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Delve Readers Seminar: Ursula K. Le Guin and Octavia Butler

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

“The world is full of painful stories. Sometimes it seems as though there aren’t any other kind and yet I found myself thinking how beautiful that glint of water was through the trees.” Octavia E. Butler, Parable of the Sower   “You cannot buy the revolution. You cannot make the revolution. You can only be the revolution. It is in your spirit, or it is nowhere.” Ursula K. Le Guin, The Dispossessed   When the unimaginable is occurring, how do we navigate the chaos? When violence is rampant and further disasters loom, where might we find guidance? Perhaps to books that have imagined the potential dystopias that we now seem to be approaching, books like The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin and Parable of…

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$240

Essay Intensive: Lyric and Personal

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In this eight-week intensive workshop, we will generate writing to prompts, finding our way into some lyric or personal essays. Participants will share drafts for focused feedback on specific craft issues and overall essay structure. The first four weeks will focus on one project, the second four weeks on another. Join this class to produce and workshop two essays and deepen your understanding of the essay form.   I’m a strong believer in writing together and the kind of alchemy that arises when a circle of writers gather to put the pen to paper. In any class with me, you will be doing generative writing in class, and sharing these fresh starts, then wandering off to revise. We will sprinkle seeds and see what grows.…

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$385

Young Adult Book Club (Remote)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

TO ATTEND: 1) Purchase the book club book to support our shop. If you already own the book you may purchase a gift certificate or sponsor a stack for $15 or $25 dollars depending on if the book club book is paperback or hardcover. 2) Email us after your purchase that you plan on attending and we'll provide the password. Join us on January 26th at 6:30pm for our next Young Adult Book Club. We will discuss The Shadow Between Us by Tricia Levenseller. About the Book: "They've never found the body of the first and only boy who broke my heart. And they never will." Alessandra is tired of being overlooked, but she has a plan to gain power: 1) Woo the Shadow King.…

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$15 – $25

Two Rivers Virtual Book Club January

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Who is ready to kick 2020 to the curb? We are! January 2021 is a special edition of Book Club, a year-end BYOB (Bring Your Own Book) Reading Roundup where we invite you to bring a favorite book that you read this year, any genre! Each participant will get a chance to talk about their selection. In addition to bringing a book that you loved, you are also welcome to bring a book that you hated! That should make for some fun discussion. Check your email for the Zoom link!

Free

Livestream Reading: Waka T. Brown

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Annie Bloom's welcomes Portland author Waka T. Brown for a livestream reading from her debut book, Middle Grade memoir While I Was Away. Waka will be joined in conversation by Rebecca Petruck, author of Boy Bites Bug. Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEudOCtpjMtGNegY2Ij-Y2w5BqXMPfMQDir About While I Was Away: When twelve-year-old Waka's parents suspect she can’t understand the basic Japanese they speak to her, they make a drastic decision to send her to Tokyo to live for several months with her strict grandmother. Forced to say goodbye to her friends and what would have been her summer vacation, Waka is plucked from her straight-A-student life in rural Kansas and flown across the globe, where she faces the culture shock of a lifetime. In Japan, Waka struggles with reading and writing…

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Free

The Mystery Box Show: SEX/PEOPLE: A Sex Talk Roundtable

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

FREE on YouTube at 7:30pm PDT feat. Allison Moon, Lee Harrington, and Reba Sparrow. From vanilla to kinky, queer to straight, and everything in between, a night at The Mystery Box Show brings you tales of one-night stands, explorations into fetish, awkward first times, dark fantasies come true, and much much more. Storytellers have included bestselling authors, nationally touring comedians, adult film industry veterans, theatre professionals, sex toy experts, members from the kink community, students and people from all walks of life. Nothing here is too raw, too sweet, too strange, or too deep; it's all about the sex, and all about the story.

Free

Story Arc & Point of View

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Improve your writing with this fun, interactive workshop for both teens and adults in any stage of their writing journey. Gain mastery of POV (Point of View) by determining whose head are we in, anyway? Learn about the elements of a great story, and prepare for writing success by developing great hooks and satisfying endings. Presented by Kendy Pearson, local author and educator

Free

{Workshop} The Heartfelt & Heartbroken: Writing Evocative Love Poems

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Platform: Zoom Tuition: $40 To register, email jswilliams1307@gmail.com. Forms of payment accepted: PayPal, Venmo, and check. About the Workshop: Are you ready for Valentine’s Day? Is there someone in your life, present or past (even future) that you’d like to write a poem for? In this intensive generative workshop, we will explore the many facets of writing “love poetry”, from the ecstatic to the melancholic, from discovering that intimate connection to finding uniquely evocative ways of expressing that connection through poetry. We will study how best to show true emotion without leaning too heavily into sentimentality, as well exploring poems that deal with loss of a loved one. We will analyze diverse poems from contemporary poets, followed by hands-on writing activities, prompts, and plenty of…

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$40

WITS Reading: Benson High School

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Writers in the Schools (WITS) has served public high school students with creative writing residencies in Portland, and more recently Gresham, since 1996. Published local writers collaborate with classroom teachers to lead an immersive semester-long workshop series designed to further class themes, curricula, and student interests. Each residency culminates with a public reading, ordinarily held in a local café or bookstore. With distance learning, we look forward to hosting our reading on Zoom and invite you to join us in celebrating these students and their work. This end-of-residency reading will feature students who worked with WITS writers Jessica Mehta and Laura Moulton. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUscO6gpzkiGdXFU6TzwJaP6-DlLalsllHb After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Jessica (Tyner)…

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Free

WITS Reading: Madison High School

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Writers in the Schools (WITS) has served public high school students with creative writing residencies in Portland, and more recently Gresham, since 1996. Published local writers collaborate with classroom teachers to lead an immersive semester-long workshop series designed to further class themes, curricula, and student interests. Each residency culminates with a public reading, ordinarily held in a local café or bookstore. With distance learning, we look forward to hosting our reading on Zoom and invite you to join us in celebrating these students and their work. This end-of-residency reading will feature students who worked with WITS writers Alex Behr, Damien Miles-Paulson, and Bruce Poinsette. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAudeuvqzwsHdU8y9B-SsKNHvBb2PamM132 After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.…

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Free
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