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LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.
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Women Writers Against Trump is a Portland-based biannual reading series hosted by poets Chrys Tobey and Allison Tobey. This evening's lineup will feature Armine Iknadossian, Nikia Chaney, Carol Potter, Nicelle Davis, Autumn Konopka, Xochitl Bermejo, and Leni Zumas.
Please join us for a celebration of recent Orison Books authors. This multi-cultural event will feature readings of original poetry & prose by Ilya Kaminski, Katie Farris, Carly Miller, John D. Fry, John Sibley Williams, Sam Roderick Roxas-Chua, Rebecca Aronson, Gabriel Houck, and David Ebenbach. We look forward to seeing you there! Contact: John Sibley Williams
Readings of newly released poetry and prose by authors from the following small presses: Fence Books (Hudson, NY), Information as material (York, UK), No, Dear (Brooklyn, NY), and Wendy’s Subway (Brooklyn, NY). Publications will be available for purchase. Contact: Francesca Capone
Carlos Reyes of Portland and Paul Casey of Cork, Ireland read from their recent books from Irish publisher, Salmon Poetry. Contact: Elise Shumock
New South, Construction Magazine, INCH, and Four Way Review invite you to an off-site reading to end AWP2019 in Portland. Sweet, micro-readings from the likes of: Colleen Louise Barry Amie Zimmerman Aliceanna Stopher J Bailey Hutchinson Lauren Goodwin Slaughter Maya Jewell Zeller Kelly Grace Thomas Sonia Greenfield Saddiq M Dzukogi sam sax Marcelo Hernandez Castillo Keetje Kuipers Nathan McClain Meghan Dunn C.T. Salazar and more. This reading is free and open to the public. About The Readers: Colleen Louise Barry is an artist and writer living in Seattle, WA. She is the author of three chapbooks, most recently Poultry in Motion (Factory Hollow Press). She runs the interdisciplinary project Mount Analogue. @colleenlouisebarry / @themountanalogue / www.mount-analogue.com J. Bailey Hutchinson is a poet from Memphis, Tennessee.…
It's time for another epic evening of singing, reading, and joy! Kaya Press, Kundiman, AAWW, AALR, and the Smithsonian APA Center are bringing together an amazing, diverse line-up of performers who will sing one minute of their favorite karaoke banger and then read from their own work. Don't miss it!! FEATURING: Helene Achanzar Andres Cerpa Amy Lam Shayla Lawson Mimi Lok Teraya Paramehta Anastacia Renee Sokunthary Svay Esmé Weijun Wang Yanyi AND MORE! LITERAOKE at AWP2019 will be held on Saturday March 30th from 7 - 9 pm at Chopsticks Karaoke Bar (3390 NE Sandy Blvd).
Featuring: Richard Chiem, Julia Dixon Evans, Ryan Bradford, Adrian Van Young, and Carlos Jose Perez Samano, and more! Karaoke to follow.
Please join us at 1122 Gallery for a reading and celebration of five presses that publish innovative, boundary-pushing, necessary work. Two readers will represent each press. Readers include Essay Press: Mary-Kim Arnold and Rebecca Brown, Wonder Press: Shiv Kotecha and Bridget Talone, Nightboat Books: Brian Teare and Rosamond S. King, Ugly Duckling Presse: Kristin Dykstra and Ed Steck, and Les Figues Press: Alexis Almeida and Andrea Abi-Karam. Dough by Los Angeles artist Stacy Elaine Dacheux will adorn the walls. Snacks and beverages will be on hand. Sure to be a great and inspiring evening! Contact: Jesse Morse Please join us at 1122 Gallery for a reading and celebration of five presses that publish innovative, boundary-pushing, necessary work. Two readers will represent each press. Essay Press:…
Be About It press/zine/reading series + Yes, Poetry present an offsite reading and party at AWP. featuring performances by: Alexandra Naughton Amy Saul-Zerby Cassandra Dallett Jesse Prado Joanna C. Valente Kenning JP García Elæ Elæ Laurin DeChae and more * Bios: ELÆ is an interdisciplinary artist and performer, cultural scholar and educator. They are an Assistant Visiting Professor at Pratt Institute, as well as Founder and Creative Director of The Operating System, a radical open source arts organization and independent press. Their work addresses, in particular, the somatic impact of trauma on persons, forms of language, and systems, as well as the study of resilient, open source strategies for ecological and social change. Recent features and performances include the &Now Festival of Innovative Writing, the…
Wordlights is a poetry, spoken word and music showcase, presented by NovaPDX & Rocking Frog Cafe, and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. We will have features from three poets—Ken Yoshikawa, Sage Lilac & Kate Leddy, as well as a showcase of 10 performers. KEN YOSHIKAWA Ken Yoshikawa is a shin-issei/first generation half-Japanese American poet-actor from Portland, OR. He has been active in the Portland Poetry Slam community since 2014. In his theatre career he’s appeared at the Portland Center Stage in “Mojada, A Medea in Los Angeles”, and at the Portland Playhouse in “You for Me for You”. Some notable roles include Arjun in “Chitra, the Girl Prince”, (NW Children’s Theatre), Chimney Sweep/Ensemble in “Mary Poppins” (NW Children’s Theatre), and Malvolio/Antonio in “Twelfth Night” (Oregon Adventure…