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Correspondences: A Collaboration

Daedalus Books 2074 NW Flanders St, Portland, OR, United States

What corresponds? What doesn't, but should? What happens when correspondence turns to collaboration, and what’s bred from its absence? Come out to hear these writers respond to these questions through their collaborations and individual poems. Hosts: The Bay Area Correspondence School and Lone Glen About the Authors: Mary-Kim Arnold is the author of Litany for the Long Moment (Essay Press, 2018) and the chapbook Between Night & Night (Artifact Press, 2018). Her poetry collection, The Fish & The Dove is forthcoming (Noemi Press, 2020). She teaches in the Nonfiction Writing Program at Brown University. MK Chavez is the author of Mothermorphosis, and Dear Animal, (Nomadic Press.) Chavez was a recipient of a 2017 Pen Oakland Josephine Miles Award for poetry and in the same year,…

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Reading at The Cleaners

The Cleaners at Ace Hotel 403 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Join Burnside Review Press, Alice James Books, Canarium Books, and Oversound for a reading at The Cleaners at the Ace Hotel. Readers will include Jane Wong, Kary Wayson, Franny Choi, Kenji C. Liu, Paul Killebrew, Darcie Dennigan, Michael Morse, Brian Teare, Margaret Ross, and Ronaldo V. Wilson. The event will also celebrate the release of the late Mark Baumer’s MEOW (Burnside Review Press). Doors open at 7 p.m. Free beer and wine. Contact: Sid Miller

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Reimagining Borders: A Poetry Reading

Ristretto Roasters - North East 555 NE Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Join the UW Bothell MFA in Creative Writing and Poetics for an evening of poetry. This reading attempts to revisit and rework relationships to the many borders we cross, blur, turn away from, or throw stones at, and the multitude of ways in which we realign our own boundaries and flows in an attempt to survive in a bordered world. Featuring Sueyeun Juliette Lee, Michael Flatt, Derrick Mund, Jane Wong, Travis Sharp, dana middleton, and Woogee Bae. Contact: Woogee Bae, dana middleton

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Whitenoise Project 24: Restaurant Babies at Canton Grill!

Canton Grill 2610 SE 82nd Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

Originally celebrating the stories of working class immigrants around Seattle's International District and beyond, Restaurant Babies is coming to Portland's Jade District! 3.14.20 / 7pm / Canton Grill Restaurant Babies is a multimedia event featuring poems, creative nonfiction, and vibrant storytelling. Four Asian American artists who grew up in restaurants will share their stories: Cindy Louis, Jane Wong, Jeanette Li, and Roberta Wong. The Whitenoise Project is a reading and discussion series aiming to center voices from underrepresented communities (Black, Indigenous, PoC, Queer, Femme, WoC and people with disabilities), and is sponsored by the Asian Pacific American Network of Oregon (APANO) and the Collins Foundation.

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LC English Fall ’22 Reading Series: Jane Wong

Lewis & Clark - Frank Manor House 0615 SW Palatine Hill Road, Portland, OR, United States

LC English welcomes the poet Jane Wong! Jane is the author of How to Not Be Afraid of Everything (Alice James, 2021) and Overpour (Action Books, 2016). Her debut memoir, Meet Me Tonight in Atlantic City, is forthcoming from Tin House in May 2023. A Kundiman fellow, Jane is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and fellowships and residencies from Harvard’s Woodberry Poetry Room, the U.S. Fulbright Program, Artist Trust, the Fine Arts Work Center, Bread Loaf, Hedgebrook, Willapa Bay, the Jentel Foundation, and others. She is an Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Western Washington University. Frank Manor House, Armstrong Lounge

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Constellation #14 (4/11): Kiesling, Patel, Wong

Tin House 2617 NW Thurman Street, Portland, OR, United States

After an amazing and special BIPOC Adoptee showcase at the Armory in March, we're back to our regularly scheduled programming at Tin House/Bishop&Wilde (NW 26th and Thurman)! On Thursday April 11th, we're excited to host local luminaries Lydia Kiesling and Ami Patel and welcome Jane Wong who is traveling from Seattle to be with us.  Lydia Kiesling (she/her) is a novelist and culture writer. Her first novel, The Golden State, was a 2018 National Book Foundation “5 under 35” honoree and a finalist for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. Her second novel, Mobility, a national bestseller, was named a best book of 2023 by Vulture, Time, and NPR, among others. It is a finalist for the Oregon Book Award. Her essays and nonfiction have…

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