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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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A Resplendence of Poets

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

Start AWP off right with this off-site reading on Wednesday evening, featuring some of the best poets from both sides of the 49th parallel: Kazim Ali, Ali Blythe, Kayla Czaga, Laura Da', Demian DinéYazhi', Raoul Fernandes, Emily Kendal Frey, Miguel Murphy, Shazia Hafiz Ramji, and Ian Williams. Passages Bookshop is just a few blocks from the Convention Center, and there will be books for sale, wine to drink, and revelry to be had. Hosted by Sheryda Warrener and Jen Currin. Join us! This event takes place on the traditional and ancestral territories of the Multnomah, Wasco, Cowlitz, Kathlamet, Clackamas, Bands of Chinook, Tualatin, Kalapuya, Molalla, and many other tribes who made their homes on the lands now known as the Portland Metro area. Bios: Kazim…

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Diorama: Interior

PICA 15 NE Hancock St, Portland, OR, United States

The Event: "In the still places of me / all mouths closed (the way I pray, or the prayer / granted.)" Diorama: Interior is a village in echo, a dialogue on community through the eye of perceived isolation. What do you know, and what do you not? Come see from the inside out. Be here; be poetry. Diorama: Interior brings together featured poets from around the country: Lisa Marie Basile, Su Cho, Emily Kendal Frey, Brookes Moody, Alyssa Morhardt-Goldstein, Kiely Sweatt, and Julia Claire Tillinghast. Drinks and snacks will be available by donation. Books will be available for purchase. Lisa Marie Basile is a poet, essayist and editor living in New York City. She's the founding editor-in- chief of Luna Luna Magazine, an online magazine & community dedicated to literature,…

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PNCA Low-Res MFA in CW Talks: Brandon Shimoda, Jay Ponteri, and Emily Kendal Frey

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

Brandon Shimoda PROPOSITIONS FOR A POETICS OF POSTMEMORY, USING THE EXAMPLE OF POETRY BY THE DESCENDANTS OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION, 9am Jay Ponteri Words that Listen, 10:30am Emily Kendal Frey Poem Collaborating with The Hidden Mind AKA The Postcard Workshop, 3:30pm All in room 601 The Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is pleased to announce the launch of the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing with its first residential intensive. In the low-residency model, students will attend two 14-day campus residencies then, beyond residencies, work one-on-one with mentors. Most of the programming during this residency is free and open to the public. From July 28 through August 3, PNCA offers talks, discussions, and readings by acclaimed writers as…

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PNCA Low-Res MFA in CW Readings: Emily Kendal Frey and Rachel Jamison Webster

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

Emily Kendal Frey and Rachel Jamison Webster, 5pm at PNCA Mediatheque The Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies at Pacific Northwest College of Art (PNCA) is pleased to announce the launch of the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing with its first residential intensive. In the low-residency model, students will attend two 14-day campus residencies then, beyond residencies, work one-on-one with mentors. Most of the programming during this residency is free and open to the public. From July 28 through August 3, PNCA offers talks, discussions, and readings by acclaimed writers as part of the Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing program. Every event is free and open to the public. This innovative creative writing program is distinguished by its being situated within a school of art…

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