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5 street roots June 6, 2014 Poetry in the spotlight ome of Portland’s freshest writers and poets will take the stage in Portland during Poetry Press Week and LitHop. Poetry Press Week kicks off at 7 p.m., Saturday, June 7 at Disjecta, 8,371 N Interstate Ave. The event is a hybrid between a poetry reading and a fashion show, at least that’s how PPW’s creator Liz Meihl describes it. Going into its second cycle, the biannual event brings together S poets, press and publishers. A poet will choose readers or models to read the poet’s new and unpublished work. In the audience will be representatives from publishing house representative from across the nation, as well as the press and the public. Publishers can hear the poet’s work and proposition the poets for publishing rights then and there, omitting the general process of submitting poetry via mail and then waiting for a response. This year’s reading will feature poets B from around the nation: Albert Goldbàrth, Zachary Schomburg, Carl Adamshick, Julia Claire Tillinghast, KMA Sullivan, Chrys Tobey, Zubair Ahmed, and Veronica Martin. PPW is produced by Liz Mehl and Justin Rigamonti, for more information visit poetrypressweek.squarespace.com The second LitHop starts at 7 p.m., Thursday, June 12 and spans various locations in a single night. The event is a smorgasboard of literary arts. Modeled after a pub crawl, LitHop takes place in six venues along Alberta Street with 54 simultaneous readings throughout the night. Participants are encouraged to bounce around between locations hearing from a variety of readers each sponsored by a publisher, reading series or organization. I The event is produced by Kevin Sampsell of Future Tense Books, author Jeff Alessandrelli and poet Bryan Coffelt. For more information Visit lithoppdx.com. PHOTO CREDITS! P H O T O B Y N A T A L IE B R A S IN G T O N LitHop line up Hawthorne Books Cruzroom (2338 NE Alberta) 7:00 Torn Spanbauer 7:15 Michael Sage Ricci 7:30 Kerry Cohen 8:00 James Bernard Frost 8:15 Monica Drake 8:30 Kassten Alonso 9:00 Loretta Stinson 9:15 Scott ftadelson 9:30 Jay Ponteri Eraserhead Press Bunk Bar & Via Chicago Back Patio (all ages) (2017 NE Alberta) 7:00 Mykle Hansen 7:15 Tiffany Scandal 7:30 J. David Osborne 8:00 Cameron Pierce 8:15 Karl Fischer 8:30 Carlton Mellick III 9:00 Kirsten Alene 9:15 Vince Kramer 9:30 Jeff Burk ThelPRC Ampersand Gallery & Fine Books (all ages) (2916 N E , Alberta) 7:00 Zach Auburn 7:15 Joshua James Amberson 7:30 Moe Bowstern 8:00 Justin Hocking 8:15 Martha Grover 8:30 Michael Heald 9:00 Natalie Briggs 9:15 Noland BoChaliha 9:30 Emily Kendal Frey Publication Studio Anna Bannana’s (all ages) (2403 NE Alberta) 7:00 7:15 7:30 8:00 8:15 8:30 ZosiaW iatr Mike Harper Timmy Straw Dan Gilsdorf Ryann Bosetti Elizabeth Bidart 9:00 Mackenzie Courtney 9:15 Rob Schlegel^ ‘ 9:30 Ashby Collinson Unchaste Readers The Knock Back Bar (2315 NE Alberta) 7:00 BeccaYenser 7:15 JudyOssello 7:30 Wendy Chin-Tanner 8:00 Cari Luna 8:15 Flavia Rocha 8:30 SidonyO ’neal 9:00 intisar Abioto 9:15 Johanna Stein 9:30 Paula Bomer Alice Blue Branch Whiskey & Bella Faccia Back Patio (2934 NE Alberta) 7:00 7:15 7:30 8:00 8:15 8:30 9:00 Dennis Sweeney Robert P Kaye Sarah Bartlett Tara Atkinson Michael ReriCk Stacey Levine Tyler Brewington 9:15 JR Walsh 9:30 Zhang Er Pictured, clockwise from top: Paula Bomer, Kerry Cohen, James Bernard Frost, Jay Ponteri, Tom Spanbauer, Intisar Abioto,
