• April 18, 2024
          Aimee Nezhukumatathil: Portland Arts & Lectures 2023/24
          April 22, 2024
          Letter Writing Social
          April 25, 2024
          Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship (2024)
          April 26, 2024
          BIPOC Reading Series April
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Roman Mars

Roman Mars is creator and host of 99% Invisible, the wildly popular podcast exploring architecture and design, for which he produced the most successful crowdfunding campaigns for a podcast in Kickstarter history. Fast Company named Mars one of the 100 Most Creative People in 2013 and he was a TED main stage speaker in 2015. His book is The 99% Invisible City: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design, co-written with Kurt Kohlstedt. 


Purchase The 99% Invisible City from Annie Bloom’s Books, one of our Portland-based, independent bookstore partners HERE.

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.