A resource for the PDX literary community. Produced by Old Pal.
LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.
For details regarding specific events please contact the organizers or venues. If you are an organizer or venue and would like to reach out to us please feel free to contact us or submit an event using our submission form. We’d love to hear from you!
Join Ninth Letter, Mid-American Review, The Cincinnati Review, and The Journal for our annual conference offsite reading featuring some of the awesome writers we've published in common. This year's lineup includes Dorothy Chan, Leila Chatti, Sarah Minor, Chelsea Wagenaar, Mark Wagenaar, and more to be announced! Contact: Lisa Ampleman
Three Heart Records & Poemoftheweek.com presents: Songwriters & AWP Poets: A Night of Music and Verse in Portland 13 internationally awarded Musicians and Poets will come together to bring you a night to remember at the beautiful urban winery Coopers Hall. Poet's include: Jessica Jacobs, Nickole Brown, Danny Khalastchi, Andrew McFadyen-Ketchum, Kazim Ali, Leila Chatti, Campbell McGrath Musicians include: Edna Vazquez, Martin Zarzar, Michael Manning, Mario Diaz, Robin Jackson
Calling all AWP Portland attendees! Join 32 Poems Magazine, AGNI, Gulf Coast Journal, Pleiades and Quarterly West at The Slide Inn (2348 SE Ankeny St, Portland, OR 97214) Thursday 3/28 from 7-10 pm for readings by many talented contributors to our journals. Food and drink will be provided free of charge. We look forward to seeing you there! Readers will include: 32 Poems: Malachi Black, Traci Brimhall, Leila Chatti, Randall Mann, and Marcus Wicker AGNI: William Archila, Jennifer Kwon Dobbs, Edgar Kunz, Natalie Shapero, and Maggie Smith Gulf Coast: Gabrielle Bates, Tiana Clark, Amorak Huey, Diane Seuss, and Justin Wymer Pleiades: Destiny Birdsong, F Douglas Brown, Tyler Mills, Susannah Nevison, and David Welch Quarterly West: Kaveh Akbar, Dorothy Chan, Brandon Courtney Luiza Flynn-Goodlett, Carlos Price-Sanchez
Join your host, Jenny Sadre-Orafai, for an amazing night of words from two time National Poetry Slam Champion Anis Mojgani, National Book Award longlistee Chen Chen, and Anisfield-Wolf fellow Leila Chatti. Please note: this venue is limited to 70 people. — Anis Mojgani is a two time National Poetry Slam Champion, winner of the International World Cup Poetry Slam, multiple-time TEDx Speaker, and the author of five books (all published by Write Bloody Publishing). His work has appeared on HBO, NPR, and in the pages of such journals as Rattle, Paper Darts, Thrush, and Bat City Review. Originally from New Orleans, Anis currently lives in Oregon where he serves on the board of Literary Arts. Chen Chen is the author of When I Grow Up…
We're dining Portland-style to celebrate Poetry Northwest's 60th anniversary along with friends from BOA Editions and the UBC MFA program. Join us for a West Coast meets East Coast dinner cooked up by chef Sarah Schneider, including drinks and dessert. Brief readings by Ellen Bass, Geffrey Davis, Erika Meitner, Keetje Kuipers, Leila Chatti, Alix Ohlin, Nancy Lee, and David Hernandez will punctuate the evening, along with music by Ed Skoog's bluegrass band The Hill Williams. Expedition Press will commemorate our night with letterpress swag for each guest to take home. Reserve your ticket now! Contact: Poetry Northwest