What Are You Reading? Peeking over shoulders at the Portland Book Festival
November 13, 2022
More than 5,000 people attended Portland’s celebration of all things literary. Here’s what a handful of them were reading.
More than 5,000 people attended Portland’s celebration of all things literary. Here’s what a handful of them were reading.
More than 70 authors attended the in-person event, which drew book-loving crowds to downtown Portland on Saturday.
Aaron Durán, Gale Galligan, Kat Fajardo, and Christina Diaz Gonzalez talk about what drew them to create graphic novels, and who should read them (hint: not just kids).
Literary Arts’ celebration of authors, writing, and books returns to downtown Portland in full force, with headliners Selma Blair and Taylor Jenkins Reid.
Eli Dapolonia says his mother was a perfectionist who cared about the musicality of language and was reduced to tears by the novel’s early rejection.
Other events include author readings from the Coast to Eastern Oregon, Anthony Doerr at Portland Arts and Lectures, and the reopening of Multnomah County Central Library.
The graphic memoir about the Portland writer’s rape as a teenager is a pseudo-sequel to “Brontosauraus: Memoir of a Sex Life.”
This year’s collection of 29 films features striking portraits of humanity from across the globe.
Spooky books and sweet books to help set an autumn mood; a festival in Cannon Beach; readings to write home about.
The Nov. 5 festival, presented by Literary Arts, is back to full in-person programming with 80 writers and presenters.
The Portland author says he was surprised to find himself writing about Moms Mabley and Minnie Pearl as he chronicled influential women comedians.
Mancini, whose legacy includes work with Literary Arts, Writers in the Schools, Mercy Corps, and the Children’s Institute, was known for her creativity and being “pretty much unstoppable.”
The Corvallis author of “Count On Us!” says she works through plot problems on long walks and has been inspired to activism by her daughter.
This month’s lit calendar is chock-full of free author readings from the likes of Lidia Yuknavitch, Wendy Red Star, Leanne Grabel, and others.
Dance review: Allie Hankins’ “By My Own Hand, Part 1: Ghosting” begins before it begins – and that’s a good thing.
Other literary events feature authors Carey Wong, Brittney Corrigan, Casey Parks, and tunes on a beloved Eugene piano.
July heats up with a revisionist anthology reconsidering “Sex and the Single Girl” and a panel discussion of Oregon author Ursula K. Le Guin.
The company presents new dances from Andrea Parson and Yoshito Sakuraba, plus a 2004 re-staging from Sarah Slipper.
The Bend poet and author of Oregon Book Award-nominated “spare change” says the most essential quality for a writer is perseverance.
Summer is on the way, with authors discussing hikes and Central Oregon day trips, and an outdoor workshop will show participants how nature can help inspire writing.
The multi-genre literary artist talks about process, perspectives, and her hybrid poetry work, “Instrument.”
Broadway Books throws a party, a traveling bookstore stops in Portland, and writers Karl Marlantes, Shawn Levy, Emily St. John Mandel, and Peter Rock talk books.
Jennifer Gwirtz’s new full-length dance, at Performance Works Northwest through May 1, explores feminist Jewish themes through a universal lens.
The calendar holds multiple readings by book award finalists, and an exploration of the question: Do bookstores matter?
The Hillsboro-based writer talks about her work, her love of Sylvia Plath, and Indigenizing the tarot deck.
The Portland choreographer talks contemporary ballet, long-winded titles, supporting the arts, ballet’s glass ceiling for women artistic leaders, and her newest work.
The Portland author will discuss her Victorian tale of necromancy Tuesday in a virtual event presented by Powell’s Books.
This year’s Soapstone Bread and Roses Award recipient discusses hosting successful reading series and life on the Oregon Coast.
This month brings a feminist book club, a look back at the Rajneeshees, plenty of author readings, and Oregon Book Award finalists
Strongwoman Tera “Supernova” Zarra and fire dancer/aerialist Alicia Cutaia talk about circus arts and Clowns Without Borders.
February brings us the love poems of Pablo Neruda, a celebration of Black History Month, and numerous virtual readings.
Virtual readings, author conversations, a workshop for beating writer’s block, and a Merry Prankster book release fill the new year’s calendar.
Looking back at the authors we lost and the bookish events that cheered us this year.
The Portland poet sees his classroom role as more coach than teacher: “I am very good at pumping people up, listening, and helping them execute their vision…. I’m not hitting people with maxims to live by.”
Joan Didion, acclaimed writer revered for her captivating prose and era-specific essays, both outlined and shaped a nation. Amy Leona Havin says goodbye to a personal hero.
Portlanders reading around town recommend gift books ranging from Clive Barker to classics by James Baldwin and Toni Morrison.
Cygnet Productions’ radio satire of Emily Brontë’s “Wuthering Heights,” streaming through January, pokes feminist fun at the literary classic.
Call it meditation, performance, soundscape, transcendence, dance: Driscoll’s ‘Come On In’ solo exhibit pushes boundaries and challenges traditional definitions of dance performance.
Soria Ruiz brings architect Eileen Gray’s “animal ballet” sketches to life in a performative exhibition at Oregon Contemporary through Dec. 5.
December’s festive calendar includes author conversations, poet lectures, Passages Bookshop’s moving sale, and a pair of book fairs.
The veteran dancer and choreographer’s first in a series of three live performances at Performance Works Northwest challenges traditional perspectives on identity and time.
“How to Be Golden: Lessons We Can Learn From Betty White” chronicles the actor’s life and allure as she approaches her 100th birthday.
Festival authors, science fiction, and cookbooks: A look at what visitors to last week’s festival had tucked under their arms.
The festival, scaled back due to COVID, is deemed a success by both Literary Arts organizers and visitors with arms full of books.
The three writers, participating in a live virtual event from Annie Bloom’s Books, explore topics ranging from the pandemic, to immigration, to climate change.
Pulitzer Prize winner Louise Erdrich will headline the Nov. 13 in-person festival, put on by Literary Arts, preceded by virtual events featuring more than 100 writers.
Partners Pasquale and Foit present a two-part event featuring lighthearted movement and a lively four-piece jazz band, followed by a slice of pumpkin pie.
ArtsWatch’s Amy Leona Havin talks with poet, author, and Reed College professor Lisa Steinman about reading, writing, community, and the landscapes of her childhood.
The new month brings book festivals aplenty and other events offering virtual and in-person talks, workshops, and author readings, from Louise Erdrich to Eric Kimmel.
As the dance film genre gains momentum, Portland Dance Film Fest returns to the Clinton Street Theatre to feature filmmakers from across the globe and encourage innovation.
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