• April 3, 2023
          2023 Oregon Book Awards
          April 5, 2023
          One Page Wednesday- April
          April 8, 2023
          Jessica E. Johnson & Janice Lee: A Reading & Conversation
          April 13, 2023
          Slamlandia
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VERSELANDIA!

YOUTH SLAM POETRY CHAMPIONSHIP

Celebrate Portland’s youth poets during Literary Arts’ annual Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship. Cheer on students from Portland and East Multnomah County public high schools competing for poetic glory at this energetic and inspiring event. Join us April 27 at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.

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

UPCOMING EVENTS

April 3, 2023
2023 Oregon Book Awards
April 5, 2023
One Page Wednesday- April
April 8, 2023
Jessica E. Johnson & Janice Lee: A Reading & Conversation
April 13, 2023
Slamlandia
April 19, 2023
BIPOC Reading Series- April
April 20, 2023
Portland Arts & Lectures 2022/23: Ada Limón
April 27, 2023
Verselandia! 2023
April 28, 2023
Endi Bogue Hartigan & Flávia Rocha in Conversation
May 18, 2023
Slamlandia
May 18, 2023
TOM HANKS IN CONVERSATION
June 15, 2023
Slamlandia

WRITING CLASSES

April 5, 2023
Writing the Weird and Wonderful
April 5, 2023
Noticing: Writing as an Act of Attention
April 10, 2023
Speaking Beyond the Self in Poetry
April 11, 2023
Refuse the Given World: Breaking Blocks Through Play
April 24, 2023
The Break with Kaveh Akbar
May 6, 2023
Where Do I Go From Here: Writing the Novel
May 9, 2023
Creative Nonfiction I
May 10, 2023
Weaving Small Fragments: The Lyric Essay
May 16, 2023
Prompted: A Get-Writing Class
May 29, 2023
The Break with Kaveh Akbar

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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