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T Kira Madden in Conversation With Lidia Yuknavitch & Jaquira Díaz

Powell's City of Books 1005 W Burnside Street, Portland, OR, United States

T Kira Madden’s raw and redemptive memoir, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls (Bloomsbury), is about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida. Madden will be joined in conversation by Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Book of Joan, and Jaquira Díaz, author of the forthcoming memoir, Ordinary Girls.

Free

A Time You Changed Course

Spartan Shop 1210 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR, United States

The Freya Project is coming to Portland on Thursday, March 28th for an evening of readings by headline-making female authors including T Kira Madden (author of Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls) and Aja Gabel (author of The Ensemble) to support the Women’s Justice Project. The Freya Project, a 501(c)3, is a fundraising reading series unify and lift up women and non-binary people. At each fundraising readings, five women share personal essays on topics relevant to their experience. 100% of your ticket will support the Oregon Justice Resource Center’s Women’s Justice Project. Inspiration for you and support for a nonprofit in need — a win/win. Hosted by Leah Dieterich Readings by Chelsea Bieker, Aja Gabel, Genevieve Hudson, T Kira Madden & Kimberly King Parsons Chelsea…

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$20

Application Deadline: Tin House Craft Intensives

The Internet 001 SE Cyberspace Lane, Portland, OR, United States

The Tin House Workshop is known for its lectures: brilliant, practical craft talks that hone our writerly chops and make us hungry to work. In this same spirit, Tin House is proud to announce our Portland Tin House Craft Intensives. A series of master classes led by favorite Tin House writers, the intensives combine close reading, discussion, and in-class writing to offer a potent dose of inspiration and explore what makes writing work when it works. Join us! Tin House will be offering two intensives that take place in November: Drawing from the Corners with T KIRA MADDEN Drawing from the Corners with T KIRA MADDEN Writing Place: Homelands in Literature with KALI FAJARDO-ANSTINE See their website for more details. T Kira Madden is an APIA…

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$175

Lit Crawl Portland: Our Words Are a Bridge

The Corporeal Writing Center 510 SW 3rd Ave #101, Portland, OR, United States

We proudly present our Lit Crawl Portland 2019 event, Our Words Are a Bridge: An Evening with The Rumpus, Corporeal Writing, and YesYes Books! Where: Coporeal Writing 510 SW 3rd Ave #101 Portland, OR 97204 With readings from Diannely Antigua, Jennine Capó Crucet, Steph Cha, Brandon Courtney, Ross Gay, Matt Hart, and T Kira Madden. This event is free and open to the public! Original event artwork by Lisa Lee Herrick. Join The Rumpus, Corporeal Writing, and YesYes Books for Our Words Are a Bridge! Featuring readings from Diannely Antigua, Jennine Capó Crucet, Steph Cha, Brandon Courtney, Ross Gay, Matt Hart, and T Kira Madden, and hosted by Rumpus Editor-in-Chief Marisa Siegel.

Free

Chanel Miller in Conversation With T Kira Madden

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

In the wake of her sexual assault behind a Stanford fraternity dumpster in January 2015, little was publicly known about Emily Doe beyond the description “Brock Turner’s victim.” Devoid of any true humanity in her own story, she felt what many survivors experience: fear, shame, isolation, and self-doubt. Yet even in anonymity — and before the broader eruptions of #MeToo and #TimesUp — she was quietly transcending the oppressive forces of the criminal justice system, and making her voice heard. Last year, Emily Doe emerged under her real name, Chanel Miller, to share the full story of her trauma and recovery in her breathtaking memoir, Know My Name (Penguin). Universally acclaimed, rapturously reviewed, and an instant bestseller, Miller's memoir "gives readers the privilege of knowing…

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Word by Word: A Generative Webinar with T Kira Madden

Online N/A, Portland, OR, United States

WHAT: A 2-hour online webinar. WITH: T Kira Madden WHEN: Saturday, April 24, 2021 from 1PM to 3PM PST WHERE: ZOOM (But of course.) Meeting ID will be provided ahead of time. This event will be recorded and registrants unable to make it to the session or who wish to revisit it will have access to the video for 48 hours afterwards. HOW MUCH: $100. Payment plans are always available, contact Daniel Elder at registration@corporealwriting.com SCHOLARSHIPS: Ten scholarships are available, prioritized for parents with children at home. Click here to apply. Word by Word with T Kira Madden Why do some stories require 30+ pages to reach a payoff, while others feel fully satisfying in a single paragraph or line? The answer, often, is in…

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$100

2022 Tin House Summer Workshop Reading Series: Casey Plett, T Kira Madden, Nafissa Thompson-Spires

Reed College - Cerf Amphitheater 3203 Southeast Woodstock Boulevard, Portland, OR, United States

We are excited to once again be offering in-person readings as part of our 2022 Summer Workshop programming. Starting at 7:30 pm, these events will take place in Reed College’s Cerf Amphitheater and are free and open to the public. Faculty books will be available for purchase at the Reed Bookstore, with authors signing after the event. Masks are not required in the outdoor amphitheater. Casey Plett is the author of A Dream of a Woman, Little Fish, A Safe Girl to Love, the co-editor of Meanwhile, Elsewhere: Science Fiction and Fantasy From Transgender Writers, and the Publisher at LittlePuss Press. She has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Globe and Mail, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, the Winnipeg Free Press, and other publications. A winner of the Amazon First Novel Award, the…

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