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Mónica Mayer: Translocal Translations, Feminist Art in Contemporary Mexico

PSU Lincoln Recital Hall 1620 S. Park Avenue, Portland, OR, United States

In Collaboration with the PSU School of Art and Design and College of the Arts, Portland Women in Arts Lecture Series (PWALS) hosts Mexican feminist artist and activist Mónica Mayer, November 6th-9th, 2018 Mónica Mayer is renowned for pioneering feminist projects such as El Tendedero (The Clothesline), recreated repeatedly since its first iteration in Mexico City in 1978 and proving the continued relevance of the issues she engages. Her work has shown internationally for decades, notably in "WACK! Art and the Feminist Revolution" and "Radical Women: Latin American Art, 1960-1985." Admission is FREE for all events Portland State University, Lincoln Recital Hall (LH 75) 1620 S. Park Avenue, Portland, Oregon www.pcc.edu/about/events/women-in-art www.facebook.com/PWALS

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Carlos Reyes at Chaparral Books

Chaparral Books 1975 SW 1st Ave L, Portland, OR, United States

Poet and translator Carlos Reyes lives in Portland, Oregon. He is a traveler and conscientious observer of the natural world and its responses to human impact. Whether he journeys to Alaska, Ecuador, France, India, Ireland, or Panama, those travels and observations inform his poetry. His awards and honors include: Oregon Arts Commission Fellowship for Poetry; Fellow Island Institute (Sitka, Alaska, 2011); Heinrich Boll Fellow (Achill Island, Ireland, 2008); and Fellow at Yaddo (1982). A Suitcase Full of Crows (1995) was a Bluestem Prize winner and finalist for the Oregon Book Awards. At the Edge of the Western Wave (2004), under various titles, was a 3-time finalist for the National Poetry Series (1993, 1995, 2002). He has been Poet in Residence at many places, among them…

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AWP Offsite Event: Tavern Books 10th Anniversary Celebration!

Portland Union Station 800 NW 6th Ave, Portland, OR, United States

Celebrate 10 years of Tavern Books in style at Portland's historic Union Station. Join us in the beautiful first-class passenger lounge for readings on the hour, drinks, and giveaways. Meet and mingle with Tavern editors, authors, translators, and board members. The night will be a special tribute to translation. Free and open to the public. Please enter through main lobby of train station and follow signs to the Metropolitan Lounge. Portland Union Station in the Metropolitan Lounge 800 NW 6th Ave. #255 Portland, OR 97209 United States (map) TRANSLATOR READINGS ON THE HOUR: Mauricio Espinoza (translator from the Spanish of The Fire’s Journey by Eunice Odio) Mauricio Espinoza is a poet, scholar, and journalist from Costa Rica. He is assistant professor of Spanish and Latin…

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