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          Finalists reading: Creative Nonfiction, Fiction and Poetry
          April 3, 2024
          One Page Wednesday: APRIL
          April 4, 2024
          Everybody Reads 2024: Gabrielle Zevin
          April 8, 2024
          2024 Oregon Book Awards Ceremony
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Sunil Yapa

Sunil Yapa

Sunil Yapa’s debut novel Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist was named an Amazon Spotlight selection, a Barnes & Noble Discover selection, an Indies Next Pick, and was the launch title for Lee Boudreaux Books in January 2016. Sunil holds an MFA from Hunter College, where he was a Hertog Fellow, and a BA from Penn State, where he studied Economic Geography. Yapa has lived around the world, including time living in Greece, Guatemala, Chile, Argentina, China, India, London, Montreal, and New York City.

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.