• April 4, 2024
          Everybody Reads 2024: Gabrielle Zevin
          April 8, 2024
          2024 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony
          April 18, 2024
          Aimee Nezhukumatathil: Portland Arts & Lectures 2023/24
          April 25, 2024
          Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship (2024)
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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.

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Social Justice Storytelling: Youth Journalism Workshop (ages 14-18)

In this workshop, we’ll learn journalistic storytelling techniques and explore how they can be used to cover social justice stories. Utilizing examples from local and national news, students will practice using journalistic storytelling and media literacy to more thoughtfully engage with social justice issues in their communities. Access Program We want our writing classes and

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Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship (2024)

Verselandia! is the annual youth poetry slam championship presented by Literary Arts. It is the Grand Slam for the winners from individual school slams hosted by public high schools. Finalist poets compete for five great prizes. Celebrate Portland’s youth poets during our annual Verselandia! Youth Poetry Slam Championship. Cheer on students from Portland and East Multnomah

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