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2019 Women’s Caucus Reading & Mingle at AWP Portland

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

Join The Women's Caucus, YesYes Books, and Little A for a brief reading, conversation about publishing and writing, and time to mingle and speak one-on-one with authors, caucus members, and publishers. This year's lineup includes Susan Bernhard, Tiana Clark, Tanya Olson, and Erika L. Sánchez. Wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be served. Susan Bernhard is a Massachusetts Cultural Council fellowship recipient and a graduate of the GrubStreet Novel Incubator program. She was born and raised in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana, is a graduate of the University of Maryland, and lives with her husband and two children near Boston. WINTER LOON (Little A, December 2018) is her debut novel. Tiana Clark is the author of the debut poetry collection, I Can’t Talk About the…

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Anhinga Press

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

Joaquin Zihuatanejo, Neil Aitken, Tina Mozelle Braziel, Andrea Jurjevic

Free

Kelsey Street AWP Reading

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

JOIN KELSEY STREET, CHAX, EOAGH, TINFISH, BLACK RADISH AND POG in Portland at Passages Books. Featured Kelsey Street readers are Ching-In Chen, Andrea Abi-Karam, Anna Morrison, Mg Roberts and Hazel White The full lineup for the reading is: 6:00–7:15 pm Charles Alexander, Robert Mittenthal, David Abel, Kit Robinson, Sarah Rosenthal, Trace Peterson, Max Wolf Valerio, Susan M. Schultz, Tim Dyke, Jordan Scott, Steven Salmoni, Ching-In Chen, Andrea Abi-Karam 7:45–9:00 pm Jules Boykoff, Kaia Sand, MG Roberts, Samuel Ace, James Maughn, Barbara Tomash, Jesse Nissim, Anastacia Renee, Jaimie Gusman, Monica Ortega Ortiz, Anna Morrison, Hazel White, Sarah Riggs

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Roof Books / EcoTheo Review’s Off-Site AWP19 Reading Series

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

Writers published or forthcoming in EcoTheo Review will share an hour with authors from Roof Books at Passages Bookshop from 12-1pm. Featured readers include Eduardo C. Corral, Chelsea Dingman, Nancy Reddy, C.T. Salazar, C.T. Salazar, Kyle Schlesinger, Leah Silvieus & Claire Wahmanholm and more. Books will be for sale! Come enjoy the beautiful shop and be nourished by the words of these writers. Please join us as we celebrate two new poetry books from Roof, The Riot Grrrl Thing by Sara Larsen and Thought Balloon by Kit Robinson. The authors will read and sign copies. It will be fun. See you there at noon, hour of the smallest shadow!

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Willow Books LitFest

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

A live podcast, featuring: Keisha Gaye-Anderson, Cindy Williams Gutiérrez, Gretchen Primack, Curtis Crisler, Rachelle Escamilla, Elmaz Abinader, Loreen Lee, Annette McGivney, Randall Horton (emcee) All-star reading featuring the award-winning poets and authors of Willow Books!

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