A resource for the PDX literary community. Produced by Old Pal.
LitPDX seeks to amplify marginalized voices, and welcomes all, their ideas, their events, and their words.
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Crazyhorse, NELLE, Birmingham Poetry Review, and Southern Humanities Review present an evening of readings at the White Owl Social Club. Readers include Allison Joseph, Matt Miller, Caitlin Horrocks, and Shena McAuliffe. Contact: Crazyhorse, Southern Humanities Review, NELLE, Birmingham Poetry Review
Join Under the Gum Tree, Fourth Genre, Hippocampus, and River Teeth for an AWP happy hour of telling true stories. Three magazines, all publishing exclusively nonfiction, are partnering on this event to bring you a line up of previous contributors—many of whom will be descending on Portland for Association of Writers & Writing Programs annual conference (AWP). Grab your happy hour drink of choice from the cash bar and toast some true stories and in a short & sweet storytelling lineup of readers from past Under the Gum Tree, Fourth Genre, Hippocampus, and River Teeth issues before heading out to make material for new true stories of your own. We'll be on the outdoor patio, but not to worry—it will be covered and heated. Readers…
It’s My Party, I’ll Cry If I Want To A 10th Birthday Bash for Electric Literature and The Rumpus AWP 2019: Portland Sponsored by Aevitas Creative Management Two of your favorite online literary sites are turning 10 this year, which is basically 100 in Internet years. Help Electric Literature and The Rumpus move into double digits and celebrate a ten years of championing new voices and creating a home for literature online. Six of our cherished contributors will read on the theme, “It’s my party, I’ll cry if I want to.” Then we’ll hang out, have drinks, eat cake, and reminisce about the last decade. You would cry too, if happened to you! Free drinks and birthday cake (while supplies last). Readings from Kaveh Akbar,…