WITS Reading for Roosevelt High School
[by Molly Simas] On May 12, we wrapped up our spring WITS residencies at Roosevelt High School with a lively reading at Cathedral Coffee in St. John’s. Two walls of
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WITS Reading for Franklin HS at Bipartisan Café
[by Molly Simas] On May 17, family and friends of Franklin HS students crowded into SE Portland’s Bipartisan Café for a reading of student work, celebrating the conclusion of spring
Christina Henríquez visits Centennial High School
by Mel Wells On the morning before her lecture at the Schnitz, Everybody Reads 2016 author Cristina Henríquez visited Centennial High School in Gresham for a Q&A with 82 students
Cristina Henriquez Visits Roosevelt High School
[by Molly Simas, WITS intern] On March 9, standing before 32 students in the Roosevelt High School Library, author Cristina Henríquez encouraged the teens to fill empty seats in the
Delve Seminar Summary: The Book of Unknown Americans
[by Nicole O’Neill] During our discussion of The Book of Unknown Americans by Christina Henriquez, three themes quickly stood out: 1) the role of characters’ different immigration statuses in the
2015 Oregon Book Awards Finalists and Fellowship Recipients Announced
Literary Arts is pleased to announce the 2015 Oregon Book Awards finalists and Literary Fellowship recipients. The Oregon Book Award winners will be announced at the 28th annual Oregon Book
Tobias Wolff to be presented with OSU’s Stone Award
Wolff will be presented with the Stone Award at the Portland Art Museum on May 21, and will visit the OSU campus in Corvallis on May 22 to give a
Extraordinary Response to Justice Sonia Sotomayor
The response to this year’s Everybody Reads program was nothing short of extraordinary. Not only was Justice Sotomayor’s March 11 lecture at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall full to capacity,
Book Crazed Teens Storm Schnitz!
Chaos reigned under the marquee Tuesday as precisely 794 book-crazed teenagers, high on fiction and spoiling for a lecture, stormed the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall. They came from as far
Heidi Durrow at Jefferson HS and Reynolds
On the afternoon before her lecture at the Schnitz, the 2012 Everybody Reads author Heidi Durrow returned to her alma mater for the first time since she graduated from Jefferson
Past Seasons
Literary Arts is honored to have hosted some of the world’s most celebrated authors and thinkers. Many of their sought-after talks can be heard on The Archive Project, our radio
1,000 Students at the Schnitz for Wes Moore
What does providing tickets and transportation to nearly 1,000 students to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall look like? Well, this was a calm moment… On last Monday night, eight buses
