A resource for the PDX literary community. Produced by Old Pal.
LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.
For details regarding specific events please contact the organizers or venues. If you are an organizer or venue and would like to reach out to us please feel free to contact us or submit an event using our submission form. We’d love to hear from you!
Join Zoetic Press for a great night of amazing writers and readings as we kick of #AWP19 at Rontoms in Portland! We're featuring the following cast of literary characters that will delight you with their works: Gayle Brandeis Taylor Imel WM Wimmer Meghan Elaine Laura Zak Heidi Czerwiec Diane Glazman Josh Gaines E Kristin Anderson Shannon Hardwick Liz Hart Jenna Le
Join Writers Resist: The Anthology contributing writers—along with those from Rise Up and Poets Reading the News—for a marathon Resistance Reading at Rontoms. Catch the last 30 minutes of Rontoms' happy hour for yummy pub food and drinks, and stay for a few hours of rage, hope, bewilderment, activism, and camaraderie. For more information, contact WritersResist@gmail.com. Join us for a free collaborative reading by contributing writers to Poets Reading The News, The Rise Up Review, and Writers Resist at AWP, hosted at Rontoms--have a yummy bite and join the resistance! POETS READING THE NEWS READERS: Megan Merchant, Rémy Dambron, Matty Layne Glasgow, Devon Balwit, Collin Spinney, Charissa Menefee RISE UP REVIEW READERS: Devon Balwit, Brent Terry, Lenny DellaRocca, Jennifer Jean, Iris Dunkle, Claudia F. Savage,…
Please join us for a rousing evening of political poetry. This collaborative event will include work from contributors to Rise Up Review, Writers Resist, and Poets Reading the News. Because resistance is fertile. Contact: Sonia Greenfield
Join two lit mags and two presses for a life-changing reading. Boulevard, Cloudbank Books, Willow Springs Books, and Willow Springs Magazine will bring a wide range of talented authors to read their work in the lovely Rontoms in downtown Portland. The reading will feature Robert Long Foreman, Heikki Huotari, Amorak Huey, Holly Karapetkova, Laura Kasischke, Dennis Nurkse, Laura Reed, Dennis Schmitz, Dariel Suarez, and more. Come have a drink with us and listen to the sweet sound of prose and poetry being delivered straight to your own beautiful ears. Contact: Leona Vander Molen
Tennessee in Portland features authors from four presses out of Tennessee: Grist, Nashville Review, Silver Needle Press, and Zone 3 Press. The event will take place at Rontoms. We look forward to seeing you there! Contact: Zone 3 Press Rontoms will be hosing readings from various writers in conjunction with the AWP (Association of Writers and Writing Professionals) conference in Portland from March 27 through March 30.
Join the editors of Oregon Humanities magazine for an evening of readings by recent magazine contributors. We'll hear essays and poems by Sallie Tisdale, Daniela Molnar, Paul Susi, and Laura Gibson. The event is copresented with Literary Arts as part of the Cover to Cover series and sponsored by Lyceum Agency. No RSVP is required.