A resource for the PDX literary community. Produced by Old Pal.
LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.
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The Lumberjack’s Dove (Ecco) is a boldly original and visceral debut collection from GennaRose Nethercott, winner of the 2017 National Poetry Series Competition, selected by Louise Glück. Clemens Starck’s Cathedrals and Parking Lots: Collected Poems (Empty Bowl) represents the work of a lifetime – poems of memorable clarity and substance based on actual experiences.
Join us for an evening of readings from Black Lawrence Press' anthology of collaborative writing. Edited by Simone Muench, Dean Rader, Sally Ashton, and Jackie K. White, They Said includes poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as hybridized forms. Readers include: Amorak Huey, Todd Kaneko, Martha Silano, Ben Clark, GennaRose Nethercott, Cynthia Arrieu-King, Denise Duhamel, Julie Marie Wade, Jennifer Givhan, Alicia Elkort, Kelly Magee, Carol Guess, John Gallaher, G.C. Waldrep, Tyler Mills, Kendra DeColo, Callista Buchen, Amy Ash, Isobel O’Hare, Sarah Lyn Rogers, and Kyle McCord. Contact: Gina Keicher Come out for an evening of collaborative readings from They Said, BLP's multi-genre anthology of collaborative writing! Edited by Simone Muench, Dean Rader, Sally Ashton, & Jackie K. White, They Said includes poetry, fiction, and…
Join us for a reading and celebration of the 2017 National Poetry Series winners: Lindsay Bernal, author of What It Doesn't Have to Do With, chosen by Paul Guest for University of Georgia Press. Jos Charles, author of feeld, chosen by Fady Joudah for Milkweed Editions. Dominique Christina, author of Anarcha Speaks, chosen by Tyehimba Jess for Beacon Press. J. Michael Martinez, author of Museum of the Americas, chosen by Cornelius Eady for Penguin Books. GennaRose Nethercott, author of The Lumberjack's Dove, chosen by Louise Glück for Ecco. Contact: Lindsay Bernal, Jos Charles, Dominique Christina