Our events, classes, and seminars bring the community together to hear, learn, and discuss the most compelling issues and ideas of our day. We hope you will join us in our downtown Literary Arts space, online, and at partnering venues across Portland and Oregon.
Meg E. Griffitts pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her poetry collection, Hallucinating a Homestead. Griffitts is paired with the artwork Living on the Moon by Reika Iwami;
Caitlin Scarano pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her poetry collection, The Necessity of Wildfire. Scarano is paired with the artwork Unravel #3 by Ritsuko Ozeki; found in
Ahead of the 73rd National Book Awards, 2022 honorees Fatimah Asghar and Shelley Wong read from and discuss their selected works. Asghar’s debut novel and Wong’s debut poetry collection delve into queerness and freedom, and imagine a new idea of homecoming, across literary genres. Presented in partnership with the National Book Foundation.
Poems that reckon with historical grief and impending catastrophe, and how we find life and freedom amid that grief and anger. Moderated by Erika Stevens.
Dey Rivers and Zephaniah Sole pop-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with their original works. Rivers and Sole are paired with the artwork The Day I Saw the Wind
Marisa Siegel pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with her poetry chapbook, Fixed Stars. Siegel is paired with the artwork Door 5 by Theodoros Stamos; found in the Modern
Poet Genevieve DeGuzman pops-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries. DeGuzman is paired with the artwork Dual Form by Barbara Hepworth; found in the Modern and Contemporary Art area, on
Nina Packebush and Shelley Wong pop-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with their original works. Packebush and Wong are paired with the artwork Open Country by Larry Poons; found
Very different books—a poetry collection, a novel—that grapple with shared questions about parenthood and childhood. Moderated by Alicia Jo Rabins, poet, musician, and author of Even God Had Bad Parenting Days.
Nicky Nicholson-Klingerman & Tashon Phoenix pop-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries. Nicholson-Klingerman and Phoenix are paired with the artwork Chief Bundle by Ka'ila Farrell-Smith; found in the Northwest Art
2022 National Book Foundation award nominees Fatimah Asghar, Tess Gunty, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, and Shelley Wong pop-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries with NBF's Ruth Dickey. The group is
Cindy Williams Gutiérrez & Juan Antonio Trujillo pop-up in the Portland Art Museum galleries. Williams Gutiérrez and Trujillo are paired with the artwork For the Love by Isaka Shamsud-Din; found in the Northwest Art gallery, on the 3rd floor of the Portland Art Museum. Please reference the Portland Art Museum Map or the Portland Book
Celebrate two exciting debut poetry collections. Poem by poem, Tayi Tibble carves out a bold new way of engaging history, of straddling modernity and ancestry, desire and exploitation. Shelley Wong celebrates queer and Asian identity in "shape-shifting poems of becoming and knowing, seeing and being seen" (Electric Lit). Moderated by Alyssa Ogi.
These two poetry collections use visual form and experimentation in language to explore very different subjects: boxing and marriage, racial violence and Black womanhood. Moderated by Anis Mojgani, Oregon poet laureate.
"Absolutely spellbinding: Kwame Alexander weaves together storytelling, poetry, music and history like no one else can. An unforgettable journey to be treasured and shared across generations.”—Rick Riordan, NYT bestselling author of the Percy Jackson series
Poet John Freeman and short story writer Meng Jin explore the isolation and search for connection of the past few years. Moderated by Mindy Nettifee.
Let's spend a few hours together exploring the practice of revision! Too often revision is just a fancy word for copy-editing. But it can be more. In this three hour class we will explore different revision exercises using a recent poem and how we can break old revision habits and constructs.
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