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Grief Rites Readers Series PRIDE Pop-up Event

The Stacks Coffeehouse 1831 N. Killingsworth St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us Saturday, June 29, 3pm at The Stacks Coffeehouse on N Killingsworth, for a special pop-up reading event. In honor of PRIDE month you'll hear stories of love and loss from Queer writers. Grief Rites is a monthly storytelling showcase about grief, loss and love. Gather in community with others who share grief in all forms and manifestations. Come ready to cry, laugh, listen and hold space for yourself and others. Curated readers: Adrian Mirror Gary Gamza Jessica Wadleigh Jewels Joni Whitworth Nastashia Minto Nicole Foss Shloimy Notik

Free

Nonbinary / Trans / Gender Nonconforming Writing Group

Bipartisan Cafe 7901 SE Stark St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us for the first of what we hope will be a regular writing group meetup. The idea is to bring folks together, find out what they want out of the group, and make it something that everyone participating helps to create. We are creating a dedicated space to write, share, and connect with other trans and queer writers. Whether you want to start from a group prompt, journal, work on that novel/poem/interactive fiction you’ve been dreaming up, or anything else, this space is for you! Laptops or long hand, we want everyone to use what works for them. What the group ultimately ends up being very much depends on what folks want out of it, so come to our first meeting and share your…

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Queer PDXpression

Crush Bar 1400 Southeast Morrison Street, Portland, OR, United States

We have a very special treat this month we will have two shows for you lovely babes. please join us on the fifth Thursday of this month in welcoming two very talented Local Queer Writers. We will have a $5 suggested donation along with ADA accessibility. and good vibes are on the house. Cosima Bee Concordia Cosima Bee Concordia is a femme writer and bookseller that enjoys scary movies, transgressive religious iconography, and anything that is kinky and queer. Her writing explores the spaces where erotism and the horrific meet, attempting to plumb the depths of our collective horror and desire for both the bodies of others and ourselves. If you want to follow her work, you can find her instagram @bimbotheory Nastashia Minto Nastashia…

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Free – $5

Incite: Queer Writers Read

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

On the anniversary of an event that shaped our country, our readers explore the theme of memory. Please hear these astounding readers: Stacy Brewster, Ana-Maurine Lara, Meredith Clark, and Meg Weber. Discussion after these readings will focus on our collective memory of events that have shaped the queer community. For fizzy water, awesome snacks provided by the generous Literary Arts and the pure genius of literature, join us.

Free

Queer Writing w Wayne Gregory

Attic Institute 4232 SE Hawthorne, Portland, OR, United States

How does being queer shape the stories we write and the way we write them? Does character, plot, or theme make a narrative queer or is it something in the way a queer writer sees the world that colors a narrative? This class will invite writers to explore and express their identity and how it informs what they write and the way they write it.  Whether you are writing fiction or non-fiction, or just writing for yourself this class will help you make connections between who you are becoming and what you are imagining through your writing. Writers with little or a lot of experience are welcome to this workshop-style class. Bring something you’re already working on or start from scratch, but either way our…

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$210 – $237

Incite: Queer Writers Read

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

You're invited to an all-queer-Kate reading: Kate Carroll De Gutes, Kate Ristau, Kate Gray, and Kate Gray. (No, you're not seeing double.) The theme is "naming." Go figure. After Portland Book Festival on Nov. 9, come back to the local scene, in all its spice, fluidity, and fire.

Free

Incite: Queer Writers Read

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

Welcome the New Year with a reading vaguely connected to the theme: The 20s. Our powerhouse lineup includes: Joni Renee Whitworth, Leah Baer, Jessica Mehta, and Dustin Hendrick. This year heralds great change, and it's a great time to join in this community and this discussion. Please join us.

Free

Incite: Queer Writers Read

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

Brash, baudy, beautiful, these readers will wow you, make you weak. Leah Baer, Henry Alley, Missy Ladygo, and Evan Knapp will read around the theme of "Marching..." in, ...well..., March. This is the time to get yourself to this reading. Serious.

Free

Incite Online: Queer Writers Read

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Featuring: Missy Ladygo Leah Baer Evan Knapp Henry Alley Theme for May is March! Hosted by Kate Carroll de Gutes and Kate Gray This event takes place on Zoom: Here is the  link to register: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUtcOGvqz4rHN3XHMXG1xn7ndKL8h3W5Oup Kate Carroll de Gutes' book, Objects In Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear, won the 2016 Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction and a 2016 Lambda Literary Award in Memoir. Her latest book, The Authenticity Experiment: Lessons From the Best & Worst Year of My Life, was released in August 2017.  Kate has an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from the Rainier Writing Workshop at Pacific Lutheran University and is a wry observer who writes about grief, the drama of perimenopause and dating, riding bikes, and the joys and challenges of authentic living.

Free

June PRIDE MONTH Grief Rites Virtual Reading

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Join us Sunday, June 14, 4pm PST via ZOOM Virtual Reading. In honor of PRIDE month you'll hear stories of love and loss from Queer writers. Grief Rites is a monthly storytelling showcase about grief, loss and love. Gather in community with others who share grief in all forms and manifestations. Come ready to cry, laugh, listen and hold space for yourself and others. *Storytellers: Domi Shoemaker Jeanette LeBlanc Shelby Forsythia Cheryl Bridges Skyler Reed Pema Rocker .................. coffee and grief is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: My Meeting Time: Jun 14, 2020 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada) Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84824357394?pwd=WElraEN0cGMzNXlKTDVQR2U4OGZsZz09 Meeting ID: 848 2435 7394 Password: 449593 One tap mobile +12532158782,,84824357394#,,1#,449593# US (Tacoma) +13462487799,,84824357394#,,1#,449593# US (Houston) Dial by…

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