Other People’s Poems!
Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United StatesCome recite someone else's poem from memory, or just listen. First Fridays 7pm sharp
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Readings
Nigerian poet Romeo Oriogun: The Story of Our Lives
Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United StatesNigerian poet Romeo Oriogun is the winner of the 2017 Brunel International African Poetry Prize, with the judges calling him “an urgent new voice in African poetry.” Author of the chapbooks Burnt Men (Praxis) and The Origin of Butterflies (APBF and Akashic Books), he was shortlisted for the Sillerman First Book Prize for African Poets in 2017 for his manuscript My Body Is No Miracle. His poems have appeared in the literary magazine Prairie Schooner as well as on-line at the Dissident Blog, Connotation Press, and Brittle Paper, among others. He is the Spring 2019 Scholars-at-Risk Fellow at Harvard University, an Artist Protection Fund Fellow at the Institute of International Education (IIE), a W.E.B. DuBois Research Institute Fellow, Hutchins Center for African & African American Research, Harvard University, and Summer 2019 Visiting Artist…
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“No Self-Respecting Woman” by Katherine Morgan – Book Launch
Dorsa Brevia 625 NW Everett Street #103, Portland, OR, United StatesJoin us for a slightly belated launch party for Katherine Morgan's "No Self-Respecting Woman." She'll be joined by readers Jewels, Marita DeLeon, and Jenna Marie Fletcher. Light refreshments as well. See ya.
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PNCA Low-Res MFA in CW Readings: Reema Zaman
Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United StatesReema Zaman, 8pm at Literary Arts The Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is pleased to announce the launch of the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing with its first residential intensive. In the low-residency model, students will attend two 14-day campus residencies then, beyond residencies, work one-on-one with mentors. Most of the programming during this residency is free and open to the public. From July 28 through August 3, PNCA offers talks, discussions, and readings by acclaimed writers as part of the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing program. Every event is free and open to the public. This innovative creative writing program is distinguished by its being situated within a school of art and design as well as…
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Timberline Review #8 Reading and Release Party!
Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel 8235 Northeast Airport Way, Portland, OR, United StatesCome celebrate the launch of Issue #8 of the Timberline Review, "Home," at 8 PM in the Garden room of the Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel. This will happen during the #wilwrite19 conference, but you do not need to attend the conference to come to the reading. Bring your friends, family, and fan clubs. Ten or more of the authors who contributed to the issue will be reading their works from the Timberline Review, and sometimes other works, too! Join us for a fun evening of the best home-themed literature.
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Gallery Closing Party
Roll-Up Studio + Gallery 1715 SE Spokane St, Portland, OR, United StatesRoll-Up Gallery is closing and we're moving! Closing Party Saturday, August 3 3-8 pm We're celebrating 5 years, packed with: • Transforming a warehouse into a gallery & a junkyard into a garden • 22 exhibits featuring 87 artists • 8 poetry readings with 25 writers • 5 live music performances • An eclectic array of happenings and community gatherings On Saturday, August 3rd, we invite you to come one last time to celebrate and raise a glass to 5 vibrant years of creative community at Roll-Up. We'll have food & libations and art available for purchase, along with some other odds & ends. Come find out what's next. If you're interested in renting the warehouse, let us know and we'll put you in contact…
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Wordlights: Saturday Poetry Evenings
Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United StatesWordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by Nova PDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday, August 3rd, we'll have a feature from Desmond Spann and a long set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Desmond Spann To be light, pass the spark, and watch us glow is Desmond Spann's vision. His creative expressions of emceeing, music, teaching, and writing seek true liberation-freedom from fear. He is the founder of the emcee community RhymesMaster Crew (RhymeMasters.com). His performances and poetry were featured OPB's Oregon Art Beat. His first book Des Writes Bars and Poems Too (available on Amazon) is a collection of verses and spoken word poems, expanding the definition of Hip Hop poetry. Desmond gains wisdom, support, and love from his partner Kacy,…
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A reading with NYT Bestselling author, Terese Mailhot
The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland, OR, United StatesJoin us in downtown Portland for a reading by beloved NYT Bestselling author, Terese Mailhot. This reading is free and open to the public. TERESE MARIE MAILHOT is from Seabird Island Band. Her work has been featured in Granta, Guernica, Mother Jones, and elsewhere. She is the New York Times bestselling author of Heart Berries: A Memoir. She is a winner of the 2019 Whiting Award, a SWAIA Fellowship, and the inaugural Spalding Prize for the Promotion of Peace and Justice in Literature. She teaches writing at Purdue University.
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High Summer Poetry Open Mic
Multnomah County Library - Northwest Meeting Room 2300 NW Thurman Street, Portland, OR, United StatesFree Range Poetry presents The High Summer Poetry Open Mic Monday, August 5, 2019 Northwest Library 2300 NW Thurman Street Portland No featured readers. Open mic readers will have a minimum of 3-5 minutes, dependent on the total number of readers. If there is time to spare, we’ll go around again starting from the top of the sign-up list. sign up begins 5:30 pm. readings begin 6:00 pm readings end around 7:30 pm.
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Sharma Shields & Simeon Mills
Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United StatesSharma Shields’s The Cassandra (Henry Holt) follows a woman who goes to work in a top secret research facility during WWII, only to be tormented by visions of what the mission will mean for humankind. Inspired by the classic Greek myth, this 20th-century reimagining of Cassandra's story is based on a real WWII compound that Shields researched meticulously. A timely novel about patriarchy and militancy, The Cassandra uses both legend and history to look deep into man's capacity for destruction, and the resolve and compassion it takes to challenge the powerful. Simeon Mills’s The Obsoletes (Skybound) is a thought-provoking coming-of-age novel about two human-like teen robots navigating high school, basketball, and potentially life-threatening consequences if their true origins are discovered by the inhabitants of their…
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