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Black Feast: Love Letters

Yale Union 800 SE 10th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Black Feast is a culinary experience that weaves food into a celebration of Black artistry. A creation of Black narrative, an offering to Black lineage, here guests and artists across communities come together to share an intimate and sensory four-course meal. Our dinners are entirely vegan and without the use of gluten or cane sugar in a commitment to understanding the use of Black and Brown bodies in food labour. Our February event, Black Feast: Love Letters, is inspired by visions of love from Black poets. Guests will experience four courses that act as culinary interpretations of poems of Morgan Parker, Dominique Christina, Safia Elhillo and Nicole Sealey. Curated by two Black queer artists, Black Feast was founded on the premise to rail and dance…

$55

The Team Mashallah Reading (AWP Offsite Event)

De-Canon Library / ArtHaus at Milepost 5 8155 NE Oregon St, Portland, OR, United States

Featured readers: Hanif Abdurraqib Kaveh Akbar Fatimah Asghar Safia Elhillo Angel Nafis!

Free

AWP Offsite: BreakBeat Poets Feature

Lucky Labrador Beer Hall 1945 NW Quimby St, Portland, OR, United States

Join us offsite during #AWP2019 for a BreakBeat Poets feature, with readings by Camonghne Felix, Britteney Black Rose Kapri, José Olivarez, Fatimah Asghar, Safia Elhillo, and other special guests. Hosted by Nate Marshall. Sponsored by Haymarket Books. Camonghne Felix is a poet, political strategist, media junkie, and cultural worker. She received an MA in arts politics from NYU, an MFA from Bard College, and has received fellowships from Cave Canem, Callaloo, and Poets House. A Pushcart Prize nominee, she is the author of the chapbook Yolk and was listed by Black Youth Project as a "Black Girl from the Future You Should Know." Her first book, Build Yourself a Boat, is releasing April 2019 on Haymarket Books. Britteney Black Rose Kapri is a poet, teaching…

Free

Not A Cult Showcase

Tillamook Station 665 N. Tillamook St., Portland, OR, United States

Join Not a Cult for its offsite showcase featuring Yesika Saglado, Safia Elhillo, Karla Cordero, Rhiannon McGavin, and more to be announced. A book signing will follow the reading. Contact: Daniel Lisi

$15