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.
For details regarding specific events please contact the organizers or venues. If you are an organizer or venue and would like to reach out to us please feel free to contact us or submit an event using our submission form. We’d love to hear from you!
Join Triangle House Review for a conversation around writing, bodies, and more. Free. Panelists include Alice Bolin, Leah Dieterich, Emily Gould, Irène Mathieu, and Khadijah Queen. Moderated by Monika Woods.
Contributors to the anthology Unmasked, Women Write About Sex and Intimacy After Fifty will read their poems and essays. Readers include Debbie Brosten, Roberta Feins, Tanya Ko-Hong, Ellaraine Lockie, Bernadette Murphy, Diane Raptosh, Lisa Rizzo, Cathie Sandstrom, and host Marcia Meier. Join us for blush-worthy readings and light refreshments. Visit us at the Saddle Road Press table at the Bookfair! Contact: Marcia Meier, Co-Editor
Tender Table is a storytelling platform for women, trans men, and nonbinary folks who are black, indigenous, or people of color. We seek out narratives about the sweet, savory, sour, and bitter relationships to food and its connections to identity, memory, and community. At Tender Table, all are welcome—expect to be immersed in stories, and sample delicious food prepared by the speakers. Diana Khoi Nguyen is the author of Ghost Of (Omnidawn). Ashley Toliver is the author of Spectra (Coffee House Press). Amy Lam is the John & Renee Grisham fellow at the University of Mississippi. Contact: Stacey Tran
The resistance continues! Hear contributors to Nasty Women Poets: An Unapologetic Anthology of Subversive Verse (Lost Horse Press, 2017) read their poems at this event hosted by Lost Horse Press and Co-Editors Grace Bauer and Julie Kane. Contributors who wish to read: please sign up when you arrive. The Cardinal Club is a 30-minute walk or a short taxi ride from the Convention Center. Food and drink available until midnight. Contact: Christine Holbert, Grace Bauer, Julie Kane
Please join us for an afternoon of stories and food by Emmeline Eao, Daphne Kauahi'ilani Jenkins, and Alley Pezanoski-Browne. This event is being held at Louiza, a new event space in Portland, OR. ***This event is not ticketed*** Tender Table provides compensation to all presenters- thank you in advance for your donations. We suggest a $5-$15 donation, with no one turned away for lack of funds. We will accept cash donations at the door and through Venmo. Tender Table is a storytelling platform for women, trans, and non-binary folks who are black, indigenous, or people of color. We seek out narratives about the sweet, savory, sour, and bitter relationships to food and its connections to identity, memory, and community. At Tender Table, all are welcome…
softsurfacepoetry@gmail — this week is your last chance to submit for the fall issue before I put it together :) soft surface publishes poetry and contemporary art projects by women, LGBTQIA, gnc folks, BIPOC, and/or otherwise marginalized voices. accepted contributors are paid.
Please join us for an afternoon of stories and food by four amazing local chefs: *Megon Dee-Cave of Oracle Infused Wellness Co. *Arlyn Frank of Platano Rising *Constance James of Sweatpea Baking Co. *Mathilde Wilson of Mathilde's Kitchen This event is being held at Louiza on Sunday 12/15 from 1-3pm. Louiza is a community oriented event space located in Portland, OR. ***This event is not ticketed*** ***VERY Limited capacity, please arrive early*** Tender Table provides compensation to all presenters- thank you in advance for your donations. We suggest a $10-$15 donation for this event, with no one turned away for lack of funds. We will accept cash donations at the door and through Venmo. Tender Table is a storytelling platform for women, trans, and non-binary…
Molly Mendoza is an illustrator currently living in Portland, Oregon. She is captivated by the relationships that she has built with friends, family, and foes alike over the course of her life. Molly sets out to emulate those relationships through her chaotic yet rhythmic style to make some dang-good drawings. A colorful, unpredictable postapocalyptic world comes alive in Skip, when two unlikely friends, Bloom and Gloopy, find themselves tossed from dimension to dimension. Gloopy is running toward adventure, and away from their home and friends who don't understand their creative talent. Bloom is desperately trying to return home to their lake, and avoid the terrible violence of the city. Instead, both Bloom and Gloopy find what they need in each other, and bravely return home…
Pile Press is an alternative publishing collective for women, non-binary + gender fluid creatives. And we are having an 1 year anniversary meet and greet! Open mic, food, drinks, Pile Press merch, and contributors past/present, friends and family. All welcome.
Pile Press is open for submissions from May 1st - June 12th, 2022! We accept poetry, short fiction, CNF, comics, photography, art, and more. We publish women, non-binary and gender fluid creatives. More submission guidelines and details can be found here: https://pilepress.com/home-2/submit/ See also their call on Instagram here!