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Big Gay Reading

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

Micro-readings by queers of all kinds! Come to Portland's favorite LGBT bar Crush to get a sampling of 20+ queer writers from everywhere reading their hearts out. You'll laugh, you'll cry. Readers TBA, check event URL for details. If you're interested in being in the Big Gay Reading, contact us, as we may have a few spots left. Open mic will follow if we still have time! Contact: Stephen van Dyck BIG GAY READING (an AWP Off-Site event) 9:00 - 10:30 PM We're getting together a big group of queers in the back room of LGBT bar Crush to do short readings (3 minutes or less) and then switch to open mic at the end. There is still room for more readers if you are…

Free

4lit Reading: co•im•press, Noemi, Obsidian, SRPR

Beulahland 118 NE 28th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

co•im•press, Noemi Press, Obsidian: Literature & Arts in the African Diaspora, and SRPR (Spoon River Poetry Review) team up for an evening of poetry and prose at Beulahland, featuring Nick Mansito, Sarah Gzemski, Jeannine Hall Gailey, Jake Syersak, Sasha Banks, Racquel Goodison, Tim Jones-Yelvington, Katherine M. Hedeen, Víctor Rodríguez Núñez, Hannah Ensor, Vanessa Angélica, Natalie Eilbert, Suzi F. Garcia, and more.

Free