• November 19, 2024
          Abraham Verghese: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
          December 10, 2024
          The Moth Mainstage in Portland
          January 16, 2025
          Timothy Egan: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
          February 13, 2025
          Masha Gessen: Portland Arts & Lectures 2024–25
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Niela Orr

Niela Orr is a deputy editor of The Believer, a columnist at The Baffler, and contributing editor of The Organist podcast. A 2019 Eleanor Kagi Foundation Writer-in-Residence at the Black Mountain Institute, she is now BMI’s inaugural Sidney and Bébé Wolf Fellow. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times Book Review, BuzzFeed, ElleGlamourHarper’s Bazaar, and McSweeney’s Quarterly.

Events, Classes, and Seminars

Our events, classes, and seminars bring the community together to hear, learn, and discuss the most compelling issues and ideas of our day. We hope you will join us in our downtown Literary Arts space, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.