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Our mission is to engage readers, support writers, and inspire the next generation with great literature.

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Tomorrow · Tuesday, September 8

Tue · Sep 8 · 6:30 PM

Jamie Fisher in conversation with Lydia Kiesling

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Wednesday, September 9

Wed · Sep 9 · 5:00 PM

Demystifying the Editing Process

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Wed · Sep 9 · 6:30 PM

James Ciano, Bobby Elliott, and Nick Martino in conversation

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Thursday, September 10

Thu · Sep 10 · 2:00 PM

3 Month Short Memoir Intensive: writing the memoirella

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Saturday, September 12

Sat · Sep 12 · 10:00 AM

Unlocking the Creative Process

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Sat · Sep 12 · 10:00 AM

James Joyce: Ulysses

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Sat · Sep 12 · 10:00 AM

Creative Clarity, Focus and Momentum

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Monday, September 14

Mon · Sep 14 · 5:30 PM

Scene Writing Intensive

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Mon · Sep 14 · 6:00 PM

Fiction of Tennessee Williams

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Tuesday, September 15

Tue · Sep 15 · 5:30 PM

September Write-In: Labor Day

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Tue · Sep 15 · 7:30 PM

Patti Smith: An Evening of Songs and Stories

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Thursday, September 17

Thu · Sep 17 · 7:00 PM

Slamlandia – September

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Tuesday, September 22

Tue · Sep 22 · 6:00 PM

Where Is Your Mother? Family Relationships Missing from Your Memoir

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Tue · Sep 22 · 6:30 PM

Literary Trivia Night

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Wednesday, September 23

Wed · Sep 23 · 5:30 PM

Craft-Focused Workshop: Personalized Feedback on Work in Progress

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Thursday, September 24

Thu · Sep 24 · 7:30 PM

Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: George Saunders

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Sunday, September 27

Sun · Sep 27 · 10:00 AM

Fundamental Scenes: A Speculative Writing Workshop

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Sun · Sep 27 · 5:00 PM

Fyodor Dostoevsky: The Brothers Karamazov

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Monday, September 28

Mon · Sep 28 · 6:00 PM

The Art of the Short Story

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Tuesday, September 29

Tue · Sep 29 · 5:00 PM

Extra/Ordinary: Writing the Uncommon in the Everyday

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Wednesday, September 30

Wed · Sep 30 · 6:30 PM

BIPOC Reading Series – September

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Saturday, October 3

Sat · Oct 3 · 10:00 AM

Writing with the Seasons: Fall

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Sat · Oct 3 · 10:00 AM

A Writing and Feedback Lab

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Sunday, October 4

Sun · Oct 4 · 11:00 AM

How to Build a D&D Character

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Wednesday, October 7

Wed · Oct 7 · 10:00 AM

Poetry Mixtape

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Friday, October 9

Fri · Oct 9 · 7:30 PM

Min Jin Lee in conversation with Mitchell S. Jackson

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Tuesday, October 13

Tue · Oct 13 · 6:00 PM

Incredible Openings

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Wednesday, October 14

Wed · Oct 14 · 6:00 PM

Writing Spirals: Multicultural Contemplations on Beginnings, Endings, and Cycles

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Wednesday, October 21

Wed · Oct 21 · 7:30 PM

Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ayad Akhtar

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Saturday, October 24

Sat · Oct 24 · 10:00 AM

WRITING ANIMALS

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Wednesday, October 28

Wed · Oct 28 · 6:00 PM

Nathaniel Hawthorne: Twice-Told Tales

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Thursday, October 29

Thu · Oct 29 · 6:00 PM

Roots in Old Stories: Writing with Folklore, Mythology, and Fairy Tales

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Thu · Oct 29 · 6:00 PM

Nature Writing

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Thu · Oct 29 · 7:30 PM

Michael Lewis in conversation with David Shipley

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Sunday, November 8

Sun · Nov 8 · 5:00 PM

Theodor Adorno: Minima Moralia

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Monday, November 9

Mon · Nov 9 · 6:00 PM

Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These and Foster

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Tuesday, November 10

Tue · Nov 10 · 6:00 PM

Claire Keegan: Small Things Like These and Foster (Tuesday nights)

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Saturday, November 14

Sat · Nov 14 · 10:00 AM

Writing with Tarot

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Tuesday, November 17

Tue · Nov 17 · 5:30 PM

November Write-In: Ancestors

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Tuesday, December 8

Tue · Dec 8 · 7:30 PM

The Moth Mainstage: Tightrope

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Tuesday, December 15

Tue · Dec 15 · 5:30 PM

December Write-In: Little Women

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Thursday, January 21

Thu · Jan 21 · 7:30 PM

Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Isabel Wilkerson

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Wednesday, February 17

Wed · Feb 17 · 7:30 PM

Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ben Rhodes

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Thursday, March 18

Thu · Mar 18 · 7:30 PM

Everybody Reads 2027: Louise Erdrich

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