• October 4, 2023
          One Page Wednesday- October
          October 5, 2023
          Bookmark: A fundraising gala for Literary Arts
          October 11, 2023
          Timeless Feminist Wisdom: A poetic conversation between Adela Zamudio and Adrienne Rich
          October 17, 2023
          An Evening with Barbara Kingsolver, in Conversation with Jess Walter
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PORTLAND ARTS & LECTURES

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Since 1984, Portland Arts & Lectures has brought celebrated writers, artists, and thinkers to our community to discuss their work and the trajectory of contemporary culture, connecting readers and writers of all ages in a spirit of intellectual curiosity and engagement. Click here to learn more about the authors presenting this season.

Our mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature.

UPCOMING EVENTS

October 4, 2023
One Page Wednesday- October
October 5, 2023
Bookmark: A fundraising gala for Literary Arts
October 11, 2023
Timeless Feminist Wisdom: A poetic conversation between Adela Zamudio and Adrienne Rich
October 17, 2023
An Evening with Barbara Kingsolver, in Conversation with Jess Walter
October 25, 2023
BIPOC Reading Series- October
October 26, 2023
Mary Beard: Portland Arts & Lectures 2023/24
November 4, 2023
Portland Book Festival
November 4, 2023
Viet Thanh Nguyen: A Man of Two Faces
November 4, 2023
Michael Lewis: Going Infitinite
December 12, 2023
The Moth: Mainstage in Portland
January 25, 2024
David Grann: Portland Arts & Lectures 2023/24
February 29, 2024
Charles Yu: Portland Arts & Lectures 2023/24
April 4, 2024
Everybody Reads 2024: Gabrielle Zevin
April 18, 2024
Aimee Nezhukumatathil: Portland Arts & Lectures 2023/24

WRITING CLASSES

October 8, 2023
EVERYBODY DOES IT: WRITING ABOUT WORK
October 14, 2023
Stranger than Fiction: Stepping into Speculation (ages 14-18)
October 21, 2023
Where Do I Go From Here: Writing the Novel
October 25, 2023
Writing For Television: Where to Begin
October 27, 2023
Grief and the Lyric Essay
October 28, 2023
BIPOC Writing Workshop: October
October 30, 2023
The Art of the Novella
October 31, 2023
Writing About Animals
November 1, 2023
STYLE AND THE SENTENCE
November 1, 2023
The Lyric Essay: Braiding the World
November 2, 2023
Writing Deliciously: The Poetry of Food Writing
November 4, 2023
Revising Poems
November 4, 2023
The Unique Art of Autofiction
November 4, 2023
Mystery And Play
November 5, 2023
Radical Revision
November 7, 2023
Recharge Your Writing Life: Experiments & Strategies
November 9, 2023
Finders, Keepers: Reclaiming Agency through Erasure and Collage
November 13, 2023
Essaying the Essay
November 15, 2023
Speaking Beyond the Self in Poetry
January 17, 2024
Six Month Short Story Intensive
February 3, 2024
Fiction Intensive

A Statement from Literary Arts

Committed to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Literary Arts denounces white supremacy in all its manifestations and we acknowledge our role in having contributed to and benefitted from the racist systems that still flourish in our community and the nation.

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