Upcoming Events

The S.H.E. Fund presents, May 16 at 1 PM PDT, From Tribe and Fire feat. Ellen Bass From the organizers: Join us for an inspirational event to uplift women's voices and support the students of the Safe House Education (S.H.E.) Fund. This virtual event will feature poets Ellen Bass, Naomi Shihab Nye, Jane Hirshfield, Marie Howe, Danusha Laméris; musicians Jami Sieber, Agu, and Muthoni Drummer Queen; and the S.H.E. students themselves. Read more about the poets and musicians below. Register here: https://www.flipcause.com/secure/event_step2/MTEwNDM5/106009

From the organizers: "Please join us as we welcome Alex Dimitrov and Donika Kelly as they read from their astonishing new collections and answer your questions on craft in a engaging Q&A on Zoom. You may submit questions before the event to jennifer@writerscenter.org and live on the zoom chat. This reading is free and capped at 500. Donations (towards the poets’ honoraria) are encouraged and appreciated. You will receive the link as soon as you register so be sure to…

Point Reyes Books presents, May 19 at 7 PM PDT,  Noah Warren - The Complete Stories From the organizers: Noah Warren, winner of the Yale Younger Poets prize, celebrates the release of his second book of poems, The Collected Stories (Copper Canyon Press) with Armen Davoudian, Randall Mann, and Katie Peterson. This event will be streamed on our Crowdcast channel. Register here: https://www.crowdcast.io/e/nwarren/register

Northwind Art presents Northwind Reading Series, May 20, with Kelli Russell Agodon & Susan Landgraf Link will appear here: https://northwindarts.org/northwind-reading-series

The Merwin Conservancy presents, May 29 at 5 PM PDT,  Jericho Brown From the organizers: Join us on Saturday, May 29th, 2021 at 2:00PM Hawai‘i time as we host Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Jericho Brown, who will read from his book The Tradition (Copper Canyon Press, 2019) and discuss the role of a person's "place" in poetry making. Live webcast begins 2:00 PM Hawai‘i / 5:00 PM Pacific / 8:00 PM Eastern and will run 60 minutes. This event is free, but a…

Literary Arts presents One Page Wednesday: June, June 2 at 6:30 PM PDT, with Kelli Russell Agodon From the organizers: Here is an opportunity to share or listen to one page of work in progress from talented writers from everywhere. Come with a single page of work and sign up to read – or come to listen and prepare to be inspired! Hosted by Natalie Serber. June’s featured reader is Kelli Russell Agodon. You don’t need to live in Portland…

Community Bookstore presents, June 3 at 7:30 PM EDT,  Ocean Vuong "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous," in partnership with the Asian American Writers Workshop From the organizers: Ocean Vuong joins us for the paperback release of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous. This program is in partnership with the Asian American Writers Workshop and Murmrr and will take place on Zoom. Purchase tickets here: https://wl.seetickets.us/event/Ocean-Vuong/425843?afflky=Murmrr