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Writers Resist Anthology Reading

Rontoms 600 East Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

Join Writers Resist: The Anthology contributing writers—along with those from Rise Up and Poets Reading the News—for a marathon Resistance Reading at Rontoms. Catch the last 30 minutes of Rontoms' happy hour for yummy pub food and drinks, and stay for a few hours of rage, hope, bewilderment, activism, and camaraderie. For more information, contact WritersResist@gmail.com. Join us for a free collaborative reading by contributing writers to Poets Reading The News, The Rise Up Review, and Writers Resist at AWP, hosted at Rontoms--have a yummy bite and join the resistance! POETS READING THE NEWS READERS: Megan Merchant, Rémy Dambron, Matty Layne Glasgow, Devon Balwit, Collin Spinney, Charissa Menefee RISE UP REVIEW READERS: Devon Balwit, Brent Terry, Lenny DellaRocca, Jennifer Jean, Iris Dunkle, Claudia F. Savage,…

Free

Muzzle/Vinyl Offsite Reading

Cup & Bar 118 NE Martin Luther King Blvd, Portland, OR, United States

Annual Muzzle/Vinyl Offsite Reading! We love bringing you this reading every year. Here's who will be reading this time around: Jessica Abughattas, Kayleb Rae Candrilli, Julia Kolchinsky Dasbach, Adam Falkner, Matty Layne Glasgow, Maya Marshall, jamie mortara, Christopher Rose. Cup & Bar is fully accessible and close to the Convention Center (0.3 miles). It has some lovely and inexpensive eats and drinks. We hope to see you! Contact: KMA Sullivan

Free

Red Hen Press Reading at AWP Portland

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

Come on out and hear Francesca Bell, Matty Layne Glasgow, Dorianne Laux, Joshua Mensch, and Maggie Smith read from their poetry. This exciting off-site reading is just a half-mile walk from the Convention Center or an easy ride on the Portland Streetcar B-Loop. Cider Riot! is a pub dedicated to producing and serving high-quality ciders made on site from Cascadian grown apples. Outside food is welcome, and a taco truck will be parked out front for those who'd like to enjoy dinner while they listen. Immediately following will be a party celebrating Red Hen Press's 25th Anniversary!

Free

Cheers! A Happy Hour Poetry Salon

Crush Bar 1400 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

Grab a cocktail and enjoy some poetry! It’s happy hour on Saturday, so join us in celebrating new work, new books, and raise your glass to say, “Cheers!” Free admission | 21+ Location: Crush Bar 1400 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR 97214 3:00-5:00pm (show up a little early to grab a drink and a seat!) ***** Readers: Destiny O. Birdsong is a poet, fiction writer, and essayist whose work has either appeared or is forthcoming in African American Review, The Adroit Journal, Best New Poets 2018, The Cambridge Companion to Transnational American Literature, storySouth, Guernica, and elsewhere. Destiny has won the Academy of American Poets Prize, Naugatuck River Review’s 2016 Poetry Contest, and Meridian’s 2017 “Borders” Contest in Poetry. She has received support from Cave…

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