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.
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@intisarabioto @visontrinh #rolanddahwen @herandthesea • (dis)place photography exhibit closing • tomorrow, sunday 1/27, 6:30 till 9ish(?) /// come join us for a casual hangout + sharing, there will be some poems + new pictures shared /// thank you @artists_milepost_pdx @milepost5 for the long hosting of these places-in-pictures 📷🖤🖤
Hear students read the impressive and original creative writing pieces they produced during the semester-long WITS residency at Madison High School.
It's our 2nd birthday! Join Whitenoise Project as we begin our 3rd year amplifying Artists/Writers of Color and underrepresented voices, and celebrate POC-Centered Arts spaces with De-Canon's continued Residency at Milepost 5! We also want to make this into a potluck, cuz food, and also it was so great to see how the community showed up for each other at our 13th reading, last may for Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. Please bring a dish and label it with a description of ingredients! Also let us know what you're bringing and post pics if you can. With: Christopher Rose Maryam Miri Gabriel Mike Copperman Roland Dahwen Wu After the reading, we encourage people to attend Obsidian Stars - A Celebration of Black Lives and support…
Tender Table seeks out stories from women, trans men, and non-binary folks who are black, indigenous, or people of color about traditions around food, the restaurant industry, food’s impact on the body and body image, and everything in between our sweet, savory, sour, bitter relationships to food. February 24 marks Tender Table’s 2 year anniversary! Please join us for stories and food by: -Jewels -Leo Ariel -Janessa Bautista A $10-15 donation is suggested, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. This is not a ticketed event; all are welcome. If you can't make it but want to donate, we accept donations via Venmo (@tendertablepdx). Funds raised are given directly to presenters. The De-Cannon Library at Milepost 5 has graciously agreed to…
Featured readers: Hanif Abdurraqib Kaveh Akbar Fatimah Asghar Safia Elhillo Angel Nafis!
Poets of Kundiman, a national network of Asian American writers, share work from newly published books. George Abraham Jason Bayani Ching-In Chen Shamala Gallagher Vanessa Huang Sally Wen Mao
Las Musas is a collective of over twenty debut and sophomore Latinx young adult and middle-grade authors. Come and learn more about our work together and hear five of our fabulous members read from their current or forthcoming books at the lovely De-canon library at Milepost 5. www.lasmusasbooks.com Aida Salazar. author of The Moon Within Yamile Saied Méndez, author of Blizzard Besties Anna Meriano, author of the Love Sugar Magic series Ann Dávila Cardinal, author of Five Midnights Michelle Ruiz Keil, author of ALl of US With WIngs
Join us to celebrate National Poetry Month! We will be partying to honor all the writing we've done this month and all the writing we have yet to do! This will be an informal gathering with pot-lucking, open-micing, writing games and other social to semi-social activities. Bring your poetry, your pens and your snacks (labeled for ingredients please!) Our friends at De-Canon: A Visibility Project are allowing us to use their beautiful space which is ADA accessible. If you need other accommodations to attend the event, please reach out to PDX Poetry Fest and we will do our best to help. Be sure to go to address: 8155 NE Oregon St, Portland, OR 97213. That’s the De-Canon entrance door to get in (not the Milepost…
The Pilipinx Radical Imagination Reader is a collection of a multiplicity of beautiful voices from the Philippine diaspora exploring visions we carry for our dynamic, intersectional communities in this historical moment. Come hear about the birthing of the book, sharing of contributor’s voices, and engage in dialogue about our collective radical imagination. Part of the APANO Arts & Media Project (AMP) Summer Series. Co-sponsored by Whitenoise Project and Pacific Underground. Featuring: Tony Santa Ana Melissa Ann Nevera Locano Leah Sicat Lani Felicitas
Join the Portland-based celebration(s!!) for the launch of Michelle Peñaloza's FORMER POSSESSIONS OF THE SPANISH EMPIRE! Join us on September 18th for an evening with All Star Pinxy writers, Christopher Rose, Armin Tolentino, Janice Sapigao, Jake Vermaas along with Michelle, in APANO's De-Canon Library at Milepost 5. Portland- and Northern California- based poets will join forces to combine readings and karaoke into an extravaganza of entertainment and literary import! Doors open at 6:30pm, and readings/performances will begin promptly at 7:00pm! All are welcome and the event is free of charge.