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One Page Wednesday – August

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Here is an opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented writers from everywhere. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired! Hosted by Natalie Serber. This month’s featured reader is Mary Lou Buschi. Click here to register in advanced. You don’t need to live in Portland to participate. If you have questions, please contact jessica@literary-arts.org Mary Lou Buschi’s second full-length collection, Paddock, was published through Lily Poetry Review Books, May 15, 2021. Mary Lou is the author of one earlier collection of poems, Awful Baby. She is also the author of three chapbooks. Her poems have appeared in many literary journals such as FIELD,…

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Free

Daylight Book Club

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Thursday, August 5,2021 at 11:00 AM the Ledding Library Daylight Book Club will meet via Zoom to discuss The Beach: The History of Paradise on Earth, by Lena Lencek and Gideon Bosker. For more information contact Reference Librarian Laura Francillon at francillonl@milwaukieoreogn.gov (link sends e-mail).

Free

Margot Wood in Conversation With Gayle Forman

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Some students enter their freshman year of college knowing exactly what they want to do with their lives. Elliot McHugh is not one of those people. But picking a major is the last thing on Elliot's mind when she's too busy experiencing all that college has to offer — from dancing all night at off-campus parties, to testing her RA Rose's patience, to making new friends, to having the best sex one can have on a twin-sized dorm room bed. But she may not be ready for the fallout when reality hits. When the sex she's having isn't that great. When finals creep up and smack her right in the face. Or when her roommate's boyfriend turns out to be the biggest a-hole. Elliot may…

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Free

Coffee Talk #25

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Come hear 5 phenomenal writers read their grief words and share their hearts. Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86968280280?pwd=TjI2YTBFOVBwczE4b3JTMHh4QjRNQT09 Meeting ID: 869 6828 0280 Passcode: 719116

Free

Charles Seluzicki

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Elegiac by Charles Seluzicki is the first volume in the Cox Family Poetry Chapbook Series from Carnegie Mellon University Press. It is a collection of eleven elegies that memorialize the lives of the poet’s dearly departed friends. Classical in style, Seluzicki’s poems seek to engage in conversation with them in an intimate and convincing sequence.

Free

Friday Night Collage

True North Studios 455 NE 71st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Low-key collage session First Fridays of the month hosted by Hope Amico FREE! We will have magazines, ephemera, paper, photos, mats and blades, scissors and glue. So bring a project or come to be inspired! We will open the garage door, weather permitting. No experience necessary though there will be no instruction. Join us and meet others. This meet up is free (though donations to True North are always welcome). E-mail Hope with any questions or concerns. Masks recommended for those not fully vaccinated. SIGN UP!

Free

Open Mic and Poetry Reading on Zoom

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Open Mic and Poetry Reading a virtual event on Zoom. Co-sponsored by the Milwaukie Poetry Series and St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church. Our Featured Readers for July are the St. John the Evangelist Episcopal Church community. The Open Mic will follow their reading. Email Tom Hogan at tomhogan2@comcast.net (link sends e-mail) to register. You will receive a zoom link prior to the event. Plan to read 1 or 2 poems depending on the number of participants and length of the poems. If time permits additional poems will be allowed. The event will be recorded and available for viewing on demand on the Ledding Library YouTube Channel (link is external) after the event.

Free

Kesha Ajose-Fisher Book Signing

Third Eye Books 2518 SE 33rd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Fisher is signing copies of her award winning book, “No God Like The Mother” at @thirdeyebag this Saturday, August 7th, 11am. Wall’s latest work is part of the “Time Being” exhibition curated by Blake Shell at @oregoncontemporary, which is on view until Sunday, August 8th. Experience these exceptional talents in real life ~ know your local! -- From this Instagram post by Buckman Journal: From Buckmxn Journal 006: “A Way Back”, a new story by Kesha Ajose-Fisher (@kesha_ajose_fisher) who is a Ken Kesey Award for Fiction recipient; accompanied with art by Samantha Wall (@samanthawall), who created the cover for the new @sleater_kinney album, “Path of Wellness”. Fisher is signing copies of her award winning book, “No God Like The Mother” at @thirdeyebag this Saturday, August…

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Free

True North Studios: Saturday Open Hours

True North Studios 455 NE 71st Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

You're invited to come use our studio – no membership required! Get access to our large rolling work tables, drawing supplies, large light table, newsprint, cutting mats, paper cutter and more, during our Saturday Open Hours! Drop by any time between 12-4, just sign up below. This Saturday, August 7th, Sarah Lofthouse will be facilitating a New Moon Collage Circle during Open Studio hours from 12pm to 2pm. We will be creating collages as a form of intention setting for the Leo New Moon happening on 8/8/21. This powerful new moon will also be happening during the height of Lion’s Gate Portal. Drop by anytime during this time to learn about the new moon and create an intention collage. Bring your favorite collage material. Community…

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Free – $25

Memoir: The Process — with Kimberly Dark — begins 8/7/21

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

STARTS: August 7th, 2021 WHERE: Zoom WHEN: 3-5PM PST—four weekly 2-hour sessions over Zoom on Saturdays (8/7, 8/14, 8/21, 8/28) TEACHER: Kimberly Dark COST: $350 (Payment plans always available—please contact Daniel at registration@corporealwriting.com) SCHOLARSHIPS: Yes, scholarships are available. Please follow this link to apply. Memoir: The Process Memories aren’t enough. We have to connect them to culture, to history, to zeitgeist—and then be as clear and specific about our unique perspectives as possible. In this generative workshop, we’ll open a number of creative doorways (and windows and portholes and tunnels) into meaning and we’ll discuss how and why they work. We’re going to work on releasing the story without it getting caught in the mind first. We’ll work together in four, two-hour, face-to-face (Zoom) meetings.…

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$350
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