We have moved many of our offerings online! We hope you will join us.
Each year, The Moth and Literary Arts team up to present the Portland Mainstage, and this year we are bringing it to you virtually. The Moth is true stories, told live and without notes. The Moth celebrates the ability of stories to honor both the diversity and commonality of human experience, and to satisfy a vital human need
Ibram X. Kendi is a New York Times bestselling author and the founding director of The Antiracist Research and Policy Center at American University. A professor of history and international relations, Kendi is a contributing writer at The Atlantic. He is the author of The Black Campus Movement and Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas
Multnomah County Library's Everybody Reads 2021 selection is acclaimed author and poet Ross Gay and his collection of essays, THE BOOK OF DELIGHTS. Literary Arts presents the culminating event of the program—an author lecture, which will be held virtually this year on Thursday, April 8, at 6:00 p.m.
Jeff VanderMeer and Silvia Moreno-Garcia discuss their latest speculative fantasy novels at the San Antonio Book Festival.
A limited number of single tickets to this event have been made available (no need to purchase a full subscription). Scroll down to purchase a general admission ticket for this event. Joy Harjo is a renowned performer and writer of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation and was named the 23rd Poet Laureate of the United
Click to read the event program #Virtualandia! 2021 is an exciting opportunity for students from eligible Portland metro area high schools to take part in a dynamic virtual slam poetry competition, and to win prizes like the title of #Virtualandia Slam Champion and corresponding $1,000 Visa gift card. Up to 300 youth poets will submit original work
A limited number of single tickets to this event have been made available (no need to purchase a full subscription). Scroll down to purchase a general admission ticket for this event. Yaa Gyasi is the author of the forthcoming novel, Transcendent Kingdom (Knopf, August 2020). Her best-selling debut novel, Homegoing (2016), is an intergenerational
Literary Arts, Meyer Memorial Trust, and The Women's Foundation present Mikki Kendall, author of Hood Feminism.Â
Portland Book Festival Virtual Events: Join us for five virtual events over five nights, November 8–12, 2021, presented by Bank of America.
Get your pass for our one day in-person Portland Book Festival on Saturday, November 13, 2021. Please note: all attendees must provide proof of vaccination (OR negative COVID test within 72 hours of event) to attend.
Louise Erdrich discusses her latest novel in this conversation with Trevino Brings Plenty. Purchase a copy of THE SENTENCE, along with your in-person festival pass, to attend.
The Moth is true stories, told live and without notes. The Moth celebrates the ability of stories to honor both the diversity and commonality of human experience, and to satisfy a vital human need for connection. It seeks to present recognized storytellers among established and emerging writers, performers and artists and to encourage storytelling among communities whose stories often go unheard.
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