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CLASH Books Offsite AWP Reading

East Side Delicatessen 1109 SE Madison St., Portland, OR, United States

CLASH Books gathers it's finest writers for an extravaganza of literature on Friday March 29th during the annual AWP lit festival in Portland, OR. Enjoy performances of poetry, fiction & nonfiction from some of the most exciting new & powerful voices on the scene. There will be books, there will be beer & there will be 6'' sandwiches for $7. What more could you want! LET'S GET LIT READERS Brandi Homan Anna Suarez Monique Quintana Jennifer Robin Kim Vodicka Lindsay Lerman Francesco Levato Chris Campanioni Big Bruiser Dope Boy Katy Michelle Quinn Megan Coe Autumn Christian Shy Watson Kevin Maloney NOah Cicero Kenning JP García Devora Gray Julia Laxer Garrett Cook Brian Alan Ellis Leza Cantoral Nathan Carson

Free

Gobshite Quarterly # 33/34!

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

This issue features: Leanne Grabel on Sylvia Plath's last weekend - Jennifer Robin travelling many dimensions of strange on the Portland bus system - Poe Ballantine on the manic under-achievements of FancyPants McTeo - Recent poetry & prose from Lithuania, Croatia, Russia, and Switzerland. Each piece appears in English & at least 3 other languages.

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Comedy vs. Tragedy #14

Cider Riot 807 NE Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

Three musicians vs. three poets vs. three comedians! - the audience picks the winners! Plus a featured performance and a raffle! ************************************************** PRICE OF TICKETS $10 online with an advanced purchase or $15 at the door. Get yours now at WWW.NOVAPDX.ORG ************************************************** ROUND ONE – NINE PERFORMERS Three poets will perform one piece in their round. Then the audience will select their favorite performance by applause and that poet will advance to the final round. Then three comedians will perform and the audience will select one to advance. Then three musicians will perform and the audience will select one of them to join the poet and the comedian in the final round. COMEDY Becky Braunstein Kate Murphy Lydia Manning MUSIC Nina XO POETRY Jennifer Robin…

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Jennifer Robin’s Earthquakes in Candyland Launch Party!

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

Death Confetti author Jennifer Robin reads from EARTHQUAKES IN CANDYLAND. Get ready for two hours of this unholy string bean reading her book's travel stories, interviews, confessions, and quotidian crimes. Earthquakes in Candyland is about a nation both fearful of and titillated by skin—skin color, skin coverings, and the puncturing of skin by bullwhips, needles, bullets that bloom like shrapnel in a gut. Earthquakes in Candyland is a book of love stories, odes to people who burn so bright that they have scarred Robin’s retinas for life. Street kids in New Orleans, an army wife on a Greyhound bus who claims to be a Victoria’s Secret Model with 40 wigs in her Gucci suitcase, Lonnie the junkie who sees angels everywhere and is still in…

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Jennifer Robin

Powell's Books on Hawthorne 3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

American Candyland: Love is a swipe away, toy aisles teem with plastic tanks, nipples are illegal. The Pentagon spends $717 billion a year on war. Scientists say the sixth great extinction event is upon us, and mammals aren't going to make it past the year 2100. When faced with disaster, Americans grow robust. We become more of ourselves, with Twitter feuds, celebrity weight loss tricks, covens hexing Trump. In the dead of night the old ones whisper, "Where has my America gone?" The young ones were born too poor, too late to hear the promises and believe them. We feel earthquakes, and there is nowhere left to hide. This is Jennifer Robin's America: Hilarious, heartbreaking, razor-sharp. Earthquakes in Candyland (Fungasm) is the new novel from…

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LitCrawl – A Live Storytelling Event and Surprise Unveiling

Kickstand Comedy 16 NW Broadway, Portland, OR, United States

Last year, we packed the room and had to turn people away. This year, we're coming back even stronger with a surprise unveiling...We've got 5 performers with a live house band, hosted by Jude Brewer -- at the start of the evening, we'll be making a major announcement. Our Performers: DeAngelo Gillispie Rick Hall Jennifer Robin Adam Strong Brianna Barrett Our House Band: The Colin Trio No cover charge. All ages.

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Monday 7/6, Last Stand LIVE Open Mic on GetVokl, 8-10 PM

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In these times of plague and revolution, where are you? How are you? We are here. Poetry! Humor! Mythology! Smut! Rage! Portland's longest running open mic goes VIRTUAL this Monday, July 6, at 8 PM. Jennifer Robin hosts. Do you want to read your private collection of hundreds of cut-up cereal box ingredient lists? A break-up email? A page from your Pandemic Diary? The final chapter of your history of lint? Maybe you'd like to read from another writer's work which is especially resonating with you right now. Oh, you may! Stuck wondering if your writing is suitable for the show? Look at the above declaration! The Last Stand treasures diversity, passion, and experimentation. The open mic is on the video conference site GetVokl, with…

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Jennifer Robin

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States
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