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Lacy M. Johnson, Alexander Chee, Reema Zaman & Marissa Korbel

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

Memoir Monday is a monthly reading series and weekly newsletter cocurated by Narratively, The Rumpus, Longreads, Catapult, Tin House, Granta, and Guernica. At a special AWP edition of Memoir Monday, authors Lacy M. Johnson, Alexander Chee, Reema Zaman, and Marissa Korbel join us for a reading of their work – emceed by Lilly Dancyger, Memoir Editor of Narratively.

Free

AWP: Chris Kraus, Sophia Shalmiyev & Veronica Gonzalez Peña

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

Three writers will read whatever they feel like and talk about all the tough stuff and blow your house down. Wolf On! Chris Kraus is the author of four novels and three books of art and cultural criticism. Her first novel, I Love Dick, was adapted for television. In 2017, she published the first full length biography of Kathy Acker, After Kathy Acker: A Literary Biography. Her work has been widely translated. She is a co-editor of Semiotext(e) and lives in Los Angeles. Sophia Shalmiyev emigrated from Leningrad to America in 1990. She is a feminist writer and painter living in Portland, OR with her two children. Mother Winter (S&S, 2019) is her first book. Veronica Gonzalez Peña is a writer and filmmaker. In 2006…

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Free

Asian American Poets Present New Books and Chapbooks (AWP Offsite Event)

De-Canon Library / ArtHaus at Milepost 5 8155 NE Oregon St, Portland, OR, United States

Poets of Kundiman, a national network of Asian American writers, share work from newly published books. George Abraham Jason Bayani Ching-In Chen Shamala Gallagher Vanessa Huang Sally Wen Mao

Free

Diorama: Interior

PICA 15 NE Hancock St, Portland, OR, United States

The Event: "In the still places of me / all mouths closed (the way I pray, or the prayer / granted.)" Diorama: Interior is a village in echo, a dialogue on community through the eye of perceived isolation. What do you know, and what do you not? Come see from the inside out. Be here; be poetry. Diorama: Interior brings together featured poets from around the country: Lisa Marie Basile, Su Cho, Emily Kendal Frey, Brookes Moody, Alyssa Morhardt-Goldstein, Kiely Sweatt, and Julia Claire Tillinghast. Drinks and snacks will be available by donation. Books will be available for purchase. Lisa Marie Basile is a poet, essayist and editor living in New York City. She's the founding editor-in- chief of Luna Luna Magazine, an online magazine & community dedicated to literature,…

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Free

Filipinx Poets Read: An AWP Offsite Event

BAR Botellón 606 NE Davis St, Portland, OR, United States

Featuring: Barbara Jane Reyes Luisa A. Igloria Janine Joseph Jan-Henry Gray Janice Lobo Sapigao Sam Roxas-Chua Michelle Peñaloza Hari Alluri Asa Drake Jake Vermaas Friday, March 29, 2019 8:30 pm Bota Bar/Bar Botellón 606 NE Davis St. Portland, OR

Free

Another Vision: A Night of Lit + Art

Gather 1733 SE 9th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join Paper Darts & FSG Originals at Another Vision, a night of art and storytelling with writers who will define our literary futures. FEATURING: Flash readings and small talks with: Fernando Flores Laura Adamczyk Lydia Kiesling Chia-Chia Lin Jac Jemc A. E. Osworth Eshani Surya S. Erin Batiste Margaret Malone C Pam Zhang Hosted By Adam R. Garcia PLUS: DJ Ines Paulina Ramirez (Noche Libre Collective) Live Music by Indira Valey Gif Artwork by Adam R. Garcia Live drawings by artist Pace Taylor AND: Drinks + donuts + dancing + free books! Another Vision is thrown in tandem with the annual AWP Conference.

$10

Literary Bingo

The Big Legrowlski 812 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Join Why There Are Words PDX for a fast and furiously fun hour of Literary Bingo. Got simile? Suffering? Satire? Snakes? Seattle? Bingo! Candy will be flung. Prizes will be won. Bring your best game. Our all-star lineup: Brian Benson, Kate Carroll De Gutes, Rachel King, Ramiza Koya, Margaret Malone, Mary Milstead, Jennifer Perrine, Keith Rosson, Anca Szilagyi, and Valerie Wallace. Contact: Virginia Bellis Brandabur & Lisa Gluskin Stonestre

Free

Beloit Poetry Journal Off-Site Reading Extravaganza

Norse Hall - Lodge Room 111 NE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Please join us at this free event featuring BPJ contributors and our 2019 Adrienne Rich Award judge Patricia Smith. There will be refreshments, ample seating, and journals for sale along with contributors' new titles. For more about our glorious poets in the order in which they'll be reading: Christine Gosnay is the author of Even Years (Kent State University Press, 2017), winner of the Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize, and The Wanderer, winner of the Chad Walsh Chapbook Prize from Beloit Poetry Journal. Her work has appeared in POETRY, The Missouri Review, The Poetry Review, New Ohio Review, and Third Coast Magazine, and has featured on Poetry Daily and Verse Daily. She lives in Maryland. Daniel Arias-Gómez was born and raised in Guadalajara. He…

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Narcissus & Some Other Demigods | an AWP 2019 offsite

Chingada Gallery 328 NW Broadway #117, Portland, OR, United States

a pop up off-site of Trans/GNC poets & artists streaming live via DovesongLabs.net Other Demigods: Candace Williams, Kamden Hilliard, Wo Chan, Sara Bess, KiKi Nicole & Cyree Jarelle Johnson Hosted by jayy dodd S/O to Chingada Gallery for space.

Free

AWP Off-Site: The Party of Many Names

Billy Webb Elks Lodge 6 North Tillamook Street, Portland, OR, United States

:: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: the most off-sitest-ass off-site fete of the week. the party of many names to celebrate a great many things :: birthdays, book releases, boo-thangs, all that shit. maybe even you. come on through to Friday night's ultimate magical hideout -- it's "one of the most significant African American historic buildings in the Pacific Northwest" so entire-ass ancestors await our acting a damn fool. you too. see you there. hit us up for a discount code if we know you. :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: :: hosted by samiya bashir + bart fitzgerald @…

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$10 – $20
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