• March 28, 2024
          ON GHOSTS, GHOSTING and HAUNTS
          April 1, 2024
          Creative Nonfiction Workshop
          April 4, 2024
          Everybody Reads 2024: Gabrielle Zevin
          April 8, 2024
          2024 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony
  • Box Office
  1. Events
  2. Writing Classes

Events, Classes, and Seminars

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.

Views Navigation

Event Views Navigation

Wednesday

Mar 30

Sunday

Apr 10

Tuesday

Apr 12

Thursday

Apr 14

Wednesday

Apr 20

Friday

Apr 22

online class   Writing Classes  

Writing Grief, Writing Trauma: An Entry

Since antiquity, poets have used lyrical techniques to access states of consciousness we associate with grief and trauma. Lyrical writing prioritizes music, rhythm, and emotion over the narrative arc. The goal of this course is to find entry into writing through reading, conversation, and various prompts and exercises to catalyze memory and thinking. We will

Find out more
Sunday

May 15

Saturday

May 21

Saturday

May 28

Monday

May 30

Wednesday

Jun 8

Monday

Jun 27

Tuesday

Jun 28

Wednesday

Jul 6

Sunday

Jul 10

Tuesday

Jul 12

Thursday

Jul 28

Saturday

Jul 30

Saturday

Jul 30

Saturday

Aug 6

Saturday

Sep 10

Wednesday

Sep 14

Thursday

Sep 15

Thursday

Sep 15

Tuesday

Sep 20

Wednesday

Sep 21

Saturday

Sep 24

Saturday

Sep 24

Wednesday

Sep 28

Saturday

Oct 1

Monday

Oct 3

Wednesday

Oct 5

Saturday

Oct 15

Tuesday

Oct 18

Wednesday

Oct 19

Wednesday

Oct 19

Tuesday

Oct 25

Tuesday

Nov 1

Thursday

Nov 3

Friday

Nov 4

Friday

Nov 4

Saturday

Nov 5

Saturday

Nov 5

Saturday

Nov 5

Saturday

Nov 5

Filters

Changing any of the form inputs will cause the list of events to refresh with the filtered results.