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The Birthplace o f Portland's Literary Renaissance


"The best place to study creative writing in Portland."
~  Willamette Week 


PERCENTAGE OF SALES DONAED TO DON'T SHOOT PORTLAND / BLM

What every writer dreams of -- in less than an hour you could completely upgrade your home library. Tomorrow and Saturday, we're selling our amazing library of books. Everything Must Go.

A percentage of all sales will go to Don't Shoot Portland, one of the Portland-based Black Lives Matter groups.

Day and Times
  • TOMORROW: Friday, June 12, 12-5pm
  • Saturday, June 13, 11am-4pm

Books for Sale: fiction, nonfiction, and poetry books
  • Hardcovers = $2 each
  • Paperbacks = $1 each
  • Literary magazines = free
  • Spend $25 = Get five more books for free

Bookcases for Sale
  • Tall bookcases = $25
  • Short bookcases = $15
  • Cash and carry: Bring your own truck, SUV, horse-and-wagon, or broad shoulders to carry the bookcases of your choice with you

Health Safety Procedures
  • We want to make sure everyone feels safe up here
  • We will allow only a small handful of people at a time (no more than 3-4) to browse and maintain social-distancing, and all the windows will be open
  • No masks, no service. Bring your own gloves too.
  • And, please bring your own bags or boxes to carry books
  • Payment in cash or check only (no credit cards...sorry)
Donation of Percentage of Sales = Don't Shoot Portland
We'll be donating a percentage of all sales to Don't Shoot Portland, the PDX-based accountability group formed by Black Lives Matter supporter Teressa Raiford to scrutinize actions of the Portland Police Bureau.

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COME ON IN: ONLINE WOKSHOPS

APPS DUE Aug 31: Creative Nonfiction (CNF) Studio | Sep 17 - Dec 10
APPS DUE SEP 3: Poets Studio | Sep 14, 2020 - Mar 15, 2021

SPRING + SUMMER WORKSHOPS
ONLINE: Seeds for New Poems w Patrick Dundon | Jun 13 - July 11
ONLINE: So You Wanna Be a Writer Workshop w Wayne Gregory | June 25 - July 23
ONLINE: Micro Memoir Workshop II w Matthew Dickman | July 12 - Aug 9 FULL -- WAIT LIST ONLY
AUTUMN WORKSHOPS
FALL Online: The Life of a Story Workshop w Joanna Rose | Aug 1 - Oct 3
FALL Online: Intro to Flash Nonfiction w Brian Benson | Sep 15 - Oct 13
FALL Online: Kissing, Killing, and Dying Workshop w Matthew Dickman | Sep 13 - Nov 1
FALL Online: First Impressions: Chapter One (Fiction) w Whitney Otto | Sep 16 - Oct 14
FALL Online: Writer's Crucible Workshop w Philip Kenney | Sep 19 - Oct 17
FALL Online: Poetry of the Ecstatic Unknown Workshop w Ashley Toliver | Sep 21 - Oct 19
FALL Online: Read a Poem, Write a Poem Workshop w Matthew Dickman | Sep 21
FALL Online: Self-Portraits: Writing from Life w David Biespiel | Sep 27 | 9am-4pm
FALL Online: Creating a Writer's Notebook: Artifact and Mulch w Wendy Willis | Oct 3 + 17
FALL Online: Read a Poem, Write a Poem Workshop II w Matthew Dickman | Oct 19
FALL Online: Successful Methods and Habits of Composition w David Biespiel | Nov 1 | 9am-4pm
FALL Online: Read a Poem, Write a Poem Workshop III w Matthew Dickman | Nov 16

More fall workshops posted soon


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