A resource for the PDX literary community. Produced by Old Pal.
LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.
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Please join us for a rousing evening of political poetry. This collaborative event will include work from contributors to Rise Up Review, Writers Resist, and Poets Reading the News. Because resistance is fertile. Contact: Sonia Greenfield
Join your host, Jenny Sadre-Orafai, for an amazing night of words from two time National Poetry Slam Champion Anis Mojgani, National Book Award longlistee Chen Chen, and Anisfield-Wolf fellow Leila Chatti. Please note: this venue is limited to 70 people. — Anis Mojgani is a two time National Poetry Slam Champion, winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam, multiple-time TEDx Speaker, and the author of five books (all published by Write Bloody Publishing). His work has appeared on HBO, NPR, and in the pages of such journals as Rattle, Paper Darts, Thrush, and Bat City Review. Originally from New Orleans, Anis currently lives in Oregon where he serves on the board of Literary Arts. Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up…