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Unlikely Stories and Rigorous

Ford Food and Drink 2505 SE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Unlikely Stories, an electronic magazine of art, and Rigorous, a journal by people of color, are joining forces to bring a unique poetry and literary event. The reading will immediately follow the fantastic Festival of Language, and will be hosted by Rigorous editor Kenning JP Garcia and Unlikely editor Jonathan Penton. Unlikely Stories has been running on the web since 1998, and spawned a print arm, Unlikely Books. Rigorous was unleashed on Inauguration Day, 2017, and has published art, literature, and interviews by people of color. Unlikely Stories Mark V, an electronic magazine of art, and Rigorous, a journal by people of color, are joining forces to bring a unique poetry and literary event. The reading will immediately follow the fantastic Festival of Language, and…

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AWP Offsite: Tiny’s Shot of Afternoon Espresso

Tiny's Coffee - NE MLK Jr 2031 NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Wake yourself up with some fantastical frothy fiction and pour-over poetry from supercool and caffeinated nonbinary and lady writers at Tiny's Coffee shop. Featuring short readings from Jamie Mortara, K Chess, Nino Cipri, Jenn Marie Nunes, Mo McFeely, Laurin DeChae, and Maria Romasco Moore. jamie mortara (they/them/their) is a queer poet, performer, publisher, organizer, and artist. jamie is author of the poetry collections GOOD MORNING AMERICA I AM HUNGRY AND ON FIRE (YesYes Books, 2018) and SOME PLANET (YesYes Books, 2015) and the interactive fiction collection small creatures / wide field (tNY Press). Three of their DIY zines are indie bestsellers and the others are likely scattered to the winds somewhere. jamie is founder of the audio poetry magazine Voicemail Poems, a National Poetry Slam…

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Be About It Press + Yes Poetry: an AWP offsite reading party

Private Residence 0 N Private Res Dr, Portland, OR, United States

Be About It press/zine/reading series + Yes, Poetry present an offsite reading and party at AWP. featuring performances by: Alexandra Naughton Amy Saul-Zerby Cassandra Dallett Jesse Prado Joanna C. Valente Kenning JP García Elæ Elæ Laurin DeChae and more * Bios: ELÆ is an interdisciplinary artist and performer, cultural scholar and educator. They are an Assistant Visiting Professor at Pratt Institute, as well as Founder and Creative Director of The Operating System, a radical open source arts organization and independent press. Their work addresses, in particular, the somatic impact of trauma on persons, forms of language, and systems, as well as the study of resilient, open source strategies for ecological and social change. Recent features and performances include the &Now Festival of Innovative Writing, the…

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