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Marathon reading of Bernadette Mayer’s Midwinter Day

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

Bernadette Mayer's Midwinter Day is an "epic poem about a daily routine" (Alice Notley) written in a single day on the winter solstice in 1978 in Lenox, Massachusetts. On the 40th anniversary of its composition, we'll read the whole book aloud. Listeners are welcome to come and go at will, or stay for the full reading which should take about three hours. Similar events are scheduled around the country on the same day; for a full listing see Becca Klaver's Midwinter Day at 40 page. The readers (in approximate order of appearance) are David Abel, Sam Lohmann, Jen Coleman, Linda Austin, John Beer, Marilyn Stablein, Laura Feldman, Tom DeBeauchamp, Endi Bogue Hartigan, Jesse Morse, Jen Denrow, Bronwen Tate, Emily Kendal Frey, Rodney Koeneke, Seann McCollum,…

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Since When: A Memoir in Pieces Book launch and reading

Reed College - Eliot Hall Chapel 3203 SE Woodstock, Portland, OR, United States

Please join Spare Room, the Cooley Gallery, and the family of Bill Berkson as we celebrate the publication of Since When: A Memoir in Pieces, out now from Coffee House Press. There will be a reception at 5:45 pm, with readings to begin at 6:30. Copies of the memoir will be available for purchase. Readers will include: Connie Lewallen     Nina Lewallen Hufford Léonie Guyer     David Abel James Yeary     Paul Maziar Jen Coleman     Lisa Radon Sam Lohmann     Chris Ashby Bill Berkson was a poet, art critic, and joyful participant in the best of postwar and bohemian American culture. Since When gathers the ephemera of a life well lived, a collage of bold-face names, parties, exhibitions, and literary history from a man…

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A Marathon Reading of Robert Duncan’s ‘Ground Work’

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

Each winter, the Spare Room reading series hosts a marathon reading of a long work. This year, we are observing the centenary of Robert Duncan (1919–1988), a central figure of Bay Area poetry associated with the Berkeley Renaissance and Black Mountain groups. We'll read Duncan's last two collections, Ground Work: Before the War (1984) and Ground Work: In the Dark (1988), which together form a single work, reprinted in a single volume by New Directions in 2006. The reading is free; come and go as you please or stay for the whole thing! There will be a beverage table (BYO and sharing encouraged). More about Robert Duncan: Michael Palmer's preface to Ground Work (2006) Audio from Duncan's readings and lectures on PennSound Readers, in approximate…

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Kelsey Street AWP Reading

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

JOIN KELSEY STREET, CHAX, EOAGH, TINFISH, BLACK RADISH AND POG in Portland at Passages Books. Featured Kelsey Street readers are Ching-In Chen, Andrea Abi-Karam, Anna Morrison, Mg Roberts and Hazel White The full lineup for the reading is: 6:00–7:15 pm Charles Alexander, Robert Mittenthal, David Abel, Kit Robinson, Sarah Rosenthal, Trace Peterson, Max Wolf Valerio, Susan M. Schultz, Tim Dyke, Jordan Scott, Steven Salmoni, Ching-In Chen, Andrea Abi-Karam 7:45–9:00 pm Jules Boykoff, Kaia Sand, MG Roberts, Samuel Ace, James Maughn, Barbara Tomash, Jesse Nissim, Anastacia Renee, Jaimie Gusman, Monica Ortega Ortiz, Anna Morrison, Hazel White, Sarah Riggs

Free

Spare Room Reading Series II

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

Featuring: Sam Lohmann, Chris Ashby, Jamondria Harris, CE Putnam, David Abel

Free

Whitman at the Whitsell

Portland Art Museum - Whitsell Auditorium 1219 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

An evening of animation and poetry in celebration of the American poet Walt Whitman’s 200th birthday. Portland-based animator Marilyn Zornado reached out to a handful of other animators from around the globe including Northwest-based artists Devon Damonte, Teresa Drilling, Deanna Morse, Barbara Tetenbaum, and Academy Award-winner Joan C. Gratz, to create new short works representative of Whitman’s writings. Interspersed throughout the screening will be readings of Whitman’s poems by special guests. This screening is in partnership with David Abel and Passages Bookshop. Complete Program can be found here. Reception at 6 pm.

$5 – $10

Whitman at 200: Words of Resistance

Roll-Up Studio + Gallery 1715 SE Spokane St, Portland, OR, United States

Leaves of Resistance, Secret Society of Book Artists Show Closing GALA Friday, May 31 7 PM Celebrating Walt Whitman’s 200th Birthday with Animation and Poetry Readings, in Partnership with Passages Bookshop • Animation by Gratz, Zornado, Jetten, Kuehn, Tetenbaum & Others • Whitman political readings by David Abel & Friends • Projection performance by Devon Damonte • Birthday cake Secret Society of Book Artists Dawn Banker Anita Bigelow Marian Christensen Mary Elliott Ellen Fortin Joely Helgesen Judilee Fitzhugh Deanna Lautenbach Megan Leftwich Ilsa Perse Kathy Karbo Kathy Kuehn Bernie Smith Gay Walker Marilyn Zornado See exhibition page here.

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Works on Paper #3 & Reception for Katherine Kuehn’s Niedecker Panels

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

You are cordially invited to a reception and presentation for the current exhibition at Passages Bookshop:     NIEDECKER PANELS          Katherine Kuehn     Works on Paper #3: Katherine Kuehn — on her sewn works Karl Gartung — on Lorine Niedecker, and related poems Charles Hood — "How to Write Nature in the Midwest" David Abel — on collaboration Friday, July 19 7:00 pm Passages Bookshop 1223 NE MLK Blvd. Free admission; reception and refreshments to follow This summer's exhibition at Passages Bookshop consists of sewn works by Katherine Kuehn, in which she had embroidered texts by Lorine Niedecker, Henry David Thoreau, and David Abel on vintage and hand-dyed fabric panels and ribbons. Kuehn's sewn work of the past two decades (including texts by…

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Last Day for Exhibit: NIEDECKER PANELS by KATHERINE KUEHN

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

Katherine Kuehn’s gorgeous wall hangings present short poems by the incomparable Lorine Niedecker, sewn onto vintage textiles hand-dyed in indigo. The Niedecker panels are accompanied by two other sewn projects featuring texts by David Abel (Threnos) and Henry David Thoreau (Winter Lines). Printer, printmaker, and book artist Katherine Kuehn has been sewing texts for many years, making innovative objects that transform the act of reading. “After twenty-five years of setting type by hand,” she once remarked, “I wanted something slower.” The works in the exhibition can be seen during regular shop hours (Thursday through Saturday, 12:00-6:00 pm), as well as by appointment other days and times.

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A Marathon Reading of Ronald Johnson’s ARK

Chris Ashby's Apartment 615 SE 18th Avenue, Apt. 1 (not A), Portland, OR, United States

Each winter, the Spare Room reading series hosts a marathon reading of a long work. In 2020 we’ll be reading Ronald Johnson’s long poem ARK, which was written over about 25 years and published in sections between 1980 and 1996 (and reprinted in 2013 by Flood Editions). Guy Davenport wrote: "ARK is a metaphysical poem that could only have been written in our time, of which it displays a new vision. It is a late harvest of seeds sown by Blake, the Bible, and Zukofsky, all in a new architecture, a wholly new voice, and even a new chemistry of words and images. It is for those who can see visions, and for those who know how to look well and be taught that they can see them." Free.…

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