Literary Arts is currently accepting class proposals for writing classes from teachers for the 2018-19 year. For classes for Fall 2018 (classes starting Sep–Dec 2018), proposals should be submitted before May 31, 2018. Literary Arts is happy to hear from experienced teachers interested in offering multi-week or one-day writing classes for adults. Instructors should be…
We are incredibly saddened by the news of the passing of Ursula K. Le Guin. We feel so grateful and honored to have known her, and thank her for her transformative contributions to international literature. Our thoughts are with her family, friends, loved ones, readers, and writers everywhere. From The New York Times: Ursula K. Le…
Literary Arts seeks an Oregon Book Awards & Fellowships intern for the four months leading up to the 2018 Oregon Book Awards ceremony. This internship offers a great way to gain experience working for a community-based literary non-profit. Applicants from diverse backgrounds are encouraged to apply. There is a one-time honorarium awarded as part…
by Molly MacGilbert, Development & Marketing Intern, Portland State University student View Literary Arts’ 2016/2017 Annual Report here. While the past year has presented challenges for the arts and for nonprofits, it has urged us to reflect upon why our work here at Literary Arts is as crucial as ever. This year, our stats show…
De-Canon: A Visibility Project is a “pop-up library” and web resource project that showcases literary art by writers/artists of color. It is a project facilitated by Portland-based poet Neil Aitken and poet-musician Dao Strom. This project is supported by a 2017 Precipice Fund Grant. This exhibit takes the form of a pop-up library that includes…
Since January, rumors have swirled around us that the new administration plans on defunding the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). The elimination of the NEA and the NEH would be a serious blow to writers and would be a system shock that some organizations may not…
While everyone has a story to tell, surely every thing has a tale to tell share as well. Our creative partners at Needmore are experts on helping brands give a voice to their products and selecting the best medium to elevate their stories. Kandace and Ray Brigleb, the pair behind Needmore, produce and create beautiful…
“One voice speaking truth is a greater force than fleets and armies…” ― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness Literary Arts is committed to an open, just and inclusive society, and we will continue to do everything we can to give all Oregonians a voice. We oppose all those who seek to oppress, intimidate…
Oregon Book Award winner Patrick deWitt, who was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, will join 2016 Oregon Book Award winner Kate Caroll De Gutes, nationally acclaimed Portland essayist Sallie Tisdale, novelist David Shafer, Oregon Poet Laureate Elizabeth Woody, short-story writer Wayne Harrison, poet Charles Goodrich and three other distinguished Oregon writers reading from their…
It’s high time to enjoy some leisurely reading. Here’s what our staff has been reading this summer: Sudden Death by Álvaro Enrigue (recommended by Amanda Bullock): Álvaro Enrigue’s Sudden Death juxtaposes a handful of vividly imagined sixteenth-century episodes: In the Old World, a tennis match between the painter Caravaggio and the Spanish poet Quevedo takes place and…
April 25, 2018
Featuring: manuel arturo abreu Omar El Akkad Samiya Bashir Allison Cobb Stephen…
April 26, 2018
Come celebrate Portland’s creative youth during our seventh annual Verselandia! poetry slam.
April 30, 2018
Join Literary Arts’ annual celebration of the state’s most accomplished writers in…
May 6, 2018
A reading featuring students from Jay Ponteri’s year long memoir class: Matthew…
May 9, 2018
In partnership with the Northwest Academy Visiting Writing Series Shayla Lawson is (and…
May 15, 2018
Words That Burn brings to life the distinctive voices of conscientious objector William…