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Upcoming Events
The Ever-Shifting Diaspora: Kundiman Writers in the Pacific Northwest
May 31, 2018
This event is presented in partnership with Kundiman. Come hear the diverse…
Tribute to Ursula K. Le Guin
June 13, 2018
In collaboration with the Le Guin family, Literary Arts invites the public…
2018/2019 Portland Arts & Lectures
October 11, 2018
Series subscriptions start at just $90, and include five memorable evenings with…
2018/2019 Portland Arts & Lectures
December 4, 2018
Series subscriptions start at just $90, and include five memorable evenings with…
The Moth Mainstage in Portland
December 10, 2018
The Moth returns to Portland on Monday, December 10. This extraordinary performance…
Latest Blog Posts
May 22, 2018
The WITS end-of-residency reading for Franklin High School was standing-room-only at Bipartisan Cafe. Friends and family came to support students reading work they produced while in Bryan Dickman, Dana Vinger, and Elisa Wong’s classes. They worked with WITS writers Alex…
May 17, 2018
Friends, family, teachers, and WITS writers packed Cathedral Coffee on a Wednesday afternoon for the end-of-residency reading and celebration. Depending on which WITS writer each student worked with, they presented a different genre: poetry, playwriting, or storytelling. The poets were…
May 14, 2018
by Cassie Duncanson Monday night found three different classes from Lincoln High school at Literary Arts to celebrate the end of residencies for their Writers in the Schools authors, Bettina de Leon Barrera, Lisa Eisenberg, and Mark Pomeroy. Barrera worked…
Featured Lecture from the Archives
Jenny Han, Sandhya Menon, and Zan Romanoff
May 17, 2018
Authors Jenny Han, Sandhya Menon, and Zan Romanoff discuss their work with moderator Brendan Kiely at Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival 2017.