13, 2023 Richard Lehnert October 11, 2023 Michele Glazer November 8, 2023 Amy Miller December 13, 2023 Sherri Levine January 10, 2024 John Daniel February 14, 2024 Anatoly Molotkov March 13, 2024 Annie Lighthart April 10, 2024 Donna Henderson May 8, 2024 Eleanor Berry June 12, 2024 Amelia Diaz Ettinger July 10, 2023 Armin Tolentino For additional information please contact the Series Coordinator Tom Hogan at 503.819.8367 or tomhogan2@comcast.net (link sends e-mail)
After an amazing and special BIPOC Adoptee showcase at the Armory in March, we're back to our regularly scheduled programming at Tin House/Bishop&Wilde (NW 26th and Thurman)! On Thursday April 11th, we're excited to host local luminaries Lydia Kiesling and Ami Patel and welcome Jane Wong who is traveling from Seattle to be with us. Lydia Kiesling (she/her) is a novelist and culture writer. Her first novel, The Golden State, was a 2018 National Book Foundation “5 under 35” honoree and a finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Her second novel, Mobility, a national bestseller, was named a best book of 2023 by Vulture, Time, and NPR, among others. It is a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Her essays and nonfiction have…
Buckman Publishing Presents: Carolyn Supinka’s Metamorphic Door. Come celebrate the release of Carolyn’s debut collection and National Poetry Month with readings by local poets Karolinn Fiscaletti, Karah Kemmerly, Erin Perry & Carolyn Supinka. Carolyn’s reading will include projections of the comic portions of the book. This event is happening a few days before the official release date of Metamorphic Door so come and snag your copy of the book early and get it signed by the author! All-ages, free & ADA-accessible. Doors at 7:00pm. Show runs 7:15-8:00pm. Cocktail reception & celebration featuring a custom drink menu inspired by poems in the collection to follow. All are welcome, see you soon! Buckman Publishing is located inside of Honey Latte Café in Unit 4.The space is ADA…
a monthly event for sharing creative writing, food, drink, and community featuring student writers from PDX academic institutions and beyond! highlighting students + alumni from PSU, UoP, PCC, PNCA, Lewis & Clark University, Reed College + local writers 7-9 pm, Friday, August 16th doors 6:30 @ Literary Arts 925 sw Washington hello! we’re excited to announce our third event (and last of the summer) on Friday, August 16th, 7pm at @literaryarts in Downtown Portland. We hope to see you there + here your words >> use links in bio to sign up as a reader or to get involved in future events >> DM us with any questions, comments, or to get on our ethereal mailing list xo GU