Olivia Olivia comes from the same place all sad things come from—the sea. Her writing has appeared in Salon, The Rumpus, The Establishment, Ex-Berliner, and the Portland Mercury, among other places. Her speculative memoir set in the afterlife, No One Remembered Your Name But I Wrote It Down, is available through Impossible Wings Press. Prepare yourselves. You can follow her work at oliviawrites.com, on Facebook, and on Twitter.
Thursday 2/18: PQ Monthly hosts it’s February edition release party, inviting contributors and readers alike to enjoy their latest issue. Bossanova Ballroom, 5 p.m., free. The Comma reading series returns…
Thursday 2/11: Local mother-daughter team of Sandra Denbo and Tamarine Vilar read from their third book in their Unwanted series, Unwanted Agenda. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free. Jim McDermott…
Thursday 2/4: Tell It Slant and Late Night Library present a night of the Strange and Fantastic, featuring magical realism readings by Anna Doogan, Marjorie Sandor, and visiting author Kelly…
Thursday 1/28: Local poets Paulann Peterson, Kate Gray, and Stephen Whitney read from their latest work for tonight’s reading. Another Read Through, 7 p.m., free. Sunil Yapa reads from his…
Thursday 1/21: Eliezer J. Sternberg reads from his new book, NeuroLogic: The Brain’s Hidden Rationale Behind Our Irrational Behavior. Powell’s on Hawthorne, 7:30 p.m., free. Saturday 1/23: Back Fence PDX…
Thursday 1/14: Jason Gurly launches his new book, Eleanor, with a reading followed up by a questions and answers session and signing. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free. Carlos…
Sandra Cisneros, author of The House on Mango Street, talks about her new memoir, A House of My Own, living in a post-9/11 era, and the necessity of heartbreak.
Friday 1/8: Jennifer Chambers shares from her new book, Remarkable Oregon Women: Revolutionaries and Visionaries. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30 p.m., free. Sunday 1/10: Keith Lee Morris reads from his…
Thursday 12/10: Bad Blood XXXI brings Emily Carr, Joel Felix, Sueyeun Juliette Lee, and Joshua Ware together for the series’ last reading of the year. Literary Arts, 7 p.m., free.…
Thursday 12/3: Tell It Slant and Late Night Library present a reading on the refugee experience, featuring original works by Olivia Olivia, Dao Strom, and Vu Tran. A short panel…
Friday 11/27: A new free pop-up art school is coming to Portland. home school provides welcoming contexts for critical engagement with contemporary art and its issues. The launch will feature…
Thursday 11/19: PQ Monthly holds it’s holiday issue release party with hors d’oeuvres and a no-host bar with signature holiday drinks. Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, 5 p.m., free. Poetic…