LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.

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Literary Bingo

The Big Legrowlski 812 NW Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Join Why There Are Words PDX for some literary bingo madness with an all-star lineup of Portland writers. Who will read a flashback? A sonnet? The word “panty”? Mark your cards and claim your prizes! Our bingolicious readers: Brian Benson (Going Somewhere), Kate Carroll de Gutes (Objects in Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear), Elyse Fenton (Sweet Insurgent), Shauna Hannibal (Hannibal), Jaqueline Keeler (Standoff: Standing Rock, the Bundy Movement, and the American Story of Occupation, Sovereignty, and the Fight for Sacred Lands), Ramiza Koya (The Royal Abduls), Margaret Malone (People Like You), Jennifer Perrine (No Confession, No Mass), and Sara Rivara (Animal Bride).

Free

Filament’s February Reading

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

Filament's February reading will have your heart beating a little faster in this month of love! Enjoy snacks, wine, and some of the best writing in Portland with us on the 17th. Our readers in February are: Nada Sewidan Kathleen Levitt Samuel Wilhalm Neil Hetrick Lauren Hobson and we're lucky to be joined by Elyse Fenton, a celebrated local poet!

Free