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Whitenoise Project 17: Izora / Dickinson / Springer / Toliver

Multnomah County Library - Midland Library 805 SE 122nd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

From Whitenoise's Facebook event: Introducing the first of several Whitenoise Project events presented in partnership with the Multnomah County Library: Join us for an evening of poetics and absence to celebrate the release of Ashley Toliver's Spectra, out now from Coffee House Press! https://www.npr.org/2018/09/22/650698275/ashley-tolivers-spectra-is-her-first-major-book-of-poems Featuring: Tanya Dickinson Rachel Springer Annika Hansteen-Izora Ashley Toliver ADA Accessible and All Ages! $5 suggested donation to help support the artists No one will be turned away for lack of funds. The Whitenoise Project is a reading and discussion series aiming to center voices from underrepresented communities (Black, Indigenous, PoC, Queer, Femme, WoC and people with disabilities), and is supported by a Jade-Midway Placemaking Grant from APANO. looking for more BI/POC writers and artists to feature in upcoming events! email…

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Free – $5

Anastacia-Reneé and Ashley Toliver

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

From Literary Arts's website: Anastacia-Reneé’s words frame so many questions: what is sacred, what is beauty, what is tragedy, what rites of passage have we endured to be initiated into the complexities of our humanity? The poems in her new book (v.), published by Gramma Books, read like rituals, invoking ancestors and Becky alike in a nuanced honest reflection of this time in life. Established in 2016, Gramma is an independent poetry press based in Seattle. Gramma is an offshoot of Western Bridge, a contemporary exhibition space, which existed in Seattle’s SODO District from 2004 to 2012. Ashley Toliver is the author of Spectra (Coffee House Press, September 2018) and a chapbook, Ideal Machine (Poor Claudia, 2014). A poetry editor at Moss., her work has been supported by  the Cave…

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Free

Rumpus Pop-up: Rojas Contreras, Toliver, & Zumas

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

Portland Book Festival presenting authors Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Ashley Toliver, and Leni Zumas join forces for a pop-up reading in the Portland Art Museum Galleries. This pop-up is presented in collaboration with The Rumpus. This group is paired with Open Country by Larry Poons; found on the 2nd floor of the Modern & Contemporary Art galleries in the Portland Art Museum. Please reference the Portland Art Museum Map to find this location. Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Ashley Toliver, and Leni Zumas join forces for a pop-up reading in the Portland Art Museum Galleries. Fifteen minutes of literary bliss!

$15 – $20

Grief Rites Readers Series ~ December 3

American Legion Post 134 2104 NE Alberta St, Portland, OR, United States

A monthly storytelling showcase about grief, loss and love. Gather in community with others who share grief in all forms and manifestations. Come ready to cry, laugh, listen and hold space for yourself and others. *Trigger warning, because Grief. Content not edited for language or topic. Mature audience. *Venue is accessible; gender-neutral restrooms on premises Readings begin promptly at 7pm. Come early, grab a drink (full bar) and find your seat. Please consider bringing canned goods or cold weather clothing/blankets to donate to the Post 134 food & clothing pantry, which serves local veterans, houseless and anyone in need. ***We're switching things up a bit to make room for more voices. This month's event will include an open mic, in addition to our curated readers.…

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Free

Lisa Wells with Ashley Toliver & Mohamed Asem

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

Please join us on Thursday, December 6, for a reading with Lisa Wells from her recent book of poems, The Fix, from University of Iowa Press. Joining Lisa will be poet Ashley Toliver (Spectra, 2018) and nonfiction writer Mohamed Asem (Stranger in the Pen, 2018) Lisa Wells is a poet and nonfiction writer from Portland, Oregon. Her debut collection of poetry, The Fix, was selected by Brenda Shaughnessy for the 2017 Iowa Poetry Prize. A new book of nonfiction, Believers, is forthcoming from Farrar, Straus & Giroux in 2019. Her work has appeared in Harper’s Magazine, Granta, The Iowa Review, Best New Poets, The Believer, N+1, Denver Quarterly, Third Coast, and elsewhere. THE FIX reviewed at Publisher’sWeekly. An excerpt and short essay about Lisa’s book at Poetry Society of America. Ashley Toliver is the author of Spectra (Coffee House…

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Free

Poets Alicia Jo Rabins, Allison Cobb, Ashley Toliver & Hajara Quinn

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

In lyrical, unflinching poems, Alicia Jo Rabins's second collection, Fruit Geode (Augury), investigates the passages of pregnancy, birth, and infancy through a constellation of ancient and modern experience. In Green-Wood (Nightboat), Allison Cobb wanders Brooklyn's famous 19th-century cemetery, where the burial ground becomes a portal through which she can explore her own trauma after September 11, and uncover the historical and national traumas leading up to that event. In Ashley Toliver’s Spectra (Coffee House), generous, penetrating, relentlessly sonic poems record the creative potential of the body and the boundaries of the self. Hajara Quinn's Coolth (Big Luck) is a debut collection that suspiciously grabs the rope swing and dives into the lake of un-unbelonging.

Free

Tender Table: Food & Storytelling by Diana Khoi Nguyen, Ashley Toliver, & Amy Lam

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 Northwest Broadway St, Portland, OR, United States

Tender Table is a storytelling platform for women, trans men, and nonbinary folks who are black, indigenous, or people of color. We seek out narratives about the sweet, savory, sour, and bitter relationships to food and its connections to identity, memory, and community. At Tender Table, all are welcome—expect to be immersed in stories, and sample delicious food prepared by the speakers. Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of Ghost Of (Omnidawn). Ashley Toliver is the author of Spectra (Coffee House Press). Amy Lam is the John & Renee Grisham fellow at the University of Mississippi. Contact: Stacey Tran

$10 – $15
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