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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Three Pacific Northwest independent presses come together for a night of astonishing poetry and breathtaking variety of voice and language.
We proudly present our Lit Crawl Portland 2018 event, Our Words Are a Bridge: An Evening with The Rumpus, VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, and YesYes Books! Where: Coporeal Writing 510 SW 3rd Ave #101 Portland, OR 97204 With readings from Elizabeth Acevedo, Nabila Lovelace, Terese Mailhot, Sophia Shalmiyev, Stacey Tran, and Lidia Yuknavitch. Hosted by Marissa Korbel. Original event art by Stephanie Tartick! Check out more of Stephanie's work here: https://www.stephanietartick.com/
Join The Women's Caucus, YesYes Books, and Little A for a brief reading, conversation about publishing and writing, and time to mingle and speak one-on-one with authors, caucus members, and publishers. This year's lineup includes Susan Bernhard, Tiana Clark, Tanya Olson, and Erika L. Sánchez. Wine and non-alcoholic beverages will be served. Susan Bernhard is a Massachusetts Cultural Council fellowship recipient and a graduate of the GrubStreet Novel Incubator program. She was born and raised in the Bitterroot Valley of western Montana, is a graduate of the University of Maryland, and lives with her husband and two children near Boston. WINTER LOON (Little A, December 2018) is her debut novel. Tiana Clark is the author of the debut poetry collection, I Can’t Talk About the…
Please help us celebrate our new and forthcoming books! Check out this lineup! Diannely Antigua, Brandon Courtney, Aidan Forster, Matt Hart, Nabila Lovelace, Marty McConnell, Emily O'Neill, Tanya Olson, John Allen Taylor, Emily Vizzo. Food and drink coupon to the first fifty guests. Come early for starters! Cup & Bar is fully accessible and close to the Convention Center (0.3 miles). Come celebrate with us! Contact: KMA Sullivan
We proudly present our Lit Crawl Portland 2019 event, Our Words Are a Bridge: An Evening with The Rumpus, Corporeal Writing, and YesYes Books! Where: Coporeal Writing 510 SW 3rd Ave #101 Portland, OR 97204 With readings from Diannely Antigua, Jennine Capó Crucet, Steph Cha, Brandon Courtney, Ross Gay, Matt Hart, and T Kira Madden. This event is free and open to the public! Original event artwork by Lisa Lee Herrick. Join The Rumpus, Corporeal Writing, and YesYes Books for Our Words Are a Bridge! Featuring readings from Diannely Antigua, Jennine Capó Crucet, Steph Cha, Brandon Courtney, Ross Gay, Matt Hart, and T Kira Madden, and hosted by Rumpus Editor-in-Chief Marisa Siegel.