Thursday 9/3: Join the Red Umbrella Project for a sex workers writing workshop, which will help local writers generation stories for the next issue of Working It zine and Prose & Lore journal. Pivot, 5 p.m., free.
Justin Taylor reads from his third acclaimed work of fiction, Flings. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 9/5: Burnt Tongue, a quarterly literary event created to honor the author and writing teacher Tom Spanbauer, welcomes Domi J. Shoemaker, Melanie Aldritt, Steve Tune, Christi Krug, Josh Lubin, Krista Dabakis, Megan Kruse, Sean Davis, Kevin Meyer, Liz Prato, Doug Chase, and Tom Spanbauer, to read for this month’s event. The reading will be emceed by Lisa Loewenthal. Crush Bar, 4:30 p.m., $5.
Sunday 9/6: The Portland Poetry Slam hosts its final competition to decide who will move on to the Individual World Poetry Slam in Washington, DC. Literary Arts, 6:30 p.m., $5.
The National Beat Poetry Festival presents its Oregon edition here in Portland, with Portland poet Camille Perry hosting a night full of beat writing and the contemporary local writers inspired by it, featuring Michael C. Guimond, Robyn Bateman, Josh Lubin, Emily Newberry, Trevino Brings Plenty, Leanne Grabel, Sean Aaron Bowers, and Jamondria Marnice Harris. Post 134, 7 p.m., free.
Tuesday 9/8: Salon Skid Row presents Dusty Santamaria, Rose Swartz, and Jeff Alessandrelli for this week’s reading. The Corner Bar, 7 p.m., free.
The Willamette Writers celebrate their new literary journal with a reading courtesy of the debut issue contributing writers, including Oregon Book Award finalist Jilly Kelly, YA author Kate Ristau, and former Seattle Times writer Steve Theme. Annie Bloom’s Books, 7 p.m., free.
Kate Harding answers questions in the same blunt voice that has made her a powerhouse feminist blogger in her latest book, Asking For It. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Wednesday 9/9: Celebrate with Street Books, as Portland’s street library turns 5 years old. This part and fundraiser with feature a reading by author Rene Denfeld, light supper and dessert, along with free beer and wine. The Mystery Book Parlor Game is not to be missed, and prizes are books donated by local Microcosm Press and other Portland-based authors. Ecotrust Building, 6 p.m., $20.
Globally recognized environmentalist Denis and Gail Boyer Hayes read into their latest work into the world of cows and climate change and sustainability in Cowed. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
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