Poetry and readings in Portland this week

Friday, October 16, 2026

• Literature

  6:30 PM

  We've Been Here the Whole Time!: Joey Clift

  Literary Arts · Downtown

  • Literature

• Literature

  7 PM

  Elissa Minor in Conversation With Justin Hocking

  Powell's City of Books · Pearl District

  • Literature

Saturday, October 17, 2026

• Literature

  2 PM

  Rose City Stage Company Presents Persuasion - Day 1

  Powell's City of Books · Pearl District

  • Literature

• Literature

  6:30 PM

  Kelly Grace Thomas in conversation with Joy Sullivan

  Literary Arts · Downtown

  • Literature

Sunday, October 18, 2026

• Literature

  2 PM

  Rose City Stage Company Presents Persuasion - Day 2

  Powell's City of Books · Pearl District

  • Literature

Tuesday, October 20, 2026

• Literature

  6:30 PM

  Literary Trivia Night: Ursula K. Le Guin Edition

  Literary Arts · Downtown

  • Literature

Wednesday, October 21, 2026

• Literature

  6:30 PM

  Dear Blind Lady: Elsa Sjunneson

  Literary Arts · Downtown

  • Literature

• Literature

  7:30 PM

  Portland Arts & Lectures 2026–27: Ayad Akhtar

  Literary Arts · Downtown

  • Literature

Thursday, October 22, 2026

• Literature

  6 PM

  What Is Yiddishkeit? With Danny Kraft

  Oregon Jewish Museum and Center for Holocaust Education · Old Town

  • Literature

  $5

• Literature

  6:30 PM

  ALTA BIPOC Translators Literary Caucus Reading

  Literary Arts · Downtown

  • Literature

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