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BIPOC Reading Series – July

Wed, July 29 from 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm PDT

***NEW START TIME*** Starting in June, the BIPOC Reading Series will begin at 6:30 PM. 

This monthly reading series is intended to prioritize the safety, creativity, and stories of Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color.

Come listen to our featured readers, or sign up to share your work in our open mic. Readings will be followed by a short community discussion. Hosted by Kyle Yoshioka and Jessica Meza-Torres. The featured reader for July is Given Q Davis.

This event is open to everyone, but only people who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color will be invited to read. If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Meza-Torres at jmezatorres24@gmail.com or Kyle Yoshioka at kyle.yoshioka@gmail.com.

Jessica Meza-Torres

Jessica Meza-Torres

Jessica Meza-Torres is from San Jose, CA. She is a co-host at the BIPOC Reading Series, sometimes writer, sometimes designer, and always Mexican. She writes about the light at the end of the tunnel.

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Kyle Yoshioka

Kyle Yoshioka

Kyle Yoshioka thinks and writes a lot about belonging. He is the founder and editorial director of Provecho, a publication about the intersection of food and identity, and co-hosts the BIPOC Reading Series at Literary Arts. His writing projects have been supported by the Independent Publishing Resource Center, the McCormack Writing Center Workshop (formerly the Tin House Workshop), and the Andy Warhol Foundation's Precipice Fund. Kyle is working on his debut novel about a multigenerational Japanese American family that explores whether inheritance is destiny.

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Given Q Davis

Given Q Davis

Given Q Davis (he/they) is a poet, performer, and community magic-maker.
His work was awarded 1st place by the Oregon Poetry Association in 2023 and he attended residencies with Pentaculum at Arrowmont School of Arts & Craft (TN) and the Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, where they began the PDX Black Trans Poetry Anthology.
Given runs Queer Poetry Takeover–an audaciously queer poetry literary group with a monthly open mic featuring a guest reader every 4th Wednesday at Always Here Books in North Portland.
In February 2026, Given released his first poetry chapbook Feeding of Tomorrow's Soil and co-founded edging/press to continue uplifting the work of queer, trans, and BIPOC writers and artists.
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