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Revising Poems

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland

Bring one or two of your most promising poems-in-process, and we will work through ways to make them more like what they want to be. This will not be a critique session, but a workshop in generative revision.

$50.00

Portland Book Festival

Portland Art Museum

Portland Book Festival will return to the Portland Art Museum and neighboring venues on Saturday, November 4, 2023. This daylong event features author discussions, pop-up readings, writing workshops for youth

Viet Thanh Nguyen: A Man of Two Faces

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway, Portland

Viet Thanh Nguyen will be joined in conversation with Tommy Orange. This is a special event at Portland Book Festival which requires an add-on ticket to attend. With insight, humor, formal invention,

Writing Poetry From Art (Grades 9-12)

Rental Sales Gallery 1237 SW 10th Ave, Portland

In this workshop, we’ll discover parallels between visual and written art, and use pieces in the museum collection to inspire poetry.

Free

Ekphrastic Worldbuilding (Grades 9-12)

Rental Sales Gallery 1237 SW 10th Ave, Portland

In this workshop, we'll learn how to build a fictional world and add texture to imaginary settings.

Free

Narrative and Social Justice Storytelling (Grades 9-12)

Rental Sales Gallery 1237 SW 10th Ave, Portland

In this workshop, we’ll learn journalistic storytelling techniques and explore how they can be used to cover social justice stories.

Free

Michael Lewis: Going Infitinite

Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall 1037 SW Broadway, Portland

This is a special event at Portland Book Festival which requires an add-on ticket to attend. From the #1 best-selling author of The Big Short and Flash Boys, the story of FTX’s spectacular collapse and

The Unique Art of Autofiction

Literary Arts 925 SW Washington Street, Portland

This is a three-hour, one-day intensive discussion on the unique genre of autofiction. This course will provide insight into the many nuances of autofiction, or autobiographical fiction. This “genre” involves writing that is based on real life experiences, but also utilizes fictional literary devices, making it  a very unique form.

$85.00