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AWP 2019 // Wave Books at the IPRC

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

Come out to one of Portland's coolest literary spaces, the Independent Publishing Resource Center, and help us make an edition and learn how to sew a simple booklet. Then, in the evening, join us for a celebratory reading by Wave poets. Readers will include: Aaron Kunin, Danielle Dutton, Dorothea Lasky, Joshua Beckman, Magdalena Zurawski, Michael Earl Craig, Prageeta Sharma, Rachel Zucker, Rodney Koeneke, Richard Meier, Tyehimba Jess, Matthew Zapruder, John Beer, Alejandro de Acosta, and Dara Wier. The book-sewing will go from 2–5PM; the reading will go from 5–11PM.

Free

Lisa Fishman, Richard Meier, & Joshua Beckman

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland, OR, United States

Spare Room and Passages Bookshop present a poetry reading by LISA FISHMAN RICHARD MEIER JOSHUA BECKMAN Friday, March 17 Doors open at 7:00 pm; reading at 7:30 pm Admission free; no late entry Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660 Portland, OR 97209 503-388-7665 = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = Lisa Fishman's debut fiction collection, World Naked Bike Ride, has just been released by Gaspereau Press (Canada). Her seven books of poetry include Mad World, Mad Kings, Mad Composition (Wave), 24 Pages and other poems (Wave), F L O W E R…

Free