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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new and unpublished work.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
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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.
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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,