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AWP Offsite: Antisocialites: An Opening Night Reading

Bit House Saloon 727 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join Always Crashing, Barrelhouse, Grimoire, Plays Inverse, Publishing Genius, and Trnsfr Magazine at 7pm on Wednesday, March 27th for a glamorous AWP kick-off night of cocktails and readings. No cover, because we love you. Featuring: John Colasacco Ashley Farmer Chelsea Harris Adam Lauver Jake Levine, reading translations of Kim Kyung Ju Justin Marks Dolan Morgan Døgtail Nørth Monique Quintana Nicole Steinberg Chris Tonelli Kerri Webster John Colasacco's books include Antigolf (CCM, 2015), The The Information Crusher (Spuyten Duyvil, 2016), Two Teenagers (Horse Less Press, 2016), and the forthcoming The Wagners (TRNSFR, 2019). He received an MFA in creative writing from Syracuse University, and is a recipient of The Iowa Review Award in poetry. His poems and fiction have appeared in Vol. 1 Brooklyn, YesPoetry, Hobart,…

Free

AWP Offsite: Literary Masquerade

Beech Street Parlor 412 NE Beech St., Portland, OR, United States

The Conium Review is hosting an #AWP19 offsite event at Beech Street Parlor. Join us at this charming old Victorian that has been converted into a bar and event space. Lounge on one of the many vintage fainting couches in your best approximation of Olivia Colman from The Favourite, and enjoy readings from Rita Bullwinkel, Charlie Brown, John Englehardt, Ashley Farmer, James R. Gapinski, Chelsea Harris, Liz Kellebrew, & Christine Texeira. Ridiculously formal attire is encouraged, but we forgive all those who only pack t-shirts and jeans for AWP. Readings start at 7:00, DJ starts at 9:00.

Free

NW Micropress Fair After Party

The Cleaners at Ace Hotel 403 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Twenty six of the Northwest's many of the smallest, newest, and best literary presses, magazines, and producers have been selling books all day and are ready to cut loose and relax! We're flipping the room from the Northwest Micropress Fair (doors closed from 6:00 to 7:30) and re-opening with a cash bar and so many fantastic readers from across the Northwest. Three sets + w/ film and music after — 8:00 PM Rena Priest Tara K Shepersky Cosper Onstott Alexandra Matthaw Rosenboom Aileen Keown Vaux Paul E Nelson Simone Person Nadine Maestas Debby Dodds Deborah Woodard Alex Gallo-Brown 9:00 Samuel Snoek-Brown Melinda Mueller Mary Margaret Alvarado Benjamin Gorman John Burgess Felicity Fenton Kate Ristau Natasha Moni T.J Fuller Alex Vigue Christina Butcher 10:00 Paul Sheprow…

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