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Nightboat Books Group Reading! AWP 2019

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

Nightboat Books is thrilled to host a rapid fire group reading featuring frontlist, backlist & forthcoming authors: Allison Cobb, Eleni Sikelianos, Aldrin Valdez, jayy dodd, Laura Moriarty, Fred Schmalz, Gracie Leavitt, Dawn Lundy Martin, Marwa Helal, Stephanie Young, Hazel White, Chad Sweeney, Brynne Rebele-Henry, Ely Shipley, Duriel Harris, Cole Swensen + more TBA!

Free

Puerto del Sol: 2019 Launch and Reading

Gallery 903 903 NW Davis St, Portland, OR, United States

Readings from: Jeremy Burke, Kristina Marie Darling, J. David, Emma DePanise, Alicia Mountain, Alan Soldofsky, Keith Stahl, Cole Swensen, Clare Welsh, Brian Phillip Whalen, Joshua Young.

Free

Free Verse Editions Reading

The LAB at Jupiter Hotel 800 E Burnside St, Portland, OR, United States

Free Verse Editions is proud to sponsor a reading by an exciting array of talent: Jennifer Atkinson, Matthew Cooperman, Elizabeth Jacobson, Ger Killeen, L.S. Klatt, Peter Kline, Chris Kondrich, Eric Pankey, Brittany Perham, Ethel Rackin, Siobhan Scary, Cole Swensen, Jon Thompson, and Tracy Zeman. The reading is a short distance from the main event and promises a wide variety of great poetry without being a marathon. Put it on your calendar and come on out! Contact: Jon Thompson

Free

AWP 2019 // Burning Deck Exhibit and Tribute to the Waldrops

Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) 511 Northwest Broadway St, Portland, OR, United States

A display of Burning Deck publications from the past 60 years, including rare letterpress editions and magazines, along with a casual reading celebration, with many collaborators, friends, and former students of the Waldrops reading from favorite Burning Deck or Waldrop books. Featuring Alejandro de Acosta, Rae Armantrout, Kristin P. Bradshaw, Lee Ann Brown, Matthew Cooperman, Danielle Dutton, E. Tracy Grinnell, Aaron Kunin, Sawako Nakayasu, Jena Osman, Lisa Pearson, Sarah Riggs, Martin Riker, Cole Swensen, Lynn Xu, Magdalena Zurawski, and others. Exhibit open from 6 to 9pm, readings begin at 6:30 and 8:00. Presented by Wave Books and PNCA's Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing.

Free

Kiosk Magazine Reunion Reading

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland, OR, United States

Tyrone Williams, Sarah Campbell, Cole Swensen, Tim Shaner, & Rae Armantrout will read at Passages Bookshop (1223 NE ML King, Jr. Blvd. Portland OR 97232 info@passagesbookshop.com (503) 388-7665) on Saturday March 30, 2019 @ 8 in the evening. Free and open to the public. Hosted by former Kiosk editors Sasha Steensen, Gordon Hadfield, and Kyle Schlesinger. Some of Keith Waldrop's collages will be on display too, so come early and check them out.

Free
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