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Oracle: Poetry & the Occult, an “off-sight” AWP event

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Join us in a safe, inclusive space for oracular rumination by poets who practice craft and craft! There will poems, bar breaks, pub food and drink, a back patio, invocations, and a ritual at midnight for healing in the literary community. EVA BERTOGLIO is an artist, writer and lifelong Oregonian. Her work can be found in 50 Haikus, Oregon's Best Emerging Poets, Pom Pom Lit, and the chapbook First Winter of Persephone. She lives in Portland, OR LISA CICCARELLO is the author of At Night (Black Ocean, 2015), as well as several chapbooks. Her poems have appeared in Tin House, The Academy of American Poets, Denver Quarterly, the PEN Poetry Series, Handsome, & The Volta, among others. She adores gothic mysteries, candle-making & creating literary…

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Thoughts of Crime: A Lynn Breedlove Reading

Rose City Book Pub 1329 NE Fremont, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for a reading featuring legendary Lynn Breedlove at Portland's Rose City Book Pub! We are celebrating his new book, 45 Thought Crimes: New Writing. There is a beautiful lineup of writers reading alongside Lynn. Let’s celebrate community and diversity!!! Lineup: Lynn Breedlove Nastashia Minto Matan Gold Julia Laxer Anna Suarez

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Wordlights Poetry ft. Nastashia Minto

Rocking Frog Cafe 2511 SE Belmont St, Portland, OR, United States

Wordlights Saturday poetry evenings presented by NovaPDX, Rocking Frog Cafe and hosted by Igor Brezhnev. On Saturday December 14th, we'll have a feature from Nastashia Minto, mini-features from Matan Gold & Maryam Gabriel-Imam, and a short set poetry open mic! OUR FEATURE: Nastashia Minto Nastashia Minto is an African American woman who was born in South Georgia and raised there by her grandparents. She grew up in poverty and around drugs, alcohol, and family violence. Her life experiences led her to obtain an associate’s degree in occupational therapy and a bachelor’s degree in psychology. She has been writing since she was nine years old and has found that her writing offers her another way to help people. Currently residing in Portland, Oregon her debut book…

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