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Old Pal Launch Reading!

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

Drink wine, pal around, and listen to readings from four of inaugural contributors. Bios below. Colleen Burner is a Midwestern-raised writer and artist, co-editor of Shirley Magazine, and Oregon Literary Fellowship recipient. Their work has appeared in Quaint Magazine, Permafrost, Black Candies: Gross and Unlikable, and Entropy. Erin Perry lives and works in Portland, Oregon. Caroline Wilcox Reul is the translator of Wer lebt / Who Lives by Elisabeth Borchers (Tavern Books, 2017) and the current poetry editor for the Timberline Review. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in the PEN Poetry Series, Tupelo Quarterly, Poetry International, Lunch Ticket, The Los Angeles Review and others. Consuelo Wise grew up on the Lost Coast in Northern California.

Free

AWP Offsite Event: Tavern Books 10th Anniversary Celebration!

Portland Union Station 800 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Celebrate 10 years of Tavern Books in style at Portland's historic Union Station. Join us in the beautiful first-class passenger lounge for readings on the hour, drinks, and giveaways. Meet and mingle with Tavern editors, authors, translators, and board members. The night will be a special tribute to translation. Free and open to the public. Please enter through main lobby of train station and follow signs to the Metropolitan Lounge. Portland Union Station in the Metropolitan Lounge 800 NW 6th Ave. #255 Portland, OR 97209 United States (map) TRANSLATOR READINGS ON THE HOUR: Mauricio Espinoza (translator from the Spanish of The Fire’s Journey by Eunice Odio) Mauricio Espinoza is a poet, scholar, and journalist from Costa Rica. He is assistant professor of Spanish and Latin…

Free