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Cookbook Extravaganza with Jami Curl

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Jami is a confectionery connoisseur, master storyteller, and literary advocate. She will be sharing how these skill sets inform and overlap in her work, how candy-making can be an accessible pursuit for all, the secret to creating sweets that are perfectly balanced in flavor, plus all the tips and tricks you need for the holiday baking season. Jami Curl is a pastry chef, home baker, and the author of Candy Is Magic and Baking Gold: How to Bake (Almost) Everything with 3 Doughs, 2 Batters, and 1 Magic Mix. Her work has been featured in Food + Wine, Gourmet, Good Housekeeping, Food52, Real Simple, Martha Stewart, and the New York Times. Register for and attend any two nights of the Cookbook Extravaganza for $5 off…

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Free

Claudia Rankine and Jericho Brown Present Just Us

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Presented in partnership with The Believer Festival, Literary Arts and The Loft's WordPlay, Claudia Rankine will appear live on Crowdcast to discuss her new book, Just Us, in conversation with Jericho Brown. Join us at: https://literary-arts.org/event/west-x-midwest-pbf-rankine-brown/ As everyday white supremacy becomes increasingly vocalized with no clear answers at hand, how best might we approach one another? Claudia Rankine, without telling us what to do, urges us to begin the discussions that might open pathways through this divisive and stuck moment in American history. Just Us is an invitation to discover what it takes to stay in the room together, even and especially in breaching the silence, guilt and violence that follow direct addresses of whiteness. Rankine’s questions disrupt the false comfort of our culture’s liminal…

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Free

Booklover’s Burlesque: Cozy Classics (Virtual Edition)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

It's time to get your cozy on as Lacy Productions presents... BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: Cozy Classics (Virtual Edition) Saturday, December 5, 2020 Livestream at 7pm PST on Crowdcast Tickets now available on Eventbrite at https://bit.ly/3n4GqSj A Crowdcast link to our livestream will be emailed to all ticketholders by 3pm (or later if purchased afterward) on the day of the show. Tickets will be available up until showtime. General Admission: $15 VIP Admission: $25 (includes an exclusive invitation to a Zoom VIP Meet & Greet directly after the show and a special thank you during the show. The Zoom VIP Meet & Greet link will also be emailed beforehand.) ** If you would like to support us but can't make it to our livestream date/time, you can…

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$15 – $25

How to Get Published in Recommended Reading

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

About a third of the stories published in Recommended Reading are unsolicited submissions, which share space in the magazine with work by Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award winners. Unlike some legacy lit mags, we really are reading all the work you send in, and we really do publish it. So how can you make your stories stand out among the thousands of submissions we receive every year? Recommended Reading’s editorial team—Halimah Marcus, Brandon Taylor, Erin Bartnett, and Alyssa Sondsiridej—pull back the curtain on their decision-making process and offer invaluable advice to short story writers. A must-watch for anyone who is planning to submit. Q&A to follow. This event is part of Electric Lit's Winter Salon Series, presented by Reedsy.

$10

How to Pitch Electric Lit

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

For freelancers, writing an essay, feature, or opinion piece doesn’t start when you type the first line. It starts with the pitch. Having a topic and a talent isn’t enough; you also have to be able to package your idea in a way that catches an editor’s eye. But how do you get started writing a pitch? How long is too long—and how short is too short? What does a good pitch look like—and a bad one? And why does Electric Lit ask people to write a pitch, anyway? Electric Literature editor-in-chief Jess Zimmerman and contributing editor Jennifer Baker fill you in on everything you need to know when proposing nonfiction work to Electric Lit and other publications. Q&A to follow. This event is part…

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$10

How to Get Published in The Commuter

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Unlike most literary magazines, The Commuter chooses its weekly piece of poetry, flash, graphic, or experimental narrative almost exclusively from unsolicited submissions—9 out of 10 issues are drawn from the so-called “slush.” (We don’t think it’s slush!) Work published in The Commuter has been recognized by Best American Poetry and Comics, the Wigleaf Top 50, and Best Small Fictions. But we get thousands of submissions every year, and only publish 52 issues. So how can you help your work get recognized? Commuter editors Halimah Marcus, Kelly Luce, and Ed Skoog invite you behind the scenes for a frank editorial discussion that is a must-watch for anyone planning to submit. Q&A to follow. This event is part of Electric Lit's Winter Salon Series, presented by Reedsy.

$10

Jolabokaflod 2020

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

An annual celebration of Jolabokaflod, the Icelandic Yule Book Flood! While Icelanders celebrate on Christmas Eve Portland will be celebrating in late December. This year, it will be online, as the world is uncertain and we want everyone to feel safe and enjoy their holidays! The event is all about celebrating and supporting local Pacific Northwest indie authors. When it’s in person, it’s a book fair with many author and bookish vendors with music and spirits. 2020 will take us in a different direction. More on this to come, but you’ll still get to learn about new authors, hear about their books, their inspiration, and connect with fellow literary minded folk (should that aspect appeal to you). Please join us to support PNW authors and…

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Free

THE SUM OF US: Heather McGhee, presented by West x Midwest

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Co-presented by Literary Arts, The Loft (Minneapolis, MN), Black Mountain Institute (Las Vegas, NV), and Wisconsin Book Festival (Madison, WI). Register FREE at https://www.crowdcast.io/e/wbf-sum-of-us/register. ABOUT THE SUM OF US One of today’s most insightful and influential thinkers offers a powerful exploration of inequality and the lesson that generations of Americans have failed to learn: Racism has a cost for everyone—not just for people of color. “This is the book I’ve been waiting for.”—Ibram X. Kendi, #1 New York Times bestselling author of How to Be an Antiracist Heather McGhee’s specialty is the American economy—and the mystery of why it so often fails the American public. From the financial crisis to rising student debt to collapsing public infrastructure, she found a common root problem: racism. But not just in the…

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Free

Booklover’s Burlesque: Once Upon a Tease (Virtual Edition)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Explore the wondrously sensual world of fairy tales, myths, and legends like never before as Lacy Productions presents... BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: Once Upon a Tease (Our next brand new, full-length Virtual Edition!) Saturday, March 6th, 2021 Livestream at 7pm PST on Crowdcast $15 GA & $25 VIP TICKETS NOW AVAILABLE ON EVENTBRITE at https://bit.ly/3pweic9 (A Crowdcast link to our livestream will be emailed to all ticketholders by 3pm- or later if purchased afterward- on the day of the show. Tickets will be available up until showtime.) General Admission: $15 VIP Admission: $25 (includes an exclusive invitation to a Zoom VIP Meet & Greet directly after the show and a special thank you during the show. The Zoom VIP Meet & Greet link will also be emailed…

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$15 – $25

The Secrets of Successful Author Interviews

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Do you dream of having in-depth discussions with your favorite authors about their latest books? Join a panel of Electric Literature’s veteran interviewers—Tyrese Coleman, J.R. Ramakrishnan, and Arriel Vinson—to learn how the professionals do it. How do you pitch an interview to a publication and get the author to agree to talk to you? What are the secrets of crafting great interview questions—and how do you avoid the ones that thud? How do you get your conversation with the author to really flow—and if it does flow freely, is there any way to make transcribing less arduous? Our panel will dig into all of these questions and more. Moderated by Preety Sidhu. Q&A to follow.

$10
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