Portland Lit Mic Valentine’s Edition at Rose City Book Pub
Friday, February 13, 2026. 7 pm.1329 Northeast Fremont Street.
This mic features the amazing return of Grace and Jordan and our super special lighting round which we’ve been promising since basically last year. Sign ups start at 6:30, names drawn at 7. Hosted as always by Jordan “Kiss Me” Markza and Grace “Kiss Jordan” Lawrence.
Poetry evening with 4 Portland-based poets — Genevieve DeGuzman, Eric Larsh, Judy Nahum, and Breen Nolan and visiting poet Clayton Adam Clark at Mother Foucault’s Bookshop
Thursday, February 19th, 2026. 7 pm.
Join us for an evening of poetry with 4 Portland-based poets. They will each share poems from their recent collections and then circle up to talk creative processes, inspirations, their love of poetry, etc. and whatever else the audience wants to hear about.
BFA Reading with Pathos Literary Magazine at PSU Creative Writing
Thursday, February 19th, 2026. 5:30 pm. FMH 302
PSU Creative Writing will be hosting our annual BFA student reading. We will be featuring work by BFA students.
Slamlandia at Literary Arts
February 19, 2026. 7 pm. 716 SE Grand Ave.
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 for all literary communities in Portland. We encourage poets new and old to come share their work. We strive towards a safe space for poets to read their own poetry, witness others, and participate in community.
Hosted by Julia Gaskill. February’s featured poet is Prudence Brooks.
Lit Mic Presents: Love is Murder at Literary Arts
February 20, 2026. 5:30 pm. 716 SE Grand Ave.
The Literary Arts Bookstore and Cafe are thrilled to welcome Lit Mic for a very special immersive writing workshop! Participants will search for clues, interview witnesses, and conduct their own investigation via creative writing prompts and sharing to solve the murder.
This is a ticketed event.
Form As Listening: On the Spiritual & Ecological in the Sentence & Story with Janice Lee Corporeal Writing
Friday, February 20th, 2026. 11:30 am – 2:00 pm over Zoom
This is an invitation to listen to form, to ourselves, to the stories that are already here inside and around us. We will delve into spiritual being, ecological storytelling, and grammatical sense-making via craft discussions, guided meditation, intuition/shamanic practices, generative writing prompts, and inquiry/investigation of our own writing. For more information, visit corporealwriting.com.
Bipoc Reading Series at Literary Arts
February 25, 2026. 7 pm. 716 SE Grand Ave.
This monthly reading series is intended to prioritize the safety, creativity, and stories of Black people, Indigenous people, and People of Color.
Come listen to our featured readers, or sign up to share your work in our open mic. Readings will be followed by a short community discussion. Hosted by Kyle Yoshioka and Jessica Meza-Torres. The featured reader for February will be announced soon!
This event is open to everyone, but only people who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or People of Color will be invited to read. If you have any questions, please contact Jessica Meza-Torres at jmezatorres24@gmail.com or Kyle Yoshioka at kyle.yoshioka@gmail.com.
Book Talk: Paul Susi with Laura Moulton at Broadway Books
Wednesday, February 25. 6-7 pm. 1714 NE Broadway St.
We are honored to welcome Paul Susi with his memoir Character Work. He will be joined in conversation with Laura Moulton, founder and executive director of Street Books.
Book Talk: Kathleen Boland with Josh Riedel at Broadway Books
Thursday, February 26. 6-7 pm.1714 NE Broadway St.
We are thrilled to welcome Kathleen Boland with her debut novel Scavengers. She will be joined in conversation with Josh Riedel, author of Please Report Your Bug Here.
Filament Reading Series at Word Virus Books
Friday, February 27. 7-9 pm. 203 SW 9th Ave.
Join PSU Creative Writing’s MFA students for a night of student readings. An open mic signup sheet will be available at the event.
Koreans Against Empire at Himmapan Community Cafe
Sunday, March 1, 2026. 5-7 pm. 15 NE 18th Avenue.
Authors: Janice Lee, David Seung, Jen Shin, and Kim Thompson present a reading and fundraiser for Tamara & Nida’s families.
Book Talk: Lauren Grof in Conversation with Lydia Kiesling at Powell’s City of Books
Monday, March 2, 2026. 7 pm. 1005 W Burnside St.
Groff will be joined in conversation by Lydia Kiesling, author of Mobility. This is a ticketed event.
Public Conversation with Author Omar El Akkad at Portland State University
Wednesday, March 4th, 2026. 6-7:30 pm. Lincoln Hall Room 75.
Join us for a Public Conversation with Omar El Akkad. He is an award winning novelist and journalist. He will discuss his latest book, One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This, is a powerful reckoning with what it means to live in a West that betrays its fundamental values. His book won the 2025 National Book Award for Nonfiction.
Book Talk: Gabriel Urza in conversation with Karla Nash at Roundabout Books & Cafe
Thursday, March 19th, 2026. 6:30 pm. Roundabout Books & Cafe 900 NW Mt. Washington Dr. Suite #110 Bend, OR
Join author and former public defender Gabriel Urza and Karla Nash, Assistant Director at Deschutes Defenders, to discuss, The Silver State. This is a ticketed event.
Epistomologies: Writing to Unmake and Remake Meaning at Corporeal Writing
Begins March 22, 2026, meets weekly on Zoom, Tuesdays at noon PST.
A six-week generative lab with Leigh Hopkins, featuring videos including Corporeal Writing founder Lidia Yuknavitch.
Registration through corporealwriting.com
Pollen and Spores Spring Writers Retreat at Corporeal Writing
March 27-29, 2026. McMenamin’s Kennedy School. Pre-registration ongoing through corporealwriting.com
A generative creative retreat with the Corporeal Writing Squad: Lidia Yuknavitch, Domi Shoemaker, Janice Lee, Daniel Isaiah Elder, Katie Guinn, and Jun Maruyama.