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Fierce Love: The Field Office Collective Reading

Portland Art Museum 1219 SW Park Ave, Portland, OR, United States

We're doing it again! The Field Office is coming together for a collective reading this Spring, featuring: Kazim Ali, Curtis Bauer, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Ansel Elkins, Nikky Finney, Vievee Francis, Ross Gay, Tyehimba Jess, Dorianne Laux, Ada Limón, Adrian Matejka, Gregory Pardlo, Steve Scafidi, and Marcus Wicker. More information: http://fieldofficeagency.com/love Contact: The Field Office

Free

Words & Wine: An Evening with the Napa Valley Writers’ Conference

Southeast Wine Collective 2425 SE 35th Place, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for an evening of readings by once and future faculty and alumni from the Napa Valley Writers' Conference, while enjoying small bites and a no-host bar featuring local vintages. The event will be held at the Southeast Wine Collective, a community urban winery, restaurant, and wine bar serving handcrafted food, curated wine flights, and wines by the glass from producers in Portland, the nearby Willamette Valley, and afar. Faculty readers include: Lan Samatha Chang, author of three books, including the critically acclaimed novella All Is Forgotten, Nothing Is Lost and the novel Inheritance, Mitchell S. Jackson, Major Jackson, and Ada Limón; NVWC alumni Blas Falconer, Van Khanna, Nichole Perkins, and Marci Vogel. Contact: Napa Valley Writers' Conference Join us at #AWP19 for an…

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Free

The Resistance is Femme (AF)

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Women of Resistance: Poems for a New Feminism anthology reading, hosted by the editors, Dani Barnhart and Iris Mahan. Join Denice Frohman, Amanda Johnston, Ada Limón, and Anastacia-Renée for a powerhouse reading in celebration of all of the poets who breathed life into to this anthology. As our resistance rises, the term femme has come to represent an expansive range of intersecting identities and gender expressions, inclusive to all who embrace their feminist power and energy. Contact: Dani Barnhart As our resistance rises in strength and momentum, the term femme has come to represent an expansive range of intersecting identities and gender expressions. Join Denice Frohman, Amanda Johnston, Ada Limón, Patricia Smith, and Anastacia-Renée (and special guests) for a powerhouse reading in celebration of all…

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Free

Annie Bloom’s Books: Independent Bookstore Day 2020

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Independent Bookstore Day is going online for 2020. Check out this amazing schedule of livestream events! GOLDFISH GHOST drawing class with LISA BROWN Join us for a fun and interactive drawing demonstration with illustrator and author Lisa Brown. Her books include GOLDFISH GHOST, THE AIRPORT BOOK, THE PHANTOM TWIN, MUMMY CAT, LONG STORY SHORT and others. Join here at 10am on 8/29: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83926414626?pwd=UjFrenFzREVRS0ZlOVZMcURMald0Zz09 Middle Grade Fun with RENEE WATSON and illustrator NINA MATA with moderator ISAAC FITZGERALD Join RENEE WATSON (WAYS TO MAKE SUNSHINE), illustrator NINA MATA (I PROMISE), and moderator ISAAC FITZGERALD (HOW TO BE A PIRATE). Join here at 11am on 8/29: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88670459576?pwd=R1A5cEQwZU81UUNGMndQNXBLWCtKdz09 World-Building in YA Feminist Fantasy Fiction Join bestselling YA fantasy authors KAT CHO (WICKED FOX and VICIOUS SPIRITS), RENA BARRON…

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Portland Arts & Lectures 2022/23: Ada Limón

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

This event is part of our 39th season of Portland Arts & Lectures. Subscriptions for the five-part lecture series are on sale now. All lectures will be held in person at The Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall in downtown Portland, OR. For more information on the season, please see our FAQs or reach out to us at la@literary-arts.org. Ada Limón Ada Limón is the author of six books of poetry, including The Carrying, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Poetry and was a finalist for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award, and Bright Dead Things, which was nominated for the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and the Kingsley Tufts Poetry Award. Limón’s work has been supported most recently by a…

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$90 – $355
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