Notable Portland

Thursday 4/16: Local author Traci Taylor share her collection of interviews and letters from LGBTQ people from around the country and the globe, gathered over four years in her latest…

Thursday 4/2: Award-winning novelist, short story writer, essayist, and translator Randa Jarrar reads from her latest work for the Reed College visiting writers series. Eliot Chapel, 6:30 p.m., free. For…

Thursday 3/26: The ACRL Zine Pavillion is your chance to read a zine, make a zine, talk to librarians who use zines for teaching and outreach, edit ZineWiki.com, and buy…

Thursday 3/12: Caldera Arts welcomes Patricia Smith as she reads from her latest poetry. Wieden + Kennedy, 6:30 p.m., free. Local author Wendy Kali celebrated her latest work, The Butch/Femme…

Thursday 3/5: Ooligan Press throws a launch party for their latest anthology edited by Carter Sickels, Untangling the Knot: Queer Voices on Marriage, Relationships, & Identity. Portland State University, 6…

Thursday 2/26: Mark Pomeroy reads from his debut novel, The Brightwood Stillness. Broadway Books, 7 p.m., free. Nicole Kear reads from her memoir, Now I See You. Annie Bloom’s Books, 7…

Thursday 2/19: El Hispanic News and PQ Monthly celebrate their latest issues with music, drinks, and fresh issues. El Hispanic News is celebrating its 34th Anniversary, while PQ Monthly is…

Thursday 2/5: Oregon Literary Fellowship recipient Loretta Stinson Robertson shares her short story, Winter Coat, alongside of host of artists who created artwork inspired by her piece to celebrate First…

Thursday 1/29: Comedian and actor Patton Oswalt shares his entertaining memoir about coming of age as a performer and writer in the late ’90s while obsessively watching classic films in…

Thursday 1/22: Stacey Tran, author of End Solo, reads alongside Oregon-based poet and author Kaia Sand. Glyph, 5:30 p.m., free. Portland author Miranda July reads from her debut novel, The…

Thursday 1/15: Matt Love reads from his memoir Rose City Heist: A True Crime Portland Tale of Sex, Gravy, Jewelry and Almost Rock and Roll. Powell’s City of Books, 7:30…

Thursday 1/8: Klamath/Modoc artist Peggy Ball-Morrill shows work from her latest collection, Kinship Stories: Remembering Native North Portland. Reading Frenzy, 6 p.m., free. The Witch Hazel Haus presents an intimate…