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Forward: 21st Century Flash Fiction Anthology Release Party

Woody's Coffee Tavern 1412 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Forward: 21st Century Flash Fiction is an anthology featuring work by writers of color. Featuring flash readings by SJ Sindu, Tyrese Coleman, Marlin M. Jenkins, Maggie Su, Christopher Gonzalez, Alvin Park, Yalie Kamara, C. Pam Zhang, Ruth Joffre, Alicita Rodriguez, Monterica Sade Neil, and Gene Kwak. Contact: Megan Giddings Featuring flash readings by Tyrese Coleman, C. Pam Zhang, George Abraham, Alvin Park, SJ Sindu, Christopher Gonzalez, Marlin M. Jenkins, Monterica Sade Neil, Ruth Joffre, Maggie Su, Gene Kwak, and Yalie Kamara. You'll be able to buy copies of the anthology at this event!

Free

AWP Offsite: A Friday Night of Literature

The Slide Inn 2342 SE Ankeny St, Portland, OR, United States

AWP-attending-loves! Join us Friday, March 29 at The Slide Inn for a marvelous reading featuring contributors from Adroit, Denver Quarterly, Salt Hill Journal, Quarterly West, and Western Humanities Review! Food and drink will be provided free of charge. See you there! Readers will include: The Adroit Journal: Sarah Rose Etter, Megan Giddings, C Pam Zhang Denver Quarterly: Janalyn Guo, Nora Jean Lange, Sandra Meek, Bevin O'Connor Salt Hill: Rebecca Bedell, Saddiq M Dzukogi, Kwabena Foli, Elana Lev Friedland, Emily O'Neill Quarterly West: Emily Flouton, Amina Gautier, Brooke Larson, Ryan Ridge Western Humanities: Kelly Dulaney, John James, Jenna Le, Vi Khi Nao, Aimee Parkison

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

Marilynne Robinson: Jack

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Presented in partnership with the Black Mountain Institute, Literary Arts, and The Loft’s Wordplay, and Wisconsin Book Festival. Marilynne Robinson will appear live on Crowdcast, in conversation with novelist C Pam Zhang. Join us at: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/jack Marilynne Robinson, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Humanities Medal, returns to the world of Gilead with Jack, the latest novel in one of the great works of contemporary American fiction. Presented in partnership with the Black Mountain Institute, Literary Arts, and The Loft’s Wordplay, and Wisconsin Book Festival. Marilynne Robinson’s mythical world of Gilead, Iowa—the setting of her novels Gilead, Home, and Lila, and now Jack—and its beloved characters have illuminated and interrogated the complexities of American history, the power of our emotions, and the wonders of a sacred world. Jack is Robinson’s fourth novel in…

Free