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Dark Moon Reading

Mother Foucault's Bookshop 523 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR, United States

From Mother Foucault's Bookshop's website: Dear Friends, please join us on Thursday, October 25 for a reading of poetry, prose, and dark matter. More about readers and work below. manuel arturo abreu (b. 1991, Santo Domingo) is a poet and artist living and working out of a garage in southeast Portland, OR. They use text, ephemeral sculpture, and the general intellect in a process of magical thinking, with attention to ritual aspects of aesthetics. They wrote List of Consonants (Bottlecap Press, 2015), transtrender (Quimérica Books), and most recently,their debut collection of critical prose, Incalculable Loss, available now from the Institute of New Connotative Action Press. abreu also co-runs home school, a free pop-up art school in Portland. https://manuelarturoabr.eu Olivia Olivia comes from the same place all sad things come from–the sea. Her writing…

Free

Bone Tax Poem Club February Edition

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

Join us for poems from Olivia Olivia, Colin Keating, Julia Laxer, Robert Torres, and Isabel Zacharias! 21 February at 8pm at Rose City Book Pub! 💘💕💖🌟🔥🐬

Free

Goodbye Cruel Worlds and Dear Johns: How to Write the Letter You’ll Never Send

IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center) 318 SE Main Street #175, Portland, OR, United States

In this two-hour generative writing workshop led by Olivia Olivia, author of No One Remembered Your Name But I Wrote It Down, writers will bring their work to the edge of life and consequence. Explore who you are at the end of the day, and what you want your words to say about you when you’re gone. Open to beginners and seasoned writers alike, this experience will allow writers to go home with a renewed sense of purpose and a list of demands from their words and lives. $25/Members* $40/Nonmembers *Email hquinn@iprc.org for discount codes, and for more information about becoming a member, visit the IPRC’s membership page here. Tickets available here.

$25 – $40

Kate Jayroe chapbook release

Dorsa Brevia 625 NW Everett Street #103, Portland, OR, United States

Thursday, March 21st 2019 at 7:30pm Launch event for the release of Kate Jayroe's first print collection, Parts. Excited to announce Kate Jayroe's forthcoming collection of prose writings "Parts." The chapbook launch event is scheduled for Thursday, March 21 at 7pm and will feature readings from the book and by friends Olivia Olivia and Robert Torres along with a musical guest! Copies will be available for purchase at the event and online. Hope to see you there.  

Free

Bookseller’s Ball

Star Theater 13 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

A raucous party featuring visiting writers with new books from national independent presses (McSweeney’s, Third Man Books, Wave Poetry, and others), along with beloved local authors and popular NW bands (Power of County, The Savage Family Band, Ex-Kids, Morgan and the Organ Donors, and Bergerette). Come celebrate the last night of AWP 2019 at Portland’s historic Star Theater: Saturday, March 30, 5pm-2am, and dance the night away with DJ Cecilia after our roster of readers, rock and shenanigans have properly entertained you. For the complete list of performers, sponsors and stage times, please check: www.motherfoucaultsbookshop.com Doors at 5pm Full Schedule: 5pm Doors. DJ. 5:30 band: Power of Country 6:00 readers: Adèle Barclay, Cari Luna, Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore, Jaswinder Bolina, Casandra Lopez 7pm Bookseller’s Ball. 7:00…

Free