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Discussing “The Cassandra” with Author Sharma Shields

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Click here to join at Salon Time This salon is free and open to the public. Please join us! Click here to confirm event start in your timezone Join Satya Doyle Byock for an evening Salon conversation with author Sharma Shields about her masterful book, The Cassandra. In many ways paralleling Carl Jung’s pre-cognition about WWI as documented in The Red Book, The Cassandra is a novel exploring salomehttps://www.portlandjung.com/seminars/discussing-the-cassandra-with-author-sharma-shieldsthe inner and outer story of a woman who goes to work in a top secret research facility during WWII, only to be tormented by visions of what the mission will mean for humankind. Mildred Groves is an unusual young woman. Gifted and cursed with the ability to see the future, Mildred runs away from home to…

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Free

Seek Shelter Salon

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

We are thrilled and honored to feature these beautiful and powerful Black writers at the next Seek Shelter Salon: Amber Flame, Breezy Janae, Jewels, Nastashia Minto, and Shay Raymond. Please join us this Saturday, June 20, at 5 p.m. PST to seek shelter in words, in art, and in each other. We only have room for 100 people, so make sure you mark your calendars and go to zoom.us to download the app. Then go to room 584-693-1435.

Free

Writing White Fragility: An Editorial Discussion

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Brandon Taylor, author of Booker Prize finalist Real Life and senior editor of Recommended Reading, talks to Ross Feeler about “Parisian Honeymoon,” a story about a man who discovers that his new wife is a bigot. They will discuss their editing process, and how to write anti-racist stories with racist characters without being morally didactic. Q&A to follow.

$10

Swords Out: A Dungeons & Dragons Murder Mystery

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

John Darnielle (Wolf in White Van, Universal Harvester, the Mountain Goats), Leah Johnson (You Should See Me in a Crown), Daniel Lavery (Something That May Shock and Discredit You, The Merry Spinster, Slate’s Dear Prudence, The Toast), Amber Sparks (And I Do Not Forgive You, The Unfinished World), and R. Eric Thomas (Here for It, Elle magazine) join Dungeon Master Matt Lubchansky to play a classic tabletop role-playing game with a literary twist. If you’ve never played D&D before, don’t worry—most of our players haven’t either.

$10

Booklover’s Burlesque: Cozy Classics (Virtual Edition)

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

It's time to get your cozy on as Lacy Productions presents... BOOKLOVER'S BURLESQUE: Cozy Classics (Virtual Edition) Saturday, December 5, 2020 Livestream at 7pm PST on Crowdcast Tickets now available on Eventbrite at https://bit.ly/3n4GqSj A Crowdcast link to our livestream will be emailed to all ticketholders by 3pm (or later if purchased afterward) on the day of the show. Tickets will be available up until showtime. General Admission: $15 VIP Admission: $25 (includes an exclusive invitation to a Zoom VIP Meet & Greet directly after the show and a special thank you during the show. The Zoom VIP Meet & Greet link will also be emailed beforehand.) ** If you would like to support us but can't make it to our livestream date/time, you can…

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$15 – $25

Solution Salon presented by PHFS & Street Roots

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

PHFS is teaming up with Street Roots for our annual Solution Salon with a free online community discussion about homelessness in our community. Hear from PHFS Executive Director, Brandi Tuck, and Street Roots Executive Director, Kaia Sand, about the causes, effects, and solutions of homelessness. You'll be able to ask questions about this challenging issue and engage in dialogue about what we can do to help. Solution Salon will be hosted on Zoom. Guests will be turned on mute and can choose to turn video on or off. We'll use the chat feature for questions. The event is free and open to the public but RSVP is required. RSVP early to guarantee your spot! RSVP: http://www.pdxhfs.org/events

Free

The Secrets of Successful Author Interviews

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

Do you dream of having in-depth discussions with your favorite authors about their latest books? Join a panel of Electric Literature’s veteran interviewers—Tyrese Coleman, J.R. Ramakrishnan, and Arriel Vinson—to learn how the professionals do it. How do you pitch an interview to a publication and get the author to agree to talk to you? What are the secrets of crafting great interview questions—and how do you avoid the ones that thud? How do you get your conversation with the author to really flow—and if it does flow freely, is there any way to make transcribing less arduous? Our panel will dig into all of these questions and more. Moderated by Preety Sidhu. Q&A to follow.

$10

Demystifying Publishing

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

You know you want to publish a book—but you're not sure how to take the first step, or even what the first step is. (“Write the manuscript,” obviously, right? Well, no, not always!) Agent DongWon Song (Howard Morhaim), nonfiction editor Rakia Clark (HMH), fiction editor Angeline Rodriguez (Orbit), and marketing director Meghan Deans (Ecco) open up the black box of publishing and walk you through the steps between “good idea” and “physical book you can sign.” Learn what to expect, what will be expected of you, what to watch out for, and how to prepare yourself to navigate the publishing world. Moderated by Jess Zimmerman. Q&A to follow.

$10

Submission Roulette

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

First impressions count—and they never count more than when you’re trying to impress an editor who has 1,500 submissions to read. Editors often say that they can tell within the first page whether a story will be worth accepting, so how do you make your first page really shine? Eavesdrop on our evaluation process—and vie to get your story noticed—with Recommended Reading editors Halimah Marcus and Brandon Taylor. They’ll be reading opening pages submitted just for the occasion, sharing their reactions and thought processes as they go. Submit your own first page anonymously to see if your story has what it takes to catch our editors’ eyes, or simply tune in to see how other writers fare. Submission instructions: You can find the link to…

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$10

Cirro-numinous Presents: CIRRO-NUMINOUS SALON: THE MASK

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

THE MASK is the first in an ongoing series of lectures/salons investigating the components of craft, embodiment, and perception. During each event, we’ll take a different lens to the question “how do these interrelated undertakings interact with a holistic creative practice?” Masks aren’t just tools of performance—they can also be an important ritual artifact. When we introduce an obstructing layer between ourselves and the world, we further our own power to move beyond a limiting view of the self. We’ll explore the topic deeply over the course of an hour and a half through a combination of lecture, discussion, and generative writing.

Free
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