Thursday 5/12: Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic welcomes Washington State Poet Laureate Tod Marshall to lead a workshop before the reading. Workshop from 3–5 p.m., Open Mic at 7 p.m., Angst Gallery, free.
Join Fresno Poet Laureate Lee Herrick, Red Hen Press Award winning poet Brynn Saito, and Oregon Book Awards author Wendy Chin-Tanner for a frank discussion of identity politics, advocacy, and the role of contemporary Asian American poetics, as well as readings from their new work. Literary Arts, 7 p.m., free.
Reprobate Books authors Dena Rash Guzman, Jill McKenna Reed, and Coleman Stevenson come together to read from their latest work. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7 p.m., free.
Local author Marlene Hill reads from her latest book, A Matter of Trust. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free.
Portland’s own Beth Everett, author of Death on Alder, returns with her next book, Dead on the Dock. Annie Bloom’s Books, 7 p.m., free.
Katie Chase is joined in conversation by Justin Taylor after she reads from her debut story collection, Man and Wife. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free.
Saturday 5/14: Contributors to the latest issue of the Timberline Review will share from their latest work, including Brittney Corrigan, Penelope Scambly Schott, and Jeanne Krinsley. Another Read Through, 1:30 p.m., free.
Sunday 5/15: In honor of Short Story Month a group of local short story writers comes forward to put together a panel on the how to write America’s homegrown form, featuring Evan Morgan Williams, Natalie Serber, and Marcel Jolley. Another Read Through, 1:30 p.m., free.
The Spare Room reading series welcomes Shannon Tharp, Timmy Straw, and Whit Griffin for their latest reading. Passages Bookshop, 7 p.m., $5 suggested donation.
Robyn Bateman celebrates the launch her new poetry collection, Oh, with a reading featuring readings by Brian Ellis, Jenna Marie Fletcher, and Laura Houlberg, hosted by Julian Smuggles. Valentine’s, 8 p.m., free.
Monday 5/16: Antonia Hayes reads from her debut novel, Relativity. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
Tuesday 5/17: Salon Skid Row presents Lidia Yuknavitch, Domi J. Shoemaker, Zinn Adeline, Kirsten Larson, Daniel Elder, and Rios de la Luz for this week’s reading. The Corner Bar, 7 p.m., free.
Lisa Congdon reads from her latest book, The Joy of Swimming. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free.
Wednesday 5/18: Unchaste Readers Series welcomes Emily Carr, Melissa Dodson, Christi R. Suzanne, Carrie Padian, Phoenix Singer, Thea Prieto, Jessica Ann, Melika Belhaj, Danielle Evennou, and three members of Pochas Radicales—Elizabeth Leon, Andrea Telles, and Blanca Stacey Villalobos—for this month’s reading. Literary Arts, 7 p.m., free.
The Mountain Writers Series invites Lucia Perillo to read from her latest book of poetry, Time Will Clean the Carcass Bones: New and Selected Poems. Vie de Bohème, 7:30 p.m., free.
Elizabeth J. Church reads from her resonant debut novel, Atomic Weight of Love. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free.
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