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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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Spare Room reading: Jen Coleman, Jefferson Hansen, & Christopher Luna

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

$5 suggested donation for the readers (no one turned away) ***** Jen Coleman is author of PSALMS FOR DOGS AND SORCERERS, from Trembling Pillow Press, winner of the 2013 Bob Kaufman Book Prize selected by poet Dara Wier. Her second book, WE DENIZENS, was released from Furniture Press in 2016. Jen has been called "the heart's bittersweet cartoonist" by poet Graham Foust, and "Walt Whitman and Elizabeth Bishop's secret lovechild" by poet Richard Roundy. Originally from Minnesota, Jen received her BA from Beloit College and MFA from George Mason University in Virginia. She spent eight years in New York before moving to Portland, OR. She now lives in Portland, OR where she works for the Oregon Environmental Council. Jefferson Hansen is the author, most recently,…

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Oxeye Reader Portland launch reading

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Spare Room presents a launch reading for Oxeye Reader Issue 1: Portland, OR Sunday, September 27, at 7:00 PM Pacific Time, via Zoom (link TBA on , or DM Sam Lohmann) Featuring: David Abel Chris Ashby Jen Coleman Tom Fisher Jamondria Harris Endi Bogue Hartigan Lorraine Lupo & Paul Maziar Thomas Mowe Phoebe Wayne James Yeary Hosted by Jordan Dunn (publisher) and Sam Lohmann (guest editor) Oxeye Reader (Oxeye Press, Ames IA) is a new print journal published by Jordan Dunn. Each issue focuses on a different place, and issue 1 is Portland.

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Poets’ Benefit for PWNW—The dance moves on and prose limps hopelessly behind.

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Spare Room and Passages Bookshop present a virtual reading & performance to benefit Performance Works Northwest Celebrating 20 years of Portland's most inspiring independent movement and performance venue, Performance Works NW (and 19 years of Spare Room), past and present members of the Spare Room reading series collective will come together from diverse locations to read and perform poems and things. Mark Owens, Maryrose Larkin, Laura Feldman, Chris Piuma, David Abel, Joseph Bradshaw, Sam Lohmann, Endi Hartigan, James Yeary, Jen Coleman, Chris Ashby Organized by David Abel of Passages Bookshop Pay what you will. Suggested $8-$25 If you need a free ticket email us at info@pwnw-pdx.org. ZOOM LINK TO THE EVENT WILL BE EMAILED TO YOU

Free – $25

Spare Room reading: J Coleman, J Dunn, J Stanley, Thursday 9/22

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

Poetry reading by JEN COLEMAN, JORDAN DUNN, & JARED STANLEY a band of Js converging from Portland, Madison, & Reno!   Door opens 7:00 pm, reading at 7:30 pm No late entry Free admission Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660 Mask & vax required *** Jen Coleman is author of Psalms for Dogs and Sorcerers from Trembling Pillow Press, winner of the 2013 Bob Kaufman Book Prize selected by poet Dara Wier, and We Denizens from Furniture Press in 2016. Jordan Dunn is the author of Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action (Partly Press, 2022) as well as numerous pamphlets and ephemeral prints including Common Names, Reactor Woods, The Land of Little Rain, and Cedar Lake: August 2, 2017. He lives with his family…

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