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8 Poets 8 New Books 8 Presses

Turn! Turn! Turn! 8 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us at Turn Turn Turn in Portland for an Association of Writers & Writing Programs offsite event featuring 8 poets reading from 8 new books published by 8 different presses: * * * Catherine Bresner – THE EMPTY SEASON – Diode Editions * * * Jos Charles – FEELD – Milkweed Editions * * * Jennifer S. Cheng – MOON: LETTERS, MAPS, POEMS – Tarpaulin Sky Press * * * Erica Dawson – WHEN RAP SPOKE STRAIGHT TO GOD – Tin House * * * Heather June Gibbons – HER MOUTH AS SOUVENIR – The University of Utah Press * * * Anna Maria Hong – AGE OF GLASS – Cleveland State University Poetry Center * * * Dora Malech – STET – Princeton…

Free

Reading with Dorothy, Ellipsis, FC2, and Sidebrow

ADX 417 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

A night of readings by new authors from Dorothy, a publishing project, Ellipsis Press, FC2, and Sidebrow. Readers include Cristina Rivera Garza, Sabrina Orah Mark, Karen An-Hwei Lee, Evelyn Hampton, Carol Guess and Aimee Parkison, Aurelie Sheehan, Anna Maria Hong, and Joanna Howard. Contact: Joanna Ruocco & Jason Snyder

Free

Night Sky Reading – Poems by Joanna Klink

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Please join us for a special reading to celebrate the release of Joanna Klink's new book of poetry, The Nightfields. For the link to access the event, register here. To celebrate the release of The Nightfields, 31 poets and writers will read from "Night Sky," the sequence of short poems that ends the book. Participating writers include: Leni Zumas, Mary Szybist, Rob Schlegel, Spencer Reece, Dana Prescott, D.A. Powell, Cecily Parks, Sameer Pandya, Shelly Oria, Lisa Olstein, Malena Mörling, Honor Moore, Joe Milazzo, Nathan McClain, Lynn Melnick, Youna Kwak, Joanna Klink, Anna Maria Hong, Brenda Hillman, Nick Gulig, Sarah Gridley, Michele Glazer, Annelyse Gelman, Forrest Gander, Amanda Fortini, Shangyang Fang, Timothy Donnelly, John D’Agata, John Beer, David Baker, and Stephanie Adams-Santos. The New York Journal of Books says of The Nightfields: “Klink is…

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