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West Branch Reading & Party

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

Please join us for a celebration of West Branch’s contributors. This event will feature readings of original poetry by Sarah Rose Nordgren (Darwin’s Mother, Best Bones), Felicia Zamora (Instrument of Gaps, Of Form & Gather), and John Sibley Williams (As One Fire Consumes Another, Disinheritance). We look forward to seeing you there! Group poetry reading/party from three award-winning poets sponsored by the literary journal West Branch on Thursday, March 28, 2019. This is in conjunction with the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Conference that will be taking over the Oregon Convention Center that week. The three poets include: Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize-winner Sarah Rose Nordgren http://sarahrosenordgren.com Andrés Montoya Poetry Prize-winner Felicia Zamora http://feliciazamora.com Orison Poetry Prize and Backwaters Prize-winner John Sibley Williams https://johnsibleywilliams.com…

Free

Resistance Collective: A Collaborative Reading

Rontoms 600 East Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

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

Free

Offsite Finale with Four Way Review, Construction, New South, and Inch

Cider Riot 807 NE Couch St, Portland, OR, United States

New South, Construction Magazine, INCH, and Four Way Review invite you to an off-site reading to end AWP2019 in Portland. Sweet, micro-readings from the likes of: Colleen Louise Barry Amie Zimmerman Aliceanna Stopher J Bailey Hutchinson Lauren Goodwin Slaughter Maya Jewell Zeller Kelly Grace Thomas Sonia Greenfield Saddiq M Dzukogi sam sax Marcelo Hernandez Castillo Keetje Kuipers Nathan McClain Meghan Dunn C.T. Salazar and more. This reading is free and open to the public. About The Readers: Colleen Louise Barry is an artist and writer living in Seattle, WA. She is the author of three chapbooks, most recently Poultry in Motion (Factory Hollow Press). She runs the interdisciplinary project Mount Analogue. @colleenlouisebarry / @themountanalogue / www.mount-analogue.com J. Bailey Hutchinson is a poet from Memphis, Tennessee.…

Free