LitWatch October: Bob Welch on the PCT, Mary Beard on ancient Rome, and fighting fire with fire
October 2, 2023
Warm up with M.R. O’Connor on the science of wildfires, poetry readings, and Halloween story time.
Warm up with M.R. O’Connor on the science of wildfires, poetry readings, and Halloween story time.
The Nov. 4 festival, presented by Literary Arts, is slated to feature events with more than 100 Oregon and national authors.
Authors appearing around the state include Ann Patchett, Chuck Palahniuk, Casey Parks, Paulann Petersen, and others with names not beginning with P.
The poet, painter, and writer, whose novel “Mala Noche” was turned into a film by Gus Van Sant, was a fixture of Portland’s poetry-reciting club scene in the 1970s and ’80s.
Readings in August include the authors of books about a 2,500-mile bike ride, Portland’s Forest Park, and comedian Ernie Kovacs.
Everlasting summer brings readings by surfing legend Gerry Lopez and the authors of a new book celebrating Steely Dan.
Utilizing choreographic iterations and iconography from different dance lineage backgrounds, the choreographer and performer offered a uniquely abstract look at the spiraling chain of Portland dance connectivity.
Other readings this month feature Portland poet Carlos Reyes, Ken Jennings of “Jeopardy!” fame, and photographer Jamie Beck’s exploration of Provence.
A colorful rendition of Lewis Carroll’s ‘Through the Looking Glass’ and ‘Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland’ brings illusion to the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Yuri Possokhov’s highly acclaimed rendition of the Russian folktale was accompanied by “Indigo,” Stanton Welch’s one-act contemporary octet, and the world premiere of “Eco” by Paul Taylor Company resident choreographer, Lauren Lovette.
Tom Hanks comes to Portland to talk about his first novel, poet Jessica Mehta heads to Cannon Beach, and Oregon Book Award recipients go on tour.
The performance, “Arpan: An Offering,” included an introduction to the history and the intricacies of this ancient classical dance form from India.
Dawn Babb Prochovnic receives the Walt Morey Young Readers Literary Legacy Award, and Gary Miranda the Stewart H. Holbrook Literary Legacy Award, during the Literary Arts event.
It’s poetry month. It’s Oregon Book Awards month. Authors talk about how to foster community and to preserve Black culture through a feminist lens. And Chewy the Beaver makes a special appearance in Bend.
Review: The company presents new dances from Yin Yue, Caroline Finn, and NW Dance Project Artistic Director Sarah Slipper.
After losing her home in the Beachie Creek Fire, the Willamette Valley poet says she “felt compelled both to articulate it and to make something of value from it.”
The intimate portrait choreographed by Princess Grace Statue Award recipient Kyle Abraham touches on love, friendship, family, unity, and the Black experience.
March brings ambitious projects: Writers imagining themselves in Ernest Hemingway’s shoes, a modern riff on “Finnegans Wake,” and a browse of the typical Soviet Jewish bookshelf.
The Portland poet and psychotherapist will discuss her latest collection Monday evening at Broadway Books.
Love is in the literary air at several readings this month, and Literary Arts looks toward spring with its announcement of 2023 Oregon Book Award finalists.
2023 begins with readings by authors including Erika Bolstad, Nathan Slinker, Leanne Grabel, Bill Siverly, Curtis White, Dianne Stepp, and Josephine Woolington.
Amy Leona Havin looks back at a year of book releases, events, interviews, and inspirations from Oregon’s literary bounty.
Using paper, cloth, and found materials, film director Luca DiPierro brings a beautifully haunting world of folklore and magic to life in “The Cadence.”
Combining moments of dazzling dancing with whimsical costumes, vibrant sets, and Tchaikovsky’s iconic score, the ballet remains one of the most beloved holiday traditions.
Suggestions to delight book lovers include works by Charlie Mackesy, Madeline Miller, George Saunders, and Richard Powers.
The Portland-area visual artist and children’s book author talks about her journey into the world of mouse-making and the importance of nature in her work.
This month features author readings, book release parties, a festive holiday storytime, the return of The Moth Mainstage, and Patti Smith at Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall.
Inspired by her father’s Alzheimer’s Disease and by the general theory of relativity, Marissa Rae Niederhauser’s new production at Performance Works Northwest takes us through both the beauty and the tragedy of time.
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.
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