LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.

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BIPOC Writing Workshop: October

Online N/A, Portland

Searching for a space to create new work with fellow BIPOC writers? This two-hour workshop meets on Zoom. A variety of prompts will be presented as avenues for generating and sharing new work in an informal setting. Open to BIPOC writers at all levels writing in poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Access Program We want our writing classes and Delves to be accessible to everyone, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and Delve tuitions at a reduced rate. The access program for writing classes covers 60% of the class tuition. Most writing classes have at least one access spot available. Please apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at…

$20

Form As Listening: On the Spiritual & Ecological in the Sentence & Story — with Janice Lee October 15th

Online N/A, Portland

Form As Listening: On the Spiritual & Ecological in the Sentence & Story Saturday October 15th, 2022 1PM—3:30PM Pacific over Zoom (A recording will be made available to all registrants for a limited period afterwards.) “Form is about listening.” – Teresa Carmody “The ear is the first organ to develop in the fetus and the last one to stop functioning during the process of death. This prominence at the beginning and end of our life cycle indicates that the ear may hold valuable keys to the mysteries of life… While our eyes help light our path through this world, we also know that we came from darkness and will return to darkness… Where we cannot see, sound can guide us.” – Russill Paul, The Yoga…

$50 – $250