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Pointed Circle Issue 35 Release Party!

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

Greetings literature lovers, Please join us for a night of celebration as we welcome Pointed Circle Issue 35 into the world! Contributors from issue 35 will be reading excerpts of their work and copies of the journal will be for sale sliding scale 5-10$ with all proceeds going to the IPRC! PCC Cascade's student editors will also be selling copies of their chapbooks, an excellent bookfair opportunity for you! support your local writers! There will be light snacks & refreshments & poetry & prose & joy to be felt all around in the early summer breeze, we cannot wait to see you!

Free

Poetry and Story Open Mic

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

Hosted by PCC

Free

A Portland Reading: PSU and PCC

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland, OR, United States

The PSU Program in Creative Writing is pleased to announce a joint event with Portland Community College’s Carolyn Moore Writing Residency. This poetry reading will feature PSU poetry faculty member Consuelo Wise and PCC visiting poets Chad B. Anderson and Danny Thanh Nguyen. Please note that Corporeal Writing requires masking and proof of Covid vaccination. This event is free and open to the public. Chad B. Anderson has published fiction in Salamander Review, Black Warrior Review, Nimrod International Journal, The Best American Short Stories 2017, Clockhouse, and Burrow Press Review, and he has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. He has been a resident at the Ledig House International Writers’ Colony and was the Winter 2018-2019 writer-in-residence at the Kerouac House in Orlando. He is currently an…

Free

PCC Faculty Reading

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

Join us for a reading from the writing faculty at PCC, a faculty of talented writers who are guiding a new generation of writers.

Free

PCC Student Reading

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

We are excited to welcome these students who are voluntarily reading in public.

Free

graft union reading + open mic #3

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland, OR, United States

a monthly event for sharing creative writing, food, drink, and community featuring student writers from PDX academic institutions and beyond! highlighting students + alumni from PSU, UoP, PCC, PNCA, Lewis & Clark University, Reed College + local writers 7-9 pm, Friday, August 16th doors 6:30 @ Literary Arts 925 sw Washington hello! we’re excited to announce our third event (and last of the summer) on Friday, August 16th, 7pm at @literaryarts in Downtown Portland. We hope to see you there + here your words >> use links in bio to sign up as a reader or to get involved in future events >> DM us with any questions, comments, or to get on our ethereal mailing list xo GU

Free