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October 2019
2019/2020 Portland Arts & Lectures: George Packer
The series will begin on October 24 with author and staff writer for The New Yorker, George Packer. His new book is Our Man: Richard Holbrooke and the End of the American Century.
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2019/2020 Portland Arts & Lectures: Amor Towles
On November 14, we welcome Amor Towles, author of the New York Times best sellers Rules of Civility and A Gentleman in Moscow.
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2019/2020 Portland Arts & Lectures: Min Jin Lee
The series continues on January 15 with Min Jin Lee, whose latest novel, Pachinko, was a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and a New York Times 10 Best Books of 2017.
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2019/2020 Portland Arts & Lectures: Susan Orlean
On February 20, we will host Susan Orlean, author of eight books, including her most recent, The Library Book, a New York Times best seller and a Washington Post Top 10 Book of the Year for 2018.
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2019/2020 Portland Arts & Lectures: Colson Whitehead
The series will close on May 7 with Colson Whitehead, author of The Nickel Boys and The Underground Railroad, a New York Times best seller which won the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction and the National Book Award.
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2019 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony
April 22, 2019
Join Literary Arts’ annual celebration of the state’s most accomplished writers in…
PDX JAZZ: The Resilience of Jazz
April 24, 2019
Join PDX Jazz for a lecture in their Discover Jazz series. The…
Verselandia! 2019
April 25, 2019
Celebrate Portland’s youth poets during our eighth annual Verselandia! poetry slam. Students…
One Page Wednesday
May 1, 2019
Writers, escape the solitude of your desk. Readers, come hear great fresh…
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour: Newport
May 5, 2019
An afternoon of reading and conversation with three Oregon Book Awards authors:…
Ooligan Press Writers of Color Spring Showcase
May 22, 2019
Literary Arts and Ooligan Press (part of Portland State’s graduate program in…