LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.

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SO Homo/no FOMO: an offsite AWP reading

Dismantle, Change, Build Center 14 NE Killingsworth St, Portland, OR, United States

Please join your hosts, TC Tolbert and Kristen E. Nelson for this reading full of queer, trans, and accomplice writers. We will be collecting donations at the door to support the DCBC, no one turned away for lack of funds! Readers include: Andrea Abi-Karam manuel arturo abreu Kay Ulanday Barrett Cara Benson Piper Daniels Hannah Ensor Raquel Gutiérrez Kristen E. Nelson Frankie Rollins Aisha Sabatini Sloan TC Tolbert Addie Tsai

Free

SW x NW Glitterati Reading

Reverend Nat's Hard Cider 1813 NE 2nd Ave, Portland, OR, United States

The SW x NW Glitterati Reading: Saturday, March 30 from 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. at Rev. Nat’s Hard Cidery & Tap Room, 1813 NE 2nd Ave, just across the river from the Convention Center. Featuring: Felicia Zamora, Vickie Vértiz, TC Tolbert, Aisha Sabatini Sloan, Angela Peñaredondo, Kristen Nelson, Farid Matuk, Natalie Lima, Brigitte Lewis, Hannah Ensor, Irene Cooper, Christopher Boucher, and Beth Alvarado. Enjoy Reverend Nat's special edition Glitterati cider featuring nuanced flavors, subtext, and a glittery finish. Contact: Beth Alvarado

Free

Commonplace’s Offsite AWP Reading!

Passages Bookshop 1801 NW Upshur, Suite 660, Portland, OR, United States

Commonplace, Rachel Zucker's podcast featuring conversations with poets and other interesting people, is hosting a very special offsite reading at AWP. Readers: JERICHO BROWN, JANINE JOSEPH, ERIKA MEITNER, MORGAN PARKER, TOMMY PICO, TC TOLBERT, SARAH VAP and YANYI.

Free