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X-WR-CALNAME:CalDiscovery - portland-or (literary) BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Recipe Demo & Book Signing with Pierce Abernathy DTSTART:20260905T153000Z DTEND:20260905T210000Z DTSTAMP:20260904T181526Z UID:10003348-1788597000-1788616800@www.portlandfarmersmarket.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This Saturday\, in addition to our usual market from 8:30 am – 2 pm\, we are thrilled to host recipe developer Pierce Abernathy at the market to promote his new cookbook\, “Every Leaf\, Every Stem“. \n \n\n\nPierce will sign books and prepare a delicious recipe featuring seas onal ingredients sourced directly from our farmers. Copies of the cookbook will be available for purchase so that you can bring home inspiration for vegetable-forward dishes year-round! \n\n\n\nJoin us to meet the author\, get a signed book\, enjoy a sample of the recipe\, and shop the market fo r fresh regional produce and locally made food from over 120 vendors. \n\n \n\nThis recipe demo and book signing event is generously supported by Sn ow Peak and Vivienne Culinary Books. \n\n\n\nIf you can’t make it to t he market this Saturday\, you can catch Pierce on Sunday night for a menu collaboration at Takibi on NW 23rd – RSVP here. \n\n\n\nYou can also pi ck up a signed copy at Vivienne Culinary Books on NE Alberta. \n\n\n\nAb out Pierce \n\n\n\nPierce Abernathy is a cook\, recipe developer\, conten t creator\, and slow-food advocate based in New York. An auteur of the foo d content revolution\, his work\, rooted in seasonality and whole-ingredie nt cooking\, reflects a deep respect for ecological systems and culinary h eritage. \n\n\n\nLargely self-taught\, Abernathy’s path in the kitchen h as been shaped by curiosity\, a reverence for the rhythms of the seasons\, and his Armenian heritage. Through his recipes and writing\, he encourage s readers to play an active role in their food systems—inviting them to think more critically about their connection to the environment\, their co mmunities\, and themselves. LAST-MODIFIED:20260904T181526Z LOCATION:PSU Farmers Market\, SW Park & Montgomery\, Portland\, OR\, 97201 \, United States URL:https://www.portlandfarmersmarket.org/event/recipe-demo-book-signing-w ith-pierce-abernathy/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Farmers Market X-SOURCE-URL:https://www.portlandfarmersmarket.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:tertulia: Joeanally Gonzalez Book Launch & Puppet Show Celebration DTSTART:20260906T200000Z DTEND:20260906T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260804T002700Z UID:29438-1788699600-1788706800@milagro.org CATEGORIES:arts,family,literary DESCRIPTION:Step into the magic of the forest with author Joeanally Gonzal ez\, who received a 2026-2027 Milagro Artist Fund grant to support this bi lingual (Spanish & English) family-friendly celebration marking the dual-l anguage release of her new bilingual children’s book\, Nico the Banana S lug. Kicking off with a brief introduction\, Gonzalez shares the heart beh ind the story\, her love for our local ecosystem\, and the inspiration beh ind the art. Attendees then watch the pages come to life in a dynamic\, bi lingual puppet show packed with interactive\, dual-language fun for all fl uency levels. The excitement continues with a hands-on creative workshop. While kids craft their very own paper puppets\, parents can meet the autho r\, chat about forest stewardship\, and purchase personalized\, signed cop ies of her book. \nJoeanally González is a multidisciplinary artist\, ed ucator\, and cultural worker based in East Portland. Holding a BFA from th e Puerto Rico School of Fine Arts and a Fashion Design Certificate from Ce ntro Moda Lisa Thon\, her career spans Puerto Rican theater\, costume desi gn at Walt Disney World®\, and authoring the bilingual children’s book\ , Nico the Banana Slug. Since 2017\, she has led vital bilingual community workshops across Oregon. Recognized with honors like RACC Grants\, Joeana lly’s vibrant exhibitions celebrate immigrant stories and ecological res ilience\, seamlessly bridging professional design with grass-roots activis m. \nRunning time: 2 hours\nAge recommendation: All ages (especially young audiences) LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T002700Z LOCATION:El Zócalo\, 537 SE Stark Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97214\, United States URL:https://milagro.org/event/tertulia-joeanally-gonzalez-book-launch-pupp et-show-celebration/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Milagro Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://milagro.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Portland Jewish Writers Circle DTSTART:20260906T210000Z DTEND:20260906T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T060900Z UID:e04adcef6d1eb6391a1e14e9213243ec CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Jewish Federation of Greater Portland\nCommunity Calendar\nhtt ps://jewishportland.org/community-calendar/portland-jewish-writers-circle- 1773275244 LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T060900Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Community Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://jewishportland.org/community-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Jamie Fisher in conversation with Lydia Kiesling DTSTART:20260909T013000Z DTEND:20260909T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180404Z UID:10005749-1788892200-1788895800@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The Literary Arts Bookstore & Cafe is excited to welcome autho r Jamie Fisher to celebrate her latest book\, Nobody Broke Your Heart: An Intimate Biography of Elliott Smith. Fisher will be joined in conversation by author Lydia Kiesling. \n\nAbout the book:  \nThe first all-encompass ing biography of Elliott Smith\, offering an intimate portrait of his life and musical legacy with brand-new interviews\, lyrics\, and correspondenc e from the people closest to him\, many speaking for the first time\n\nNob ody Broke Your Heart is a tender\, nuanced narrative of Elliott Smith\, o ne of the most influential and tragic musicians of the 1990s\, whose recor ds are deeply beloved to this day\, written by New York Times Magazine a nd The New Yorker–published author Jamie Fisher. \nStarting with his ch ildhood in Texas\, following him through his making as an artist in Portla nd and New York\, and reckoning honestly with his unmaking in Los Angeles\ , Fisher has used never-before-seen archival evidence (unheard recordings\ , draft lyrics\, photos\, and correspondence) alongside extensive intervie ws with friends\, family\, girlfriends\, and collaborators to shed light o n the real Elliott Smith\, in all his complexity. \nVividly animating Elli ott’s world and analyzing his work and legacy in loving depth\, Nobody Broke Your Heart is an essential book for anyone who loves Elliott Smith and his music—and anyone who’s loved someone grappling with addiction and mental illness. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180404Z LOCATION:Literary Arts URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/nobody-broke-your-heart-jamie-fisher/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:James Ciano\, Bobby Elliott\, and Nick Martino in conversation DTSTART:20260910T013000Z DTEND:20260910T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180404Z UID:10005750-1788978600-1788982200@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The Literary Arts Bookstore & Cafe is pleased to welcome poets James Ciano\, Bobby Elliott\, and Nick Martino for an evening of celebrat ions and conversation. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180404Z LOCATION:Literary Arts URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/james-ciano-bobby-elliott-and-nick-mar tino-in-conversation/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:3 Month Short Memoir Intensive: writing the memoirella DTSTART:20260910T210000Z DTEND:20260910T230000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180404Z UID:10005763-1789048800-1789056000@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:The memoirella is a great form of literature that fits somewhe re between an essay and a memoir. The term was coined by Banana Pitch Pres s’s Founding Editor\, Michelle Kicherer\, who is here to teach her first -ever memoirella class. \nIn this class we will read a few novellas to bor row from their medium-length structures\, as well as several essays and me moirs. We’ll pick these works apart on a craft level\, asking what these works did to make them successful\, then apply those tools to your work. \nThe first few weeks of the class will be focused on generative writing for your memoirella\, and throughout the cohort we will have different typ es of workshops: one focused on opening pages\; one on back-of-the-book su mmaries and 1-page pitches\; and chapter excerpts. We will conclude the co urse with some talks around publishing. \nThis class is meant to be as hel pful as possible\, but also fun! We’ll learn from each other and foster a positive and productive classroom environment. \nCourse Takeaways\n● How to start a memoirella with a hook and purpose\n● What other novellas \, essays and memoirs set up for and what those stories deliver\n● How t o structure your memoirella\n● How and when to shrink it down to an essa y\, or expand it into a full-length memoir \nMaterials\nPlease bring a not ebook and writing utensil to each class for brief in-class writing activit ies. I highly encourage pen and papering for the exercises we’ll be doin g. \nA Note on Workshops\nWorkshops are not mandatory\, but are a wonderfu l way to receive feedback on your work. Each writer will have several oppo rtunities to submit their work for review and written feedback. Please do plan on reading and providing feedback on your peers’ work so we can all support each other equally. \nReading List \nIncludes work from Stephanie Foo\, Rachel Kushner\, Susan Kiyoto Ito\, Ta-Nehisi Coates\, Chloé Coope r Jones\, Karl Ove Knausgaard\, and others LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180404Z URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/6-month-short-memoir-intensive-writing -the-memoirella/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Book Club: Humanities of Portland Moderated by Tanya Lyn March\, P HD DTSTART:20260911T000000Z DTEND:20260911T013000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T122530Z UID:10009944-1789059600-1789065000@fhpdx.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:This is a dynamic book club that goes beyond traditional readi ng. Each month\, members select a book to dive into\, followed by exciting field trips related to the story’s themes\, like visiting local museums or other Portland destinations. Join fellow readers each month to dive in to a new book and enjoy creative activities or field trips that connect to the story. It’s a fun\, interactive way to experience literature and community together! Activities are held at Friendly House unless otherwise noted.  \n2nd Thursday of every month • 5:00pm – 6:30pm • All even ts are free and open to everyone! \nRSVP required: email frontdesk@fhpdx .org or call (503) 228-4391 \nSEPTEMBER BOOK: The Beyond the Ripples by Dede Montgomery\nThis book is a multigenerational mystery set in the Pacif ic Northwest\, where a message in a bottle found along the Columbia River unexpectedly connects strangers across time and place. As two women unrave l the story behind the note\, they confront family secrets\, past regrets\ , and the power of human connection and forgiveness. \nThursday\, Septembe r 10\n5:00pm – 5:30pm | Tea and Social Time\n5:30pm – 6:30pm | Author Reading and Book Signing \nOCTOBER BOOK: On the Ragged Edge of Medicine: D octoring Among the Dispossessed by Dr. Patricia Kullberg\nDr. Kullberg pro vides a raw\, compassionate look at her fifteen years practicing medicine in Portland’s public health clinics. This collection of stories offers a vital human perspective on the city’s most vulnerable populations and t he challenges of the healthcare safety net. \nThursday\, October 8\n5:00pm – 5:30pm | Tea and Social Time\n5:30pm – 6:30pm | Author Reading and Book Signing LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T122530Z URL:https://fhpdx.org/event/book-club-humanities-of-portland-moderated-by- tanya-lyn-march-phd-3/2026-09-10/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Friendly House X-SOURCE-URL:https://fhpdx.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:September Book Club - The Passion According to G.H. @ North 45 Pub DTSTART:20260911T023000Z DTEND:20260911T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T004224Z UID:event_312015904@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Dead Authors Book Club\nCome read & drink with us!\n\nFor Sept ember\, we are reading *The Passion According to G.H.* by Clarice Lispecto r.\n\n"G.H.\, a well-to-do Rio sculptress\, enters the room of her maid\, which is as clear and white 'as in an insane asylum from which dangerous o bjects have been removed'. There she sees a cockroach - black\, dusty\, pr ehistoric - crawling out of the wardrobe and\, panicking\, slams the door on it. Her irresistible fascination with the dying insect provokes a spiri tual crisis within\, in which she questions her place in the universe and her very identity\, propelling her towards an act of shocking transgressio n. Clarice Lispector's spare\, deeply disturbing yet luminous novel transf orms language into something otherworldly\, and is one of her most unsettl ing and compelling works."\n\nAs a reminder\, this meetup's intentions are to be out and about in the city\, exploring new places for drinks and dis cussions about books. Will post a location ASAP. Taking recommendations fo r locations if you have one in mind!\n\n[The Passion According to G.H. (Go odreads)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/153426.The_Passion_According _to_G_H_)\n[The Passion According to G.H. (Storygraph)](https://app.thesto rygraph.com/books/d6ffedb2-d929-4189-863d-dd8467ebc151) LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T004224Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/dead-authors-book-club/events/312015904/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Dead Authors Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:James Joyce: Ulysses DTSTART:20260912T170000Z DTEND:20260912T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180404Z UID:10005771-1789207200-1789214400@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:In Homer’s Odyssey\, it takes Ulysses ten years to return ho me to Ithaca after the end of the Trojan War. The trip is quicker in James Joyce’s Ulysses (1922)— a single day—but\, as in its Homeric antece dent\, an aging hero must wander in search of home but\, unlike Homer’s hero\, his journey is limited to a single day. \nAnd what a day it is! Sha rp and funny descriptions of Dublin\, dazzling innovations to the very pos sibilities of the English language\, and nuanced (if often obscure) engage ments with literature and history transform an ordinary June 16th into the stuff of legend. Bloom’s path sometimes crosses\, sometimes aligns with the one taken by Stephen Daedalus\, familiar from Joyce’s earlier work A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man. Although the third main character Molly Bloom\, Leopold’s wife\, never leaves home\, thoughts of her haun t his travels. \nJoyce doesn’t mention Homer in Ulysses\, although the s erial version\, published in The Little Review (1918–1920)\, assigned Ho meric titles to the episodes (removed in the full version). So\, even if h e wavered as to the extent of the relationship between the works\, it rema ins true that both works are “beautifully all embracing” in their “v ision of human concerns.” In writing Ulysses\, Joyce explores what such concerns look like from the perspective of a decidedly non-heroic modernit y\, likewise trying to find a way back from a grueling and pointless war. \nWith Chritopher Nolan’s “The Odyssey” providing a cinematic versio n of Homer’s epic\, what better time to join Joyce in his rethinking of Homer’s powerful story of disillusion\, desire\, and the always pressing question of how to find a way home. In this eight-week Delve\, we’ll wo rk our way through Ulysses\, exploring these characters’ stories\, Joyce ’s prose\, early twentieth-century Dublin\, and the many other stories a nd histories woven into this extraordinary novel. \nText:\nUllysses by Jam es Joyce \nAccess Program\nWe want our writing classes and seminars to be accessible to everyone\, regardless of income and background. We understan d that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Ac cess Program offers writing class and seminar tuitions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one access spot available. \nPlease app ly here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-art s.org if you have questions. \nLiaison position\nEvery in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison position. Liaisons perform speci fic duties for each class meeting. If you are a liaison for a class or sem inar\, the full amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts. \nAppl y here for the liaison position. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180404Z URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/james-joyce-ulysses/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Scene Writing Intensive DTSTART:20260915T003000Z DTEND:20260915T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180404Z UID:10005775-1789407000-1789416000@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Being “in scene” is where storytelling comes alive on the page. It’s where readers feel\, understand\, and enter a story’s world —where we experience deeper emotional truths that keep us turning pages. Scene is the foundation of memorable storytelling\, and it is a craft tha t crosses every genre. \nThis five-day intensive teaches writers the essen tial elements of compelling scene construction. Over five class meetings\, students will learn to create authentic characters\, ground readers in vi vid and purposeful setting\, weave exposition seamlessly into narrative\, and build scenes that draw readers in and hold them page after page. In ea ch session we move from craft principle to practice and feedback\, so that each writer leaves understanding how scene works and having practiced\, t oo. \nWhat Writers Will Learn \nCharacter & Setting Craft:\n• Ground sto ry in vivid\, purposeful locations\n• Create characters with clear motiv ation and authentic behavior\n• Develop compelling dialogue that reveals character\nPacing & Structure:\n• Build tension through countervailing forces\n• Drive momentum with action and conflict\n• Practice page-tur ning pacing techniques\nVoice & Subtext:\n• Weave in distinctive narrati ve voice\n• Add depth through subtext and implication\n• Balance showi ng and telling for maximum impact\nDaily Structure\nEach session will incl ude:\n• Study of effective published scenes across genres\n• Analysis exercises mapping scene and expository techniques\n• Supportive read-alo uds of new work\n• Collaborative workshopping of three participants’ p ieces\n• Q&A on scene craft and technique \nAccess Program\nWe want our writing classes and seminars to be accessible to everyone\, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can presen t obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and s eminar tuitions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one access spot available. \nPlease apply here for access rate tuition. Contac t Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions. \nLiaison position\nEvery in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liais on position. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If y ou are a liaison for a class or seminar\, the full amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts. \nApply here for the liaison position. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180404Z LOCATION:Literary Arts URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/scene-writing-intensive/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fiction of Tennessee Williams DTSTART:20260915T010000Z DTEND:20260915T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180404Z UID:10005772-1789408800-1789416000@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:The oeuvre of Tennessee Williams expands far beyond his well-k nown plays. His prolific dedication to writing resulted in experimental on e acts\, collections of poetry\, song lyrics\, essays\, a memoir\, several short story collections\, & two novels. This seminar will focus on his fi ction. Beginning with his novel The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (1950)\, we ’ll explore how his prose developed from more straightforward language t o experiments with disordered time & stream of consciousness—powerfully applied in Moise and the World of Reason (1975). Bridging these two novels are his many short stories\, which range from the brutally realist to the sensationally surreal. \nTexts: \nThe Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone\nThe Col lected Stories of Tennessee Williams\nMoise and the World of Reason \nAcc ess Program\nWe want our writing classes and seminars to be accessible to everyone\, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tui tion structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program o ffers writing class and seminar tuitions at a reduced rate. Most writing c lasses have at least one access spot available. \nPlease apply here for ac cess rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you h ave questions. \nLiaison position\nEvery in-person class and seminar at Li terary Arts has one liaison position. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If you are a liaison for a class or seminar\, the ful l amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts. \nApply here for the liaison position. LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180404Z URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/fiction-of-tennessee-williams/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Arts in Education Week Celebration and Proclamation Reading DTSTART:20260915T200000Z DTEND:20260915T204500Z DTSTAMP:20260827T064013Z UID:10001715-1789477200-1789479900@portlandartmuseum.org CATEGORIES:arts,community,literary DESCRIPTION:The Portland Art Museum\, in partnership with Portland Public Schools and the Office of Arts & Culture\, is celebrating Arts in Educatio n Week\, recognized nationally\, September 13–19. Please join us on Tues day\, September 15 at 1 p.m. in the Silver Family Youth and Community Gall ery at the Portland Art Museum for a City of Portland proclamation reading .  \n\n\n\nThe gallery hosts the extraordinary work of student artists in the HeART of Portland Visual Art Exhibition. This exhibition features ove r 100 works that highlight the diversity of arts offerings across Portland Public Schools. As part of the proclamation reading\, elementary students will share their artwork. \n\n\n\n\nregister here\n\n\n\n\nAdmission is f ree. Registration requested. \n\n\n\nArts in Education Week\, September 13 –19\, is a national celebration that lifts up the enduring power of an a rts education. Arts education allows students to develop artistic discipli nes\, learn about and understand multiple perspectives\, build connections with others\, and find their voice in the world. Engagement in the arts f osters durable skills such as creativity\, problem solving\, collaboration \, communication\, resiliency\, and critical thinking. These durable skill s will be used by students throughout their lives.   \n\n\n\nThe arts ar e not extra\; they are an essential part of a well-rounded education. Port land guarantees all 28\,000 public elementary students access to an arts e ducation through the Arts Access Fund\, powered by the Arts Education Tax. The Arts Access Fund also provides grants for arts organizations that pro vide arts experiences for K-12 students and people in underserved communit ies. Last year\, local arts organizations recorded a combined 143\,525 art s experiences for K-12 students in Portland.    \n\n\n\nWe are proud to celebrate a 100+ year partnership with Portland Public Schools\, and each year the Portland Art Museum serves 30\,000 students through school tours and community access programs. Children 17 and under are always free. LAST-MODIFIED:20260827T064013Z LOCATION:Portland Art Museum\, 1219 SW Park Ave\, Portland\, OR\, 97205 URL:https://portlandartmuseum.org/event/arts-in-education-week-celebration -and-proclamation-reading/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Portland Art Museum X-SOURCE-URL:https://portlandartmuseum.org/exhibitions END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:September Write-In: Labor Day DTSTART:20260916T003000Z DTEND:20260916T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260729T180404Z UID:10005758-1789493400-1789500600@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Come on down to the Literary Arts Bookstore & Cafe for our mon thly write-in. This month’s theme is Labor Day! \nThis month’s special ty drink is called The Means of Production. Have you ever wanted a chocol ate-covered banana that delivers caffeine as well as joy?? Look no furth er! We’ve made you a banana mocha!  \nStay up to date with the Litera ry Bookstore news! Sign up for our newsletter and get updates for upcoming write-ins. \n\nAbout write-ins:\nWrite-ins are community gatherings where writers come together to share space\, write\, and make connections. Whet her you’re here to hit word count or make a new friend\, we’re here to support you! LAST-MODIFIED:20260729T180404Z LOCATION:Literary Arts URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/september-write-in-labor-day/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Patti Smith: An Evening of Songs and Stories DTSTART:20260916T023000Z DTEND:20260916T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260730T060312Z UID:10005769-1789500600-1789506000@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:literary,music DESCRIPTION:Literary Arts is pleased to present New York Times bestsel ling author Patti Smith for An Evening of Songs & Stories\, featuring  a live performance and conversation about her new memoir\, Bread of Angels.   \n\nAbout the book: \nNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A radiant new memoir from artist and writer Patti Smith\, author of the National Bo ok Award winner Just Kids \nA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: TIME\, NPR\, THE NEW YORKER \n“God whispers through a crease in the wallpaper\,” writes Pat ti Smith in this moving account of her life. A post–World War II childho od unfolds in a condemned housing complex where we enter the child’s wor ld of the imagination. Smith\, the captain of her loyal and beloved siblin g army\, vanquishes bullies\, communes with the king of tortoises\, and se arches for sacred silver pennies. \nThe most intimate of Smith’s memoirs \, Bread of Angels takes us through her teenage years where the first glim mers of art and romance take hold. Arthur Rimbaud and Bob Dylan emerge as creative role models as she begins to write poetry then lyrics\, ultimatel y merging both into the songs of iconic recordings such as Horses\, Wave\, and Easter. \nShe leaves it all behind to marry her one true love\, Fred Sonic Smith\, with whom she creates a life of devotion and adventure on a canal in St. Clair Shores\, Michigan. Here\, she invents a room of her own \, a low table\, a Persian cup\, inkwell and pen\, entering at dawn to wri te. The couple spend nights in their landlocked Chris-Craft studying nauti cal maps and charting new adventures as they start a family. \nA series of profound losses mark her life. Grief and gratitude are braided through ye ars of caring for her children\, rebuilding her life and\, finally\, writi ng again—the one constant in a life driven by artistic freedom and the p ower of the imagination to transform the commonplace into the magical\, an d pain into hope. In the final pages\, we meet Smith on the road again\, t he vagabond who travels to commune with herself\, who lives to write and w rites to live. LAST-MODIFIED:20260730T060312Z LOCATION:Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall\, 1037 SW Broadway\, Portland\, OR\ , 97205\, United States URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/patti-smith-an-evening-of-songs-and-st ories/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Slamlandia - September DTSTART:20260918T020000Z DTEND:20260918T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T183418Z UID:10005802-1789671600-1789678800@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every mon th at Literary Arts\, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative\ , fun\, and welcoming space for all literary communities in Portland. We e ncourage poets new and old to come share their work. We strive towards a s afe space for poets to read their own poetry\, witness others\, and partic ipate in community. \nGuest hosted by Camille McDaniel\, September’s Sla mlandia will also feature poetry from Q (John-Francis) Quiñonez. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T183418Z LOCATION:Literary Arts URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-september-2/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Read The Waves by Virginia Woolf DTSTART:20260919T163000Z DTEND:20260919T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T000916Z UID:event_315751616@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Middle Aged Women's Punk Rock Book Club Meetup\nHello Amazing Middle-Aged Punk Rock Women!\nTo start off the fall\, let's fall into Virg inia Woolf's The Waves!\n\nThe Waves is Virginia Woolf’s most experiment al and lyrical novel\, capturing the inner lives of six friends as they mo ve from childhood to adulthood\, each voice blending and separating like t he tides they witness by the sea. Through shifting soliloquies\, Woolf rev eals their innermost thoughts\, fears\, and desires\, weaving a delicate t apestry of identity and connection against the unrelenting passage of time .\n\nAs Bernard\, Susan\, Rhoda\, Neville\, Jinny\, and Louis navigate the joys\, losses\, and changes of life\, their individual experiences merge into a shared consciousness\, reflecting the ebb and flow of human existen ce. Moments of love\, grief\, ambition\, and loneliness rise and fall like waves\, capturing the beauty and fragility of life in its smallest detail s and grandest reflections.\n\nA modernist masterpiece\, The Waves invites readers into a poetic exploration of time\, memory\, and the deep current s that shape who we are. Perfect for readers seeking a meditative\, immers ive literary experience\, this novel reveals Woolf’s brilliance in captu ring the rhythms of the human soul. LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T000916Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/middle-aged-punk-rock-book-club-meetup/events/3 15751616/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Middle Aged Women's Punk Rock Book Club Meetup END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:enfoque: From the Idea to Your First Book DTSTART:20260919T190000Z DTEND:20260919T220000Z DTSTAMP:20260804T002700Z UID:29446-1789819200-1789830000@milagro.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Everyone has a story worth telling. Author and researcher Dr. Angel Contreras Cruz leads an interactive seminar designed to help transfo rm one’s life experiences into the beginning of their own book. Through a combination of storytelling\, practical instruction\, and guided writing exercises\, participants will learn how to organize their ideas\, overcom e the fear of writing\, and discover ways to turn personal memories into m eaningful narratives. Whether interested in writing a memoir\, preserving family history\, or simply exploring one’s creative voice\, this is a we lcoming space to begin. Whether you’ve never written before or have been working on your story for years\, this is an opportunity to take the firs t step. \nDr. Angel Contreras Cruz is an author\, researcher\, and educato r based in the Portland metropolitan area. His work explores migration\, i dentity\, and the power of personal storytelling. He is the author of Lecc iones que nadie te cuenta al migrar: Memorias de un inmigrante en Estados Unidos\, which was selected for the 2026 Multnomah County Library Writers Project. Drawing from his own experience as an immigrant and published aut hor\, Dr. Contreras Cruz is passionate about helping others discover the v alue of their own stories. Through engaging workshops and community-center ed learning\, he encourages participants to organize their ideas\, build c onfidence as writers\, and transform personal experiences into meaningful narratives. \nPlease note: Attendees should bring a favorite pen or pencil \, something on which to write (notebook\, journal\, loose paper\, laptop\ , tablet\, etc.)\, an open mind\, and a willingness to reflect on their ex periences. They have the option of bringing a meaningful photo\, object\, or keepsake that sparks an important memory to use as a writing prompt. \n Running time: 3 hours\nAge recommendation: 13+ LAST-MODIFIED:20260804T002700Z LOCATION:El Zócalo\, 537 SE Stark Street\, Portland\, OR\, 97214\, United States URL:https://milagro.org/event/enfoque-from-the-idea-to-your-first-book/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Milagro Theatre X-SOURCE-URL:https://milagro.org END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Where Is Your Mother? Family Relationships Missing from Your Memo ir DTSTART:20260923T010000Z DTEND:20260923T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260731T060232Z UID:10005780-1790100000-1790107200@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Memoir-writing challenges us to interrogate ourselves. Transcr ibing those memories can be difficult\, but even more difficult is ensurin g we are honest about how our important relationships have shaped us. It ’s easy to sweep something—or someone—under the proverbial rug\, hop ing that their absence will give us the strength and courage to finish our first draft. But when we write “The End” and go back to re-read\, the re is often a sense of dissatisfaction that might have a potential reader wondering\, “But why didn’t they talk about….?” \nThis course wil l ask you who or what you have left out\, and why it’s important to eval uate bringing them into the fold. We will look at how to treat that “cha racter” with respect and look at examples from authors who use compassio n and authenticity when looking at hard relationships. Let’s get a handl e on the “fear of family” repercussions\, so that your work can sing i ts song. \nCourse outcomes/goals\nParticipants will be able to:\nIdentify the person/thing they have been leaving out\, and why Use literary exempla rs to practice self-interrogation Compose without worry of repercussions\n Read and discuss author examples as related to Fear of Family (“FOF”)\ nRespond to writing prompts and visual art \nAccess Program\nWe want our w riting classes and seminars to be accessible to everyone\, regardless of i ncome and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and se minar tuitions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one a ccess spot available. \nPlease apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions. \nLiaison p osition\nEvery in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaiso n position. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If yo u are a liaison for a class or seminar\, the full amount of your tuition i s covered by Literary Arts. \nApply here for the liaison position. LAST-MODIFIED:20260731T060232Z LOCATION:Literary Arts URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/where-is-your-mother-family-relationsh ips-missing-from-your-memoir/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Literary Trivia Night DTSTART:20260923T013000Z DTEND:20260923T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260831T183205Z UID:10005805-1790101800-1790105400@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Literary Arts Bookstore & Cafe for an evening o f literary-themed trivia. Play as a team or solo while competing for prize s and literary glory. Trivia will begin at 6:30 sharp\, so don’t be late ! \nWe will be hosting three rounds of trivia with five questions each. An swers will be collected and tabulated between rounds. Winners will receive Portland Book Festival passes! \nThis event is free and open to the publi c\, with a $5 (or more) suggested donation to Literary Arts. LAST-MODIFIED:20260831T183205Z LOCATION:Literary Arts URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/literary-trivia-night/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Read The Waves by Virginia Woolf DTSTART:20260924T010000Z DTEND:20260924T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T000916Z UID:event_315862270@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Middle Aged Women's Punk Rock Book Club Meetup\nHello Amazing Middle-Aged Punk Rock Women!\nTo start off the fall\, let's fall into Virg inia Woolf's The Waves!\n\nThe Waves is Virginia Woolf’s most experiment al and lyrical novel\, capturing the inner lives of six friends as they mo ve from childhood to adulthood\, each voice blending and separating like t he tides they witness by the sea. Through shifting soliloquies\, Woolf rev eals their innermost thoughts\, fears\, and desires\, weaving a delicate t apestry of identity and connection against the unrelenting passage of time .\n\nAs Bernard\, Susan\, Rhoda\, Neville\, Jinny\, and Louis navigate the joys\, losses\, and changes of life\, their individual experiences merge into a shared consciousness\, reflecting the ebb and flow of human existen ce. Moments of love\, grief\, ambition\, and loneliness rise and fall like waves\, capturing the beauty and fragility of life in its smallest detail s and grandest reflections.\n\nA modernist masterpiece\, The Waves invites readers into a poetic exploration of time\, memory\, and the deep current s that shape who we are. Perfect for readers seeking a meditative\, immers ive literary experience\, this novel reveals Woolf’s brilliance in captu ring the rhythms of the human soul. LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T000916Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/middle-aged-punk-rock-book-club-meetup/events/3 15862270/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Middle Aged Women's Punk Rock Book Club Meetup END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolu tion DTSTART:20260925T010000Z DTEND:20260925T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T000912Z UID:event_315810025@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Westside New York Times Best Nonfiction Book Club\n* **Days of Love and Rage: A Story of Ordinary People Forging a Revolution** by Anand Gopal. Published in March 2006\, this piece of narrative nonfiction "is t he result of eight years of reporting and nearly 2\,000 interviews. While reviewers have noted that the writing possesses the emotional depth\, swee p\, and artistry of a great novel\, the events\, historical timelines\, an d individuals profiled are entirely real."\n\nI originally wanted to sched ule this book for August\, but because it's a little longer\, I'll put it on the calendar for September. LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T000912Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/westside-new-york-times-best-non-fiction-book-c lub/events/315810025/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Westside New York Times Best Nonfiction Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Let's talk about a Doctorow's Enshittification [hybrid by request] DTSTART:20260925T013000Z DTEND:20260925T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T000913Z UID:event_315078932@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:PDX Science & Nature Book Club\nIn person\, meet at Dick's Pri mal Burger: We're in the community room\, to the right of where you order. ...\n\nIf you'd like to join remotely\, send a message to the organizer.\n \n**[Enshittification: Why Everything Suddenly Got Worse and What to Do Ab out It](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222376640-enshittification?ref =nav_sb_ss_1_6)**[ ](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/222376640-enshitt ification?ref=nav_sb_ss_1_6)\n\nby Cory Doctorow\n\n*[free eBook here.](ht tps://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/hqa7lts641ft0po6bwbuy/Enshittification-Why-Ev erything-Suddenly-Got-Worse-and-What-to-Do-About-It-Cory-Doctorow-z-librar y.sk-1lib.sk-z-lib.sk.epub?rlkey=yht119dfkw02pfukw51nnuxqd&st=217hgfbl&dl= 0)*\n\nEnshittification: It’s not just you―the internet sucks now. It ’s been enshittified. That was no accident\, and it’s not gonna fix it self. Here’s how we’ll disenshittify it so we can have a new\, good in ternet.\n\nWe are all living through the Enshittocene―the Great Enshitte ning―a time in which the services that matter to us\, that we rely on\, are being turned into giant piles of shit. It’s frustrating. Demoralizin g. Even terrifying.\n\nThe once-glorious internet has degenerated into “ platforms” that rose to dominance because they delivered convenient and delightful services efficiently and reliably. But once we were locked in t o those services\, the tech bosses turned on us\, relying on our dependenc y to keep us using the services even as they got worse and worse. The plat form bosses did the same to the companies that had flocked to their servic es to sell stuff to us. Once we were all locked in―businesses and users ―the tech companies stripped out all utility\, save the bare minimum nee ded to stave off total collapse.\n\nIn Enshittification\, Cory Doctorow sh ows us where it comes from: not the iron laws of economics\, or the great forces of history\, but specific policy choices made by powerful people wh o ignored every warning about the consequences of those choices. These are choices that can be undone. Enshittification is a Big Tech disassembly ma nual\, a road map for the seizure of the means of computation. It is a dia gnosis\, and it is a cure. LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T000913Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/pdx-science-nature-book-club/events/315078932/ X-SOURCE-NAME:PDX Science & Nature Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: George Saunders DTSTART:20260925T023000Z DTEND:20260925T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260801T060252Z UID:10005702-1790278200-1790283600@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:arts,education,literary DESCRIPTION:Literary Arts is pleased to present George Saunders as the fir st speaker of the 2026-27 Portland Arts & Lectures series. \nPlease note: a subscription to the entire 2026-27 Portland Arts & Lectures series is re quired to attend this event. \nClick here to subscribe. LAST-MODIFIED:20260801T060252Z LOCATION:Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall\, 1037 SW Broadway\, Portland\, OR\ , 97205\, United States URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/portland-arts-lectures-2026-27-george- saunders/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fundamental Scenes: A Speculative Writing Workshop DTSTART:20260927T170000Z DTEND:20260927T200000Z DTSTAMP:20260807T060153Z UID:10005798-1790503200-1790514000@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Every writer has moments that seem larger than themselves: a n ight sky\, a death\, a first encounter with art\, a dream\, a sentence in a book\, a city seen from above\, a strange conversation\, a childhood ima ge that never stopped working. This one-day workshop helps writers return to one such moment and begin shaping it into literary material. \nWe will discuss a few brief examples of writing that moves from concrete scene to large question. Then participants will work through a guided sequence: re- entering the sensory scene\, locating the pivot where perception changed\, naming the question the scene still asks\, and drafting a short speculati ve passage that moves between lived detail and wider meaning. \nThis is a generative class rather than a critique workshop. Writers will leave with new pages\, a set of prompts for continued work\, and a clearer sense of h ow large ideas can arise from concrete experience. The atmosphere will be supportive\, exploratory\, and craft-centered: serious play for writers wh o want to risk wonder without losing the page. \nClass outcomes\nIdentify one fundamental scene or image that can become literary material.\nDraft a short speculative passage rooted in sensory detail.\nPractice moving from scene to question without over-explaining.\nLearn a simple revision metho d for deepening image\, voice\, and structure.\nLeave with prompts for con tinuing the piece after class. \nAccess Program\nWe want our writing class es and seminars to be accessible to everyone\, regardless of income and ba ckground. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacles f or some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and seminar tuitio ns at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one access spot a vailable. \nPlease apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions. \nLiaison position\nEve ry in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison position. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If you are a liai son for a class or seminar\, the full amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts. \nApply here for the liaison position. LAST-MODIFIED:20260807T060153Z LOCATION:Literary Arts URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/fundamental-scenes-a-speculative-writi ng-workshop/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Weird Fiction: Julia by Sandra Newman. DTSTART:20260927T173000Z DTEND:20260927T183000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T004309Z UID:event_316362841@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Art Geeks\nWe will discuss Julia by Sandra Newman. We'll meet at 10:30 at Common Grounds. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T004309Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/art-geeks/events/316362841/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Art Geeks END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Brothers Karamazov DTSTART:20260928T000000Z DTEND:20260928T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260808T120148Z UID:10005777-1790528400-1790535600@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:It is not an exaggeration to say The Brothers Karamazov is one of the most influential novels ever written. It is a novel that has a his tory of dividing opinions\, regularly hitting banned book lists: Written i n the mid-late 19th century\, contemporary Christians believed the novel w as atheistic\, and contemporary atheists believed the novel is too Christi an. Regardless of which it is\, the novel is certainly an attempt to tear down established norms and create a blueprint for a new societal order in Russia. Dostoevsky himself spent time in a labor camp earlier in his life\ , accused of various crimes including fears from the Ministry of Internal Affairs that he was a member of a revolutionary literary group. \nIf Tolst oy’s War and Peace\, written a decade earlier\, was an attempt to captur e the totality of political and interpersonal life\, then The Brothers Kar amazov is an attempt to capture the totality of internal life. It is a pro ject with no less of a goal than creating a new society and new religion t hrough the demonstration of the tripartite souls of the titular brothers: Aloysha\, the exuberant\, youthful monk-in-training\; Ivan\, the depressed \, ruminating academic\, and Dimitri\, the eldest\, sensualist\, and self- destructive soldier. Each character represents a period of life and a way of looking at the world\; though archetypes\, they also feel like people y ou may have known. When their miserable and cruel estranged father is murd ered\, all three have to face his self-destructive aspects in themselves: Why are modern humans miserable when we know we could be happy\, and why c an’t we seem to get out of our own way? And who among Fyodor Zaramazov ’s orbit killed him\, and why? \nWe will be reading the Peaver and Volok honsky translation\, itself a major turning point in the novel’s popular ity in English\, shedding some of the stuffy\, plodding\, confusing langua ge of earlier translations in favor a readable and populist style. The Bro thers Karamazov is a big novel full of big ideas\, and there is no better way to experience it than in a group. \nRequired Texts: The Brothers Karam azov\, Bicentennial Edition\, trans. Peaver and Volokhonsky \nReading sch edule:\nWeek 1: 1-173 (Part I)\nWeek 2: 173-300 (Part II\, Books 4-5)\nWee k 3: 300-472 (Part II\, Book 6 – Part III\, Books 7-8)\nWeek 4: 472- 545 (Part III\, Book 9)\nWeek 5: 545- 696 (Part IV\, Books 10-11)\nWeek 6: 69 6-825 (Part IV Book 12 & Epilogue) \nAccess Program\nWe want our writing c lasses and seminars to be accessible to everyone\, regardless of income an d background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacl es for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and seminar tu itions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one access sp ot available. \nPlease apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan M oore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions. \nLiaison position\ nEvery in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison positi on. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If you are a liaison for a class or seminar\, the full amount of your tuition is covere d by Literary Arts. \nApply here for the liaison position. LAST-MODIFIED:20260808T120148Z LOCATION:Literary Arts URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/fyodor-dostoyevsky-the-brothers-karama zov/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Art of the Short Story DTSTART:20260929T010000Z DTEND:20260929T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260814T062019Z UID:10005773-1790618400-1790625600@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:This class will provide practical insights and techniques to c raft short stories that captivate and create an emotional resonance with r eaders. We will explore the practice of writing fiction as an experience t hat not only includes putting words to page\, but also as an act of listen ing\, observing\, and paying attention.\nWe shall explore what makes a com pelling short story by thinking through how to write a powerful opening/cr eate a strong hook\, establishing stakes in a story\, making the best narr ative choices\, and achieving a powerful ending/resolution. Throughout the course\, we’ll discuss important craft elements\, including the plot\, characterization\, setting\, and point of view\, amongst others. \nOur wo rk will be guided by readings of diverse contemporary authors and discussi ons of core craft elements\, as well as writing exercises and workshops. W e’ll explore what it means to articulate and be challenged by language\, and to reconstruct closeness with language.\n\nClass Outcomes \n● Defin e and identify core elements of fiction\, including character/characteriza tion\, dialogue\, points of view\, setting\, time\, narrative structure\, and tone.\n● Use these elements intentionally in the class’s written w ork.\n● Provide generative feedback to others and revise own work. \nRe adings: Short stories by diverse authors from across the world will be pro vided. \nAccess Program\nWe want our writing classes and seminars to be accessible to everyone\, regardless of income and background. We understan d that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. Our Ac cess Program offers writing class and seminar tuitions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one access spot available. \nPlease app ly here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-art s.org if you have questions. \nLiaison position\nEvery in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison position. Liaisons perform speci fic duties for each class meeting. If you are a liaison for a class or sem inar\, the full amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts. \nAppl y here for the liaison position. LAST-MODIFIED:20260814T062019Z URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/the-art-of-the-short-story/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Extra/Ordinary: Writing the Uncommon in the Everyday DTSTART:20260930T000000Z DTEND:20260930T020000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T003048Z UID:10005800-1790701200-1790708400@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Close reading is a practice of attention: an antidote to speed and frictionless swipability. It helps us appreciate literature more deep ly and shapes us into more deft practitioners of craft. Paisley Rekdal not es\, “When we take the same critical care with our own writing that we t ake with published poems\, we are bound not only to see the patterns behin d our failings\, but (more important) new and more adventurous paths open up in the ways we represent our worlds.” \nIn this generative class we w ill close-read—and write—alongside works that resist easy classificati on\, including “Everyday Barf” by Eileen Myles\, “Dead Doe” by Bri git Pegeen Kelly\, “Exhausting a Place in Paris” by Georges Perec\, Ch ristina Sharpe’s “The Shapes of Grief\,” and Rekdal’s “Nightinga le: A Gloss.” Writers will come away with sharpened tools of observation \, tactile craft practices\, a portfolio of fresh writing starts\, and a k eener sense of the uncommon and the poetic within the everyday—on and of f the page. \nAccess Program\nOur Access Program offers writing class and seminar tuitions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one access spot available. \nPlease apply here for access rate tuition. Conta ct Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T003048Z URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/extra-ordinary-writing-the-uncommon-in -the-everyday/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:BIPOC Reading Series - September DTSTART:20261001T013000Z DTEND:20261001T033000Z DTSTAMP:20260819T062839Z UID:10005803-1790793000-1790800200@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:This monthly reading series is intended to prioritize the safe ty\, creativity\, and stories of Black people\, Indigenous people\, and Pe ople of Color. \nCome listen to our featured readers\, or sign up to share your work in our open mic. Readings will be followed by a short community discussion. Hosted by Kyle Yoshioka and Jessica Meza-Torres. The featu red reader for September will be announced soon. \nThis event is open to e veryone\, but only people who identify as Black\, Indigenous\, and/or Peop le of Color will be invited to read. If you have any questions\, please co ntact Jessica Meza-Torres at jmezatorres24@gmail.com or Kyle Yoshioka at k yle.yoshioka@gmail.com. LAST-MODIFIED:20260819T062839Z URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/bipoc-reading-series-september-2/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Writing and Feedback Lab DTSTART:20261003T170000Z DTEND:20261003T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260821T062932Z UID:10005797-1791021600-1791028800@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:Give your writing the space it needs to grow. This six-week la b helps you make meaningful progress while receiving immediate\, actionabl e feedback. Through dedicated writing time and structured critique\, you ’ll generate and refine new work each week leaving with stronger pages\, clearer direction\, and writing momentum. \nGive your writing the space i t needs to take shape and to keep going. This six-week writing lab is desi gned to help you make meaningful progress on your work-in-progress while r eceiving immediate\, actionable feedback.\nEach session combines dedicated writing time with structured peer and instructor feedback\, allowing you to generate new material and refine it in real time. Whether you’re work ing on a novel\, memoir\, essay\, or short story project\, this course off ers a consistent rhythm of creation and friendly critique to help you stay accountable and deepen your craft.\nBy the end of the six weeks\, you’l l have stronger pages\, clearer direction\, and writing momentum you can s ustain beyond the class. \nClass Goals: \nConsistent weekly progress on th eir manuscript\nImmediate\, constructive feedback on new pages\nGreater cl arity around structure\, voice\, and direction\nTools to revise efficientl y without losing momentum\nA stronger sense of accountability and creative rhythm \nAccess Program\nOur Access Program offers writing class and semi nar tuitions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one acc ess spot available.Please apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susa n Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions. \nLiaison positi on\nEvery in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison pos ition. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If you are a liaison for a class or seminar\, the full amount of your tuition is cov ered by Literary Arts. \nApply here for the liaison position. LAST-MODIFIED:20260821T062932Z LOCATION:Literary Arts URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/137075/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Writing with the Seasons: Fall DTSTART:20261003T170000Z DTEND:20261003T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T003220Z UID:10005807-1791021600-1791028800@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Does what you write or how you write it change with the season s? In these quarterly gatherings we’ll meet to be inspired by the turn o f the world. From autumn leaves to springtime flowers\, rain and snow and sun\, we’ll consider nature’s shifts and how we can incorporate them i nto our writing practice. We’ll also reflect on the impact of climate ch ange on our seasonal rhythms and on our writing. Through brief readings\, writing prompts\, and generative exercises\, we’ll welcome in and attune our writing to the time of year. \nAccess Program\nWe want our writing cl asses and seminars to be accessible to everyone\, regardless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure can present obstacle s for some people. Our Access Program offers writing class and seminar tui tions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at least one access spo t available. \nPlease apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Mo ore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions. \nLiaison position\n Every in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison positio n. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meeting. If you are a l iaison for a class or seminar\, the full amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts. \nApply here for the liaison position. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T003220Z URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/writing-with-the-seasons-fall/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Portland Jewish Writers Circle DTSTART:20261004T210000Z DTEND:20261004T223000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T060900Z UID:a8906453e45a14e162972fada15fbcf1 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Jewish Federation of Greater Portland\nCommunity Calendar\nhtt ps://jewishportland.org/community-calendar/portland-jewish-writers-circle- 1773275244 LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T060900Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Community Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://jewishportland.org/community-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Poetry Mixtape DTSTART:20261007T170000Z DTEND:20261007T190000Z DTSTAMP:20260824T002658Z UID:10005779-1791367200-1791374400@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:education,literary DESCRIPTION:In this 8 week\, Wednesday morning class\, we will read\, expl ore and discuss the sequential poem in contemporary American poetry\, from poets such as Lucille Clifton and Robert Hass to Sherwin Bitsui and Nam L e\, and many more besides. \nWhat makes a sequential poem work? How does a constellation of poems react to and inform each other? What can be inclu ded in a poem? What are the boundaries of a sequence? We’ll address ques tions such as these\, and others\, as we dive into this unique and exhilar ating form. \nAlongside scintillating conversations about published poet ry we will build our own “mixtape” poems through a series of fun and i nspiring exercises. Each participant will leave with a deepened and streng thened relationship to poetry as well as two publishable poetic sequences of their own. \nAccess Program\nWe want our writing classes and seminars t o be accessible to everyone\, regardless of income and background. We unde rstand that our tuition structure can present obstacles for some people. O ur Access Program offers writing class and seminar tuitions at a reduced r ate. Most writing classes have at least one access spot available. \nPleas e apply here for access rate tuition. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literar y-arts.org if you have questions. LAST-MODIFIED:20260824T002658Z LOCATION:Online via Zoom URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/poetry-mixtape/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:October Book Club - The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde @ Foxtrot DTSTART:20261009T023000Z DTEND:20261009T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T002651Z UID:event_312015918@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Dead Authors Book Club\nCome read & drink with us!\n\nFor Octo ber\, we are reading *The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde* by Robe rt Louis Stevenson.\n\n"Robert Louis Stevenson's masterpiece of the dualit y of good and evil in man's nature sprang from the darkest recesses of his own unconscious—during a nightmare from which his wife awakened him\, a lerted by his screams. More than a hundred years later\, this tale of the mild-mannered Dr. Jekyll and the drug that unleashes his evil\, inner pers ona—the loathsome\, twisted Mr. Hyde—has lost none of its ability to s hock. Its realistic police-style narrative chillingly relates Jekyll's des peration as Hyde gains control of his soul—and gives voice to our own fe ars of the violence and evil within us. Written before Freud's naming of t he ego and the id\, Stevenson's enduring classic demonstrates a remarkable understanding of the personality's inner conflicts—and remains the irre sistibly terrifying stuff of our worst nightmares."\n\nAs a reminder\, thi s meetup's intentions are to be out and about in the city\, exploring new places for drinks and discussions about books. Will post a location ASAP. Taking recommendations for locations if you have one in mind!\n\n[The Stra nge Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Goodreads)](https://www.goodreads.com /book/show/51496.Dr_Jekyll_and_Mr_Hyde)\n[The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll a nd Mr. Hyde (Storygraph)](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/5a3f7bab-17a 9-4de8-80be-cca8cab26bc4) LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T002651Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/dead-authors-book-club/events/312015918/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Dead Authors Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Min Jin Lee in conversation with Mitchell S. Jackson DTSTART:20261010T023000Z DTEND:20261010T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T063144Z UID:10005764-1791574200-1791579600@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Literary Arts and The Reser are thrilled to present Min Jin Le e\, author of the beloved novels Pachinko (an international bestseller a nd National Book Award finalist) and Free Food for Millionaires\, for a conversation about her new book\, American Hagwon.   \n American Hagwo n is both “a classic in the making and a novel distinctly of our moment \, one that helps us find firmer ground in a world unmoored from a most ba sic concern: how do we care for one another?”  \nMin Jin Lee will be j oined in conversation by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author Mitc hell S. Jackson. \n\nAbout the book: \nIn schools and churches\, hotel roo ms and nail salons\, law firms and fried-fish shops\; in cramped\, dingy a partments and luxury\, gated communities\, the men\, women\, and children in American Hagwon struggle to find satisfaction and meaning in a world that seems to grow less forgiving with each passing year. Once comfortably middle class in Korea\, John and Helen Koh and their three children—Bo\ , DH\, and Mido—find their lives upended\, first by a shocking betrayal by John’s oldest friend\, then by the 1997 Asian financial crisis. \nDes perately striving to regain their footing\, they leave Seoul for Sydney an d eventually settle in Southern California—where new vistas of opportuni ty open up for the children as their parents\, strangers in a strange land \, must adjust to a new life in which their experience and education mean little\, and they set their sights on whatever it takes to provide for the ir children’s futures. The Kohs\, their friends\, relatives\, and even t heir foes move in and out of each other’s lives as they navigate new cou rses across the years\, always nursing the almost all-consuming faith that education will lead the next generation to success and security. \nIn Am erican Hagwon\, Min Jin Lee has crafted an unforgettable\, panoramic novel where the smallest of gestures can have enormous repercussions\, where th e bonds of family and of memory twist and fray but rarely break\, and wher e willful self-sacrifice—for the benefit of loved ones and even stranger s—is a kind of prayer. \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n \n  \n  \n  \nTo c reate access for our wider community\, we need the support of event sponso rs.\nIf you or your company is interested in sponsorship\, please email d evelopment@literary-arts.org. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T063144Z LOCATION:The Reser\, 12625 SW Crescent St\,\, Beaverton\, OR\, 97005\, Uni ted States URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/min-jin-lee-in-conversation-with-mitch ell-s-jackson/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Writing Spirals: Multicultural Contemplations on Beginnings\, Endi ngs\, and Cycles DTSTART:20261015T010000Z DTEND:20261015T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260903T063028Z UID:10005784-1792000800-1792008000@literary-arts.org CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:The spiral holds great meaning for cultures all over the world and has captivated our attention throughout ancient and modern time. Whet her of metaphysical and philosophical significance\, or the many scientifi c and biological iterations of this powerful symbol\, the multi-faceted sp iral will be our muse. \nIn this 3-part generative writing workshop\, we ’ll expand our writing across multiple genres including poetry\, essay\, and narrative with prompts inspired by multicultural authors. Thematicall y\, we’ll move through Irish-Celtic mysticism\, spiraling seasons of eme rgence\, Afro-futurist science fiction\, and our personal place within the great spiral. We’ll engage impactful elements of style and craft from o ur mentor texts like punctuation\, dialogue\, and symbol to enhance writin g of resonance. Some time will be devoted to giving and receiving feedback as well as sharing in a supportive space. Writers of all levels and backg rounds are welcome. \nCourse Outcomes\nWriters will:\nExplore a variety of multicultural texts as inspiration for writing.\nDraft poems\, creative n on-fiction\, and narrative pieces related to spirals.\nEngage elements of craft and style from multigenre model texts.\nEnhance writing through feed back and sharing in positive and supportive circles. \nAccess Program\nWe want our writing classes and seminars to be accessible to everyone\, regar dless of income and background. We understand that our tuition structure c an present obstacles for some people. Our Access Program offers writing cl ass and seminar tuitions at a reduced rate. Most writing classes have at l east one access spot available. \nPlease apply here for access rate tuitio n. Contact Susan Moore at susan@literary-arts.org if you have questions. \ nLiaison position\nEvery in-person class and seminar at Literary Arts has one liaison position. Liaisons perform specific duties for each class meet ing. If you are a liaison for a class or seminar\, the full amount of your tuition is covered by Literary Arts. \nApply here for the liaison positio n. LAST-MODIFIED:20260903T063028Z LOCATION:Literary Arts URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/writing-spirals-multicultural-contempl ations-on-beginnings-endings-and-cycles/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Literary Arts X-SOURCE-URL:https://literary-arts.org/event/slamlandia-515 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Read Rouge by Mona Awad DTSTART:20261017T163000Z DTEND:20261017T180000Z DTSTAMP:20260901T003829Z UID:event_316359928@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Middle Aged Women's Punk Rock Book Club Meetup\nHello Amazing Middle-Aged Women Readers!\nFrom a member's recommendation\, we'll dive th is October into a literary\, surreal\, hallucinatory\, gothic\, fairy-tale -infused\, and darkly comic novel!\n\nA National Bestseller\nA USA TODAY B estseller\nA New York Times Editors’ Choice\nA Goodreads Choice Award Fi nalist\nNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post\, Good Housek eeping\, Electric Literature\, Tor\,and Literary Hub\n\nFrom the criticall y acclaimed author of Bunny comes a “Grimm Brothers fairy tale for the m odern age” (Good Housekeeping) and “darkly funny horror novel” (NYLO N) about a lonely young woman who’s drawn to a cult-like spa in the wake of her mother’s mysterious death. “Surreal\, scary and deeply moving —like all the best fairy tales” (People).\n\nA Most Anticipated Book o f 2023 by Time\, Vogue\, The Guardian\, Goodreads\, Bustle\, The Millions\ , LitHub\, Tor\, Good Housekeeping\, and more!\n\nFor as long as she can r emember\, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare v ideos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies\, Belle finds he rself back in Southern California\, dealing with her mother’s considerab le debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stake s escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral\, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother’s demise\, followed by a cryptic vide o about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red sh oes\, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of La Maison de Méduse\, the same lavish\, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There\, Belle di scovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother’s) obsession w ith the mirror—and the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass.\n\nSnow White meets Eyes Wide Shut in this s urreal descent into the dark side of beauty\, envy\, grief\, and the compl icated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror\, Rouge explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry—as w ell as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with Califo rnia sunshine and blood-red rose petals\, Rouge holds up a warped mirror t o our relationship with mortality\, our collective fixation with the surfa ce\, and the wondrous\, deep longing that might lie beneath. LAST-MODIFIED:20260901T003829Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/middle-aged-punk-rock-book-club-meetup/events/3 16359928/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Middle Aged Women's Punk Rock Book Club Meetup END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Read Rouge by Mona Awad DTSTART:20261022T013000Z DTEND:20261022T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260902T184004Z UID:event_316387489@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Middle Aged Women's Punk Rock Book Club Meetup\nHello Amazing Middle-Aged Women Readers!\nFrom a member's recommendation\, we'll dive th is October into a literary\, surreal\, hallucinatory\, gothic\, fairy-tale -infused\, and darkly comic novel!\n\nA National Bestseller\nA USA TODAY B estseller\nA New York Times Editors’ Choice\nA Goodreads Choice Award Fi nalist\nNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Washington Post\, Good Housek eeping\, Electric Literature\, Tor\, and Literary Hub\n\nFrom the critical ly acclaimed author of Bunny comes a “Grimm Brothers fairy tale for the modern age” (Good Housekeeping) and “darkly funny horror novel” (NYL ON) about a lonely young woman who’s drawn to a cult-like spa in the wak e of her mother’s mysterious death. “Surreal\, scary and deeply moving —like all the best fairy tales” (People).\n\nA Most Anticipated Book o f 2023 by Time\, Vogue\, The Guardian\, Goodreads\, Bustle\, The Millions\ , LitHub\, Tor\, Good Housekeeping\, and more!\n\nFor as long as she can r emember\, Belle has been insidiously obsessed with her skin and skincare v ideos. When her estranged mother Noelle mysteriously dies\, Belle finds he rself back in Southern California\, dealing with her mother’s considerab le debts and grappling with lingering questions about her death. The stake s escalate when a strange woman in red appears at the funeral\, offering a tantalizing clue about her mother’s demise\, followed by a cryptic vide o about a transformative spa experience. With the help of a pair of red sh oes\, Belle is lured into the barbed embrace of La Maison de Méduse\, the same lavish\, culty spa to which her mother was devoted. There\, Belle di scovers the frightening secret behind her (and her mother’s) obsession w ith the mirror—and the great shimmering depths (and demons) that lurk on the other side of the glass.\n\nSnow White meets Eyes Wide Shut in this s urreal descent into the dark side of beauty\, envy\, grief\, and the compl icated love between mothers and daughters. With black humor and seductive horror\, Rouge explores the cult-like nature of the beauty industry—as w ell as the danger of internalizing its pitiless gaze. Brimming with Califo rnia sunshine and blood-red rose petals\, Rouge holds up a warped mirror t o our relationship with mortality\, our collective fixation with the surfa ce\, and the wondrous\, deep longing that might lie beneath. LAST-MODIFIED:20260902T184004Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/middle-aged-punk-rock-book-club-meetup/events/3 16387489/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Middle Aged Women's Punk Rock Book Club Meetup END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Anxious Generation DTSTART:20261023T010000Z DTEND:20261023T023000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T000912Z UID:event_315915623@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Westside New York Times Best Nonfiction Book Club\n**The Anxio us Generation** by Jonathon Haidt. "Published in 2024\, this instant *New York Times* bestseller delves into the alarming rise of depression\, anxie ty\, and suicide rates among adolescents since the early 2010s. Haidt\, a renowned social psychologist\, presents compelling evidence linking this e pidemic to the widespread adoption of smartphones and social media."\n\n"S parking conversations among parents\, educators\, and policymakers about t he impact of technology on children’s psychological\, social\, and emoti onal development and well-being\, Haidt’s work was cited as influential in Australia’s landmark legislation prohibiting minors under age 16 from accessing social media platforms\, slated to take effect by the end of 20 25." LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T000912Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/westside-new-york-times-best-non-fiction-book-c lub/events/315915623/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Westside New York Times Best Nonfiction Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Let's talk about a book [hybrid by request] DTSTART:20261023T013000Z DTEND:20261023T030000Z DTSTAMP:20260830T004724Z UID:event_316331983@meetup.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:PDX Science & Nature Book Club\nIn person\, meet at Dick's Pri mal Burger: We're in the community room\, to the right of where you order. ...\n\nIf you'd like to join remotely\, send a message to the organizer. LAST-MODIFIED:20260830T004724Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/pdx-science-nature-book-club/events/316331983/ X-SOURCE-NAME:PDX Science & Nature Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Portland Jewish Writers Circle DTSTART:20261101T220000Z DTEND:20261101T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T060900Z UID:21c81c383d2569f622157e5de532370b CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Jewish Federation of Greater Portland\nCommunity Calendar\nhtt ps://jewishportland.org/community-calendar/portland-jewish-writers-circle- 1773275244 LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T060900Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Community Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://jewishportland.org/community-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:November Book Club - The Bone People @ TBD DTSTART:20261113T033000Z DTEND:20261113T050000Z DTSTAMP:20260815T002651Z UID:event_312015945@meetup.com CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Dead Authors Book Club\nCome read & drink with us!\n\nFor Nove mber\, we are reading *The Bone People* by Keri Hulme.\n\n"In a tower on t he New Zealand sea lives Kerewin Holmes: part Maori\, part European\, asex ual and aromantic\, an artist estranged from her art\, a woman in exile fr om her family. One night her solitude is disrupted by a visitor--a speechl ess\, mercurial boy named Simon\, who tries to steal from her and then rep ays her with his most precious possession. As Kerewin succumbs to Simon's feral charm\, she also falls under the spell of his Maori foster father Jo e\, who rescued the boy from a shipwreck and now treats him with an unsett ling mixture of tenderness and brutality. Out of this unorthodox trinity K eri Hulme has created what is at once a mystery\, a love story\, and an am bitious exploration of the zone where indigenous and European New Zealand meet\, clash\, and sometimes merge."\n\nAs a reminder\, this meetup's inte ntions are to be out and about in the city\, exploring new places for drin ks and discussions about books. Will post a location ASAP. Taking recommen dations for locations if you have one in mind!\n\n[The Bone People (Goodre ads)](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/460635.The_Bone_People)\n[The Bo ne People (Storygraph)](https://app.thestorygraph.com/books/3ffbc082-5d06- 4aeb-be13-9747191d9605) LAST-MODIFIED:20260815T002651Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/dead-authors-book-club/events/312015945/ X-SOURCE-NAME:Dead Authors Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Let's talk about a book [hybrid by request] DTSTART:20261127T023000Z DTEND:20261127T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T000913Z UID:event_grxhptyjcpbjc@meetup.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:PDX Science & Nature Book Club\nIn person\, meet at Dick's Pri mal Burger: We're in the community room\, to the right of where you order. ...\n\nIf you'd like to join remotely\, send a message to the organizer. LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T000913Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/pdx-science-nature-book-club/events/grxhptyjcpb jc/ X-SOURCE-NAME:PDX Science & Nature Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Portland Jewish Writers Circle DTSTART:20261206T220000Z DTEND:20261206T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T060900Z UID:aee8f343054c0464ba3e124f139026c5 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Jewish Federation of Greater Portland\nCommunity Calendar\nhtt ps://jewishportland.org/community-calendar/portland-jewish-writers-circle- 1773275244 LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T060900Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Community Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://jewishportland.org/community-calendar END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Let's talk about a book [hybrid by request] DTSTART:20261225T023000Z DTEND:20261225T040000Z DTSTAMP:20260813T000913Z UID:event_grxhptyjcqbgc@meetup.com CATEGORIES:community,literary DESCRIPTION:PDX Science & Nature Book Club\nIn person\, meet at Dick's Pri mal Burger: We're in the community room\, to the right of where you order. ...\n\nIf you'd like to join remotely\, send a message to the organizer. LAST-MODIFIED:20260813T000913Z URL:https://www.meetup.com/pdx-science-nature-book-club/events/grxhptyjcqb gc/ X-SOURCE-NAME:PDX Science & Nature Book Club END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Portland Jewish Writers Circle DTSTART:20270103T220000Z DTEND:20270103T233000Z DTSTAMP:20260905T060900Z UID:fcd0326c81ab6eed1704b5565c33ead8 CATEGORIES:literary DESCRIPTION:Jewish Federation of Greater Portland\nCommunity Calendar\nhtt ps://jewishportland.org/community-calendar/portland-jewish-writers-circle- 1773275244 LAST-MODIFIED:20260905T060900Z X-SOURCE-NAME:Community Calendar X-SOURCE-URL:https://jewishportland.org/community-calendar END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR