Literary Arts
Bookstore & Cafe

Literary Arts is open for coffee and pastries at 7:00 a.m. everyday! Our bookstore is open from 10:00 a.m. We close at 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and at 7:00 p.m. on Sundays.


716 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR
503-227-2583
General inquiries: la@literary-arts.org

Browse our bookstore online then pick up in store.

The Literary Arts Bookstore & Cafe is located at the newly opened Literary Arts headquarters at The Susan Hammer Center in Portland’s Central Eastside Industrial District. This vibrant hub for the community, contains not only the Bookstore & Cafe, but also has classrooms for writing workshops and seminars, a podcast studio, staff offices, and a flexible event space.

Opening Hours

Literary Arts is open for coffee and pastries at 7:00 a.m. everyday! Our bookstore is open from 10:00 a.m. (although you may purchase a book off the shelf at the coffee counter). We close at 8:00 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and at 7:00 p.m. on Sundays.

Map & Directions

Literary Arts is located at 716 SE Grand Ave, Portland, OR 97214 in Portland’s Buckman neighborhood. Just around the corner from the Morrison Bridge, our building’s Central Eastside location makes us easy to find, whether you travel by car or public transit.

PUBLIC TRANSIT


Bus: The closest bus stops to Literary Arts include SE Morrison & Grand, SE Grand & Belmont, and SE M L King & Morrison. Bus routes 15 and 6 will bring you closest to the building. Other nearby bus routes with connections to SE Grand include the 701412, and 19.

Max Light Rail & Streetcar: The Max Rail connects to the Portland Streetcar at Oregon Convention Center. Nearby streetcar options include the A & B Loop: Streetcar A (exit at SE M L King & Stark Stop ID 13613) and Streetcar B (exit at SE Grand & Belmont Stop ID 11484).

Bus & Max fares: $2.80 for adults; $1.40 for youth & honored citizens.

Streetcar fares: $2.00 for adults, $1.00 for youth & honored citizens.

For more information on transit schedules, routes, HOP cards, etc. contact TriMet customer service at 503-238-7433 or visit www.trimet.org.

DRIVING AND PARKING


From the north: Follow OR 99-E S/NE Martin Luther King Jr Blvd, turn left on SE Morrison St, and then take another left on to SE Grand Ave.

From the south: Follow OR 99-E N/Mcloughlin Blvd past Powell, where it becomes SE Grand Ave.

From the east: Heading west on SE Morrison St is the most straightforward route, before turning right on SE Grand Ave.

From the west: For the fastest route, take the Morrison Bridge eastbound across the river, and then make an immediate left on SE Grand Ave. Other nearby bridges that connect to SE Grand include the Burnside Bridge (to the north) and the Hawthorne Bridge (to the south).

Parking

The parking lot located directly behind our building at 721 SE 6th Ave has over 20 parking spaces and is open to the public, with a convenient pay by phone option.

On-street parking in the Central Eastside is either metered (paid + time limit), time limit (free + time limit), or permit parking (free + 2-hour time limit for non-permit holders).

There is 2-hour metered parking available surrounding our building, with the closest metered parking available on SE Morrison, SE Alder, and 6th Street. The closest disability parking is located at 6th and SE Morrison.

Get in touch

503-227-2583 (opt. 1 for the Bookstore, opt. 2 for general inquiries, and opt. 3 for the cafe)
General inquiries: la@literary-arts.org
Bookstore inquiries: bookstore@literary-arts.org

Bookstore & Cafe FAQ

For information on events and more, click here to view our FAQ.

Upcoming Events at Literary Arts

August 6, 2025
One Page Wednesday – August
August 8, 2025
Crafting Stories: Mark Roberts and Jon Raymond
August 22, 2025
EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD: Mariah Rigg
August 25, 2025
Holly Capelle: Preserving the Seasons
September 4, 2025
The Ghostkeeper: Johanna Taylor
September 10, 2025
Incite: Queer Writers Read – September
October 9, 2025
Jade Chang: What a Time to Be Alive
January 6, 2026
Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris: Making Nonfiction Comics

All Literary Arts events & classes

August 4, 2025
The Art of the Gut Renovation: Revising as Rebuilding
August 6, 2025
One Page Wednesday – August
August 8, 2025
Oregon Literary Fellowships: Deadline to Apply
August 8, 2025
Crafting Stories: Mark Roberts and Jon Raymond
August 9, 2025
Writing A Picture Book Primer
August 16, 2025
Short Story: Take Two!
August 16, 2025
Making a Picture Book Dummy
August 20, 2025
Ready, Set, Submit: Demystifying the Submission Process
August 21, 2025
Slamlandia
August 22, 2025
EXTINCTION CAPITAL OF THE WORLD: Mariah Rigg
August 25, 2025
Holly Capelle: Preserving the Seasons
August 27, 2025
BIPOC Reading Series – August
August 28, 2025
LEONORA CARRINGTON: SURREAL TRANSFORMATIONS
August 28, 2025
Theatre Diaspora Presents: A Staged Reading of Isabel
September 2, 2025
Get Writing
September 3, 2025
The Art of Fiction
September 3, 2025
Personal Landscapes: The Braided Essay
September 4, 2025
The Ghostkeeper: Johanna Taylor
September 6, 2025
CLARIFYING YOUR NONFICTION BOOK CONCEPT
September 6, 2025
9,131 Sentences: Reverse-Engineering Great Writing
September 7, 2025
Grief Spiral: Writing Elegies Along a Curved Path
September 8, 2025
Henry James: The Bostonians
September 10, 2025
The Monstrous Feminine
September 10, 2025
Nine Month Novel Intensive: Wednesdays
September 10, 2025
Incite: Queer Writers Read – September
September 11, 2025
Six Month Memoir Intensive
September 11, 2025
Nine Month Novel Intensive: Thursdays
September 14, 2025
Apuleius: The Golden Ass
September 16, 2025
Oulipo: Generative Experiments in Constrained Writing
September 18, 2025
Write the Self: Eight Week Online Intensive
September 18, 2025
Writing the Weird
September 20, 2025
Write the Self: Weekend Intensive
September 24, 2025
Scene Writing for Memoir
September 27, 2025
To Have and Keep a Beautiful Mind: A Multigenre Writing Workshop
October 2, 2025
The Finish Line: Weekly Accountability
October 5, 2025
SEE IT TO BELIEVE IT: VISUAL POETRY WORKSHOP
October 6, 2025
Nonfiction Book Pitches That Sell: Writing a Winning Proposal
October 6, 2025
Stealing from the best: A fiction writing technique class
October 7, 2025
Nature Writing Seminar
October 9, 2025
Jade Chang: What a Time to Be Alive
October 13, 2025
Writing Outside of the Self
October 15, 2025
Carl G. Jung: Memories, Dreams, Reflections
October 16, 2025
ALBERT CAMUS: THE PLAGUE AND THE ABSURD HERO
October 16, 2025
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Elizabeth Gilbert
October 21, 2025
Tools for Nonfiction Narrative Writing
October 22, 2025
Five Decades of Short Stories: The 70s thru 2010s
October 23, 2025
Bookmark: A Benefit for Literary Arts
October 28, 2025
Timothy Snyder in Conversation
October 30, 2025
Memoir Foundations: Writing the Truth Without Losing the Thread
October 30, 2025
Building worlds of Wonder: Speculative Fiction
November 1, 2025
Prompts and Play
November 4, 2025
WRITING EKPHRASTIC POETRY
November 12, 2025
Art of the Article Pitch
November 12, 2025
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Percival Everett
November 16, 2025
Every Force Evolves a Form
January 6, 2026
Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris: Making Nonfiction Comics
January 15, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Colm Tóibín
February 12, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Imani Perry
April 23, 2026
Portland Arts & Lectures 2025–26: Patrick Radden Keefe