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Soju Party at Han Oak
Closing out the Portland Book Festival with a special edition Soju Party, celebrating Korean food, drinking culture, and Irene Yoo’s James Beard Award-winning…
Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These and Foster
In rating Small Things Like These 41st on its list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, the New York Times said: “Not a word is wasted in Keegan’s small,…
Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These and Foster (Tuesday nights)
In rating Small Things Like These 41st on its list of the 100 Best Books of the 21st Century, the New York Times said: “Not a word is wasted in Keegan’s small,…
Writing with Tarot
Ever try doing a tarot reading for one of your characters? Writing a poem inspired by the images on a tarot card? Tarot is both deeply symbolic and highly…
November Write-In: Ancestors
Come on down to the Literary Arts Bookstore & Cafe for our monthly write-in. This month’s theme is Ancestors! This month’s specialty drink is called Grandma’s…
Slamlandia – February
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month at Literary Arts, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space…
Slamlandia – March
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month at Literary Arts, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space…
Slamlandia – April
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month at Literary Arts, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space…
Slamlandia – May
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month at Literary Arts, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space…
Slamlandia – June
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month at Literary Arts, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space…
Slamlandia – August
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month at Literary Arts, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space…
Slamlandia
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month at Literary Arts, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space…
Slamlandia – July
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month at Literary Arts, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space…
Slamlandia – September
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month at Literary Arts, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space…
Slamlandia – October
Slamlandia is a poetry open mic and slam that meets every month at Literary Arts, on the third Thursday. This mic provides a creative, fun, and welcoming space…
Rebecca Handler in conversation with Selina Fillinger
The Literary Arts Bookstore is pleased to welcome author Rebecca Handler to celebrate her new novel, In the Round. Handler will be joined in conversation by…
The Moth Mainstage: Tightrope
This December, The Moth’s anticipated Mainstage season comes to Portland in partnership with Literary Arts. One foot in front of another… Join The Moth this…
December Write-In: Little Women
Come on down to the Literary Arts Bookstore & Cafe for our monthly write-in. This month’s theme is Little Women! This month’s specialty drink is called March’s…
Charles Dickens: Our Mutual Friend
Some critics of British 19th century novels place Dickens’s final completed novel, Our Mutual Friend, alongside other great novels of that era: Middlemarch, by…
6-Month Online Short Story Intensive: Starting the Story Collection
This class is for experienced writers who are dedicated to starting the first draft of a story collection over the course of 6 months. We will have 22 class…
Yu Miri: Tokyo Ueno Station
Kazu is dead. But that doesn’t stop him from reliving his life and his choices in a vulnerable, moving voice, through memories shaped by experience, regret,…
Writing Authentic Characters
Writing Authentic Characters is a four-week course for writers who want to understand their characters more deeply and make them feel believable and relatable…
Reimagining the Books That Shaped Us
In this four week Delve, we’ll revisit four iconic works of middle grade fiction—Island of the Blue Dolphins, Hatchet, Julie of the Wolves, and Jacob Have I…
Writing a Story in Eight Weeks: Creative Intersections
In this generative writing class, we’ll tackle writing from all sorts of different creative angles. We’ll incorporate doodling, collaging, reading,…