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Olivia Olivia
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Notable Portland: 8/11–8/17
Thursday 8/11: Ghost Town Poetry Open Mic welcomes Celeste Gurevich as this month’s featured guest. Angst Gallery, 7 p.m., free. Local author Robert Moss reads from his book, Descending Memphis. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free. Kaui Hart Hemmings, author…
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Notable Portland: 8/4–8/10
Thursday 8/4: Slamlandia! Poetry Open Mic and Slam welcomes the community to step forward and share their poetry. Hot Lips Hawthorne, 6 p.m., $1 suggested donation. Dave Madden, Amina Gautier, and Theodore Wheeler read from their latest books. Mother Foucault’s…
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Notable Portland 7/28–8/3
Thursday 7/28: The Shygge reading series brings together Kimberly Fanshier and Sara June Woods for this month’s reading. The reading will be paired with an installation by Shelbee Smith. NE 55th, 7 p.m., free. Friday 7/29: J.R. Thornton reads from…
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Notable Portland: 7/21–7/27
Thursday 7/21: PQ Monthly celebrates its July Issue release with a press party. Crush Bar, 5 p.m., free. Demian DinéYazhi opens his new interdisciplinary exhibit on Native queer identity, In Your Wildest Dreams, with a reading, featuring himself along with…
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Notable Portland: 7/14–7/20
Thursday 7/14: Join author Ripley Patton reading from her new book, Ghost Hope. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free. Chad Dundas reads from his new book, Champion of the World, and is joined in conversation by Zach Dundas. Powell’s City…
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Notable Portland: 6/30–7/6
Thursday 6/30: Sarah Bartlett celebrates the release of her debut poetry collection Sometimes We Walk With Our Nails Out, published by Subito Press, and reads alongside Coleman Stevenson. Cardinal Club, 7 p.m., free. Local poets Dan Raphael, Neil Aitken, and…
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Notable Portland: 6/23–6/29
Thursday 6/23: BT Shaw celebrates the launch of her new book, Shake it up & throw something hard with a reading, featuring guest reader A.M. O’Malley. Mother Foucault’s Bookshop, 7 p.m., free. M.F. McAuliffe reads from her new book, Seattle!…
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Notable Portland: 6/16–6/22
Thursday 6/16: Slant Live Queer Storytelling returns for Portland Pride 2016, featuring seven LGBTQ storytellers telling seven-minute stories. Hosted by Sister Britt, this event will stories from Joel Kim Booster, Roy Perez, Llondyn Elliot, Shoshanah Oppenheim, Jerrick Hope-Lang, and Sita…
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Notable Portland: 6/9–6/15
Thursday 6/9: Join PQ Monthly for their Pride Issue launch party. My Bartender, 5 p.m., free. Peter Selgin reads from his passionate new memoir, The Inventors. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free. Friday 6/10: 1001 Journal celebrates the release…
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Notable Portland: 6/2–6/8
Thursday 6/2: Slamlandia hosts its June show, featuring an open mic followed by two slam rounds. Hot Lips Hawthorne, 6 p.m., $1 suggested donation. Shayla Lawson hosts a launch party for her latest chapbook, Pantone, featuring guest readings by Coleman Stevenson,…
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Notable Portland: 5/26–6/1
Thursday 5/26: Emily Bingham reads from her book, Diary of a Rope Slut. Crush Bar, 6 p.m., free. Bronwen Dickey reads from her latest book, Pit Bull: The Battle Over an American Icon. Powell’s at Cedar Hills Crossing, 7 p.m.,…
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Notable Portland: 5/19–5/25
Thursday 5/19: PQ Monthly hosts its May issue release party and welcomes the community to meet this month’s contributors. Stag PDX, 5 p.m., free. Peter Brown Hoffmeister reads from his latest book, This is the Part Where You Laugh. Powell’s…