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Songwriters & AWP Poets: A Night of Music and Verse in Portland

Coopers Hall 404 SE 6th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

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

Free

The Black Earth Institute (About Place Journal) & Cutthroat Journal

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

The Black Earth Institute (About Place Journal) and Cutthroat's Truth to Power anthology unite for a luminous reading with Pam Houston, Annie Finch, Wang Ping, Patricia Smith, Lauren Camp, Pam Uschuk, Austin Smith, Jacqueline Johnson, Ann Fisher-Wirth, Todd Davis, Claudia F. Savage, D.J. Lee, JM Miller, Melissa Tuckey, Zoe Brigley, Janel Cloyd, Tiffany Higgins, Julia K. Dasbach, Madrona Holden, Daniel J. Martin, Genevieve Manset, Pam Uschuk, Aliki Barnstone, Nickole Brown, Beth Alvarado, Heidi Erdrich, Howie Faerstein, William Luvaas, Melissa Studdard, Dan Vera, Tom Fate, and Jesse Waters. Contact: Claudia F. Savage

Free

Book Launch: Laure-Anne Bosselaar, Nickole Brown, Melissa Crowe, & Jessica Jacobs

Norse Hall - Lodge Room 111 NE 11th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Please join us to welcome four new books into the world: Laure-Anne Bosselaar's These Many Rooms (Four Way Books), Nickole Brown's To Those Who Were Our First Gods (Rattle), Melissa Crowe's Dear Terror, Dear Splendor (U of Wisconsin Press), and Jessica Jacobs' Take Me With You, Wherever You're Going (Four Way Books). Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the reading will begin at 7 p.m, followed by a signing. Light refreshments will be provided. Contact: Jessica Jacobs Please join us to celebrate the new publications of Nickole Brown, Melissa Crowe, Jessica Jacobs, and Laure-Anne Bosselaar. Doors will open at 6:30 and readings will begin 7-ish, with signing and refreshments to follow. We hope to see you there! About our readers: Nickole Brown is the author…

Free