Notable Portland: 10/24–10/30
Literary events in and around Portland this week!
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Posts Tagged: Dan Kennedy
Notable Portland: 3/9–3/15
Thursday 3/9: Portland State University’s Chicano/Latino Studies Department hosts Frida-Fest in celebration of Frida Kahlo. Activities will including showing a documentary on Frida’s life, a poetry slam open mic, a photo booth, and fun political postcards. Casa Latina Student Center, 4 p.m., free. Professor and author Fred Moten shares discusses poetry and poems in his […]
...moreWhat We Can’t Say
You know the feeling perfectly. You’re at an interview. The manager clears his throat, says, “Tell us a bit about some of your strengths.” Despite the facts that he repeatedly calls you juggernaut, you feel an undying, writerly urge to dig deep. You want to puncture your chest, pull your heart out, set it on the […]
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American Spirit by Dan Kennedy: A Conflict-of-Interest Review
Sean Carman reviews Dan Kennedy’s AMERICAN SPIRIT today in The Rumpus Book Reviews.
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The Rumpus Interview with Dan Kennedy
While many readers are familiar with the melancholy persona he’s adopted—and despite having written a new novel about a life falling apart—author Dan Kennedy is finally ready to admit something to the lit crowd, here and now: he loves mainstream American comedy…
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