# Literary Arts: Engaging readers, supporting writers, and inspiring the next generation with great literature\.

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## Pages
- [2025–26 Annual Report](https://literary-arts.org/2025-26-annual-report/)
- [Supporters](https://literary-arts.org/support/supporters/)
- [PBF FAQ](https://literary-arts.org/portland-book-festival-faq/)
- [Literary Arts](https://literary-arts.org/)
- [College Essay Exchange](https://literary-arts.org/about/programs/youth/college-essay-exchange/)

## Posts
- [August Events \& Writing Classes](https://literary-arts.org/2026/07/august-events-writing-classes/)
- [In the Community: Upcoming Events \& News August 2026](https://literary-arts.org/2026/07/in-the-community-upcoming-events-news-august-2026/)
- [July Events \& Writing Classes](https://literary-arts.org/2026/06/july-events-writing-classes/)
- [In the Community: Upcoming Events \& News July 2026](https://literary-arts.org/2026/06/in-the-community-upcoming-events-news-july-2026/)
- [Josie Mendoza Cafe Specials](https://literary-arts.org/2026/07/josie-mendoza-cafe-specials/)

## Items
- [WRITING ONLINE: ADVANCED MEMOIR](https://literary-arts.org/product/writing-online-advanced-memoir/)
- [WRITING ONLINE: ADVANCED MEMOIR with credit](https://literary-arts.org/product/writing-online-advanced-memoir-with-credit/)
- [Claire Keegan: Tuesdays](https://literary-arts.org/event/claire-keegan-small-things-like-these-and-foster-tuesday-nights/)
- [Craft focused workshop](https://literary-arts.org/event/craft-focused-workshop-personalized-feedback-on-work-in-progress/)
- [Art of Fiction](https://literary-arts.org/event/the-art-of-fiction-3/)

## Venues
- [McMenamins Kennedy School Theater](https://literary-arts.org/venue/mcmenamins-kennedy-school-theater/)
- [Sea Wolf Books](https://literary-arts.org/venue/sea-wolf-books/)
- [Grassroots Bookstore](https://literary-arts.org/venue/grassroots-bookstore/)
- [Pendleton Center for the Arts](https://literary-arts.org/venue/pendleton-center-for-the-arts/)
- [Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall](https://literary-arts.org/venue/arlene-schnitzer-concert-hall/)

## Bios
- [Damien Jack](https://literary-arts.org/bio/damien-jack/)
- [Bennett Gilbert](https://literary-arts.org/bio/bennett-gilbert/)
- [Eli Kramer](https://literary-arts.org/bio/eli-kramer/)
- [Andrew Proctor](https://literary-arts.org/bio/andrew-proctor-board/)
- [Katy Hilton](https://literary-arts.org/bio/katy-hilton/)

## Events
- [Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These and Foster \(Tuesday nights\)](https://literary-arts.org/event/claire-keegan-small-things-like-these-and-foster-tuesday-nights/): Second section added for Tuesday nights\. This is an important novella in the vein of Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, but with an ending that packs a different punch\. At its center is a man torn between family, community, church, and one young woman in a terrible predicament\. He must make a choice, and Keegan’s exquisite, concise writing reveals that agonizing choice\. It’s a perfect story to ponder and discuss: What would you choose in his situation?
- [August Hand\-Sewing Social with SCRAP PDX](https://literary-arts.org/event/august-hand-sewing-social-with-scrap-pdx/)
- [Extra/Ordinary: Writing the Uncommon in the Everyday](https://literary-arts.org/event/extra-ordinary-writing-the-uncommon-in-the-everyday/): In this generative class we will close\-read—and write—alongside works that resist easy classification, including “Everyday Barf” by Eileen Myles, “Dead Doe” by Brigit Pegeen Kelly, “Exhausting a Place in Paris” by Georges Perec, Christina Sharpe’s “The Shapes of Grief,” and Rekdal’s “Nightingale: A Gloss\.” Writers will come away with sharpened tools of observation, tactile craft practices, a portfolio of fresh writing starts, and a keener sense of the uncommon and the poetic within the everyday—on and off the page\.
- [Craft\-Focused Workshop: Personalized Feedback on Work in Progress](https://literary-arts.org/event/craft-focused-workshop-personalized-feedback-on-work-in-progress/): This craft\-focused workshop is built around personalized feedback on work in progress\. Each session, the group reads and discusses four writers’ submissions, and for every piece, the instructor prepares an individual craft lesson—the one element she believes will most help that piece take its next step forward\.  
- [The Art of Fiction](https://literary-arts.org/event/the-art-of-fiction-3/): Although this course will predominantly take the form of a workshop, it will also provide insights into the craft of writing by drawing upon principles from \<em\>The Art of Fiction\</em\>, essays on literary craft, and published short stories\. Designed for beginner and advanced writers, this course meets for ten sessions total\. Students will have the opportunity to share two pieces \(up to 25 pages each\) and receive constructive feedback in a thoughtfully facilitated, supportive atmosphere\.

## Archives
- [Timothy Snyder \(Rebroadcast\)](https://literary-arts.org/archive/timothy-snyder-rebroadcast/): In this episode, we feature Timothy Snyder as part of a Literary Arts Special Event at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall\.
- [Colm Toíbín \(Rebroadcast\)](https://literary-arts.org/archive/colm-toibin-rebroadcast/): This week we hear from Colm Tóibín, author of Brooklyn, as part of the 2026 Portland Arts \& Lectures series\.
- [Emma Donoghue in conversation \(Rebroadcast\)](https://literary-arts.org/archive/emma-donoghue-in-conversation-rebroadcast/): In this episode, we feature the beloved Irish novelist Emma Donoghue, in conversation with OPB's Crystal Ligori, from the 2025 Portland Book Festival\.  
- [Jasmine Guillory and Adib Khorram \(Rebroadcast\)](https://literary-arts.org/archive/jasmine-guillory-and-adib-khorram-2/)
- [Jill Lepore \(Rebroadcast\)](https://literary-arts.org/archive/jill-lepore-rebroadcast-2/): New York Times bestselling author Jill Lepore discusses her latest book, We the People: A History of the U\.S\. Constitution in conversation OPB’s with Geoff Norcross\.

## Series
- [BIPOC Reading Series](https://literary-arts.org/series/bipoc-reading-series/)
- [Story Time at the Literary Arts Bookstore](https://literary-arts.org/series/story-time-at-the-literary-arts-bookstore/)
- [Spanish Story Time at the Literary Arts Bookstore](https://literary-arts.org/series/spanish-story-time-at-the-literary-arts-bookstore/)
- [Portland Arts \& Lectures 2024–25](https://literary-arts.org/series/portland-arts-lectures-2024-25/)
- [Incite: Queer Writers Read](https://literary-arts.org/series/incite-queer-writers-read/)

## Categories
- [Literary Arts News](https://literary-arts.org/category/news/)
- [Events](https://literary-arts.org/category/events/)
- [Readers](https://literary-arts.org/category/readers/)
- [Writers](https://literary-arts.org/category/writers/)
- [Youth Programs](https://literary-arts.org/category/youth-programs/)

## Tags
- [Oregon Book Awards \& Fellowships](https://literary-arts.org/tag/oregon-book-awards-fellowships/)
- [Feature](https://literary-arts.org/tag/feature/)
- [2016](https://literary-arts.org/tag/2016/)
- [2018](https://literary-arts.org/tag/2018/)
- [2019](https://literary-arts.org/tag/2019/)

## Item categories
- [Uncategorized](https://literary-arts.org/product-category/uncategorized/)
- [Writing Classes](https://literary-arts.org/product-category/classes/)
- [Delve Readers Seminars](https://literary-arts.org/product-category/delve/)
- [Portland Book Festival Workshops](https://literary-arts.org/product-category/classes/pbfworkshops/)
- [Portland Arts \& Lectures](https://literary-arts.org/product-category/portland-arts-lectures/)

## Item tags
- [Writers in the Schools](https://literary-arts.org/product-tag/writers-in-the-schools/)
- [Youth Programs](https://literary-arts.org/product-tag/youth-programs/)
- [2025\-26](https://literary-arts.org/product-tag/2025-26/)
- [2026\-27](https://literary-arts.org/product-tag/2026-27/)

## Event Categories
- [Free Events](https://literary-arts.org/events/category/free/)
- [Writing Classes](https://literary-arts.org/events/category/writing-classes/)
- [Bookstore](https://literary-arts.org/events/category/bookstore/)
- [In\-person](https://literary-arts.org/events/category/writing-classes/in-person-writing-classes/)
- [In\-person](https://literary-arts.org/events/category/free/in-person-free/)

## Seasons
- [2023\-24](https://literary-arts.org/season/2023-24/)
- [2020\-21](https://literary-arts.org/season/2020-21/)
- [2021\-22](https://literary-arts.org/season/2021-22/)
- [2024\-25](https://literary-arts.org/season/2024-25/)
- [2022\-23](https://literary-arts.org/season/2022-23/)

## Topics
- [Craft \& Writing](https://literary-arts.org/topic/craft-writing/)
- [Career](https://literary-arts.org/topic/career/)
- [History](https://literary-arts.org/topic/history/)
- [Personal Life](https://literary-arts.org/topic/personal-life/)
- [Culture](https://literary-arts.org/topic/culture/)

## Tones
- [Conversational](https://literary-arts.org/tone/conversational/)
- [Reading \(of own work\)](https://literary-arts.org/tone/reading-of-ones-own-work/)
- [Humorous](https://literary-arts.org/tone/humorous/)
- [Inspirational](https://literary-arts.org/tone/inspirational/)
- [Interview](https://literary-arts.org/tone/interview/)

## Genres
- [Fiction](https://literary-arts.org/genre/fiction/)
- [Nonfiction](https://literary-arts.org/genre/nonfiction/)
- [Poetry](https://literary-arts.org/genre/poetry/)
- [Creative Nonfiction](https://literary-arts.org/genre/creative-nonfiction/)
- [Memoir](https://literary-arts.org/genre/memoir/)

## Groupings
- [Portland Book Festival](https://literary-arts.org/grouping/portland-book-festival/)
- [Season 1](https://literary-arts.org/grouping/season-1/)
- [Season 10](https://literary-arts.org/grouping/season-10/)
- [Season 11](https://literary-arts.org/grouping/season-11/)
- [Season 4](https://literary-arts.org/grouping/season4/)

## Rebroadcast
- [Rebroadcast](https://literary-arts.org/needmore_rebroadcast/rebroadcast/)

## Tags
- [PBF 2020](https://literary-arts.org/bio_tag/pbf-2020/)
- [PBF2022](https://literary-arts.org/bio_tag/pbf2022/)
- [PBF 2021](https://literary-arts.org/bio_tag/pbf-2021/)
- [pbf2023](https://literary-arts.org/bio_tag/pbf2023/)
- [MOD](https://literary-arts.org/bio_tag/mod/)

## Bio Categories
- [Staff](https://literary-arts.org/events/bios/category/staff/)
- [Board of Directors](https://literary-arts.org/events/bios/category/board-of-directors/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://literary-arts.org/sitemap_index.xml)