# Literary Arts: Engaging readers, supporting writers, and inspiring the next generation with great literature\.

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## Pages
- [Literary Arts](https://literary-arts.org/)
- [Bookmark](https://literary-arts.org/support/bookmark/)
- [Board of Directors](https://literary-arts.org/board-of-directors/)
- [Bookstore \& Cafe FAQ](https://literary-arts.org/bookstore-faq/)
- [Portland Book Festival Cover to Cover](https://literary-arts.org/portland-book-festival-cover-to-cover/)

## Posts
- [Teacher Spotlight: Radhika Sharma](https://literary-arts.org/2026/10/teacher-spotlight-radhika-sharma-2/)
- [Renée Watson’s Story](https://literary-arts.org/2026/10/renee-watsons-story/)
- [October Events \& Writing Classes](https://literary-arts.org/2026/09/october-events-writing-classes/)
- [September Events \& Writing Classes](https://literary-arts.org/2026/08/september-events-writing-classes/)
- [In the Community: Upcoming Events \& News October 2026](https://literary-arts.org/2026/09/in-the-community-upcoming-events-news-october-2026/)

## Items
- [WRITING ONLINE: ADVANCED MEMOIR](https://literary-arts.org/product/writing-online-advanced-memoir/)
- [WRITING ONLINE: ADVANCED MEMOIR with credit](https://literary-arts.org/product/writing-online-advanced-memoir-with-credit/)
- [Hybrid Essay](https://literary-arts.org/event/hybrid-essay-1-the-draft/)
- [Fixed Poetic Forms](https://literary-arts.org/event/fixed-poetic-forms/)
- [Writing Through Memory](https://literary-arts.org/event/writing-through-memory-weaving-your-past-with-the-present-2/)

## Venues
- [Paulina Springs Bookstore](https://literary-arts.org/venue/paulina-springs-bookstore/)
- [Portland Art Museum, Room 005](https://literary-arts.org/venue/portland-art-museum-room-005/)
- [Redmond Library](https://literary-arts.org/venue/redmond-library/)
- [Han Oak](https://literary-arts.org/venue/han-oak/)
- [McMenamins Kennedy School Theater](https://literary-arts.org/venue/mcmenamins-kennedy-school-theater/)

## Bios
- [Grace Lawrence](https://literary-arts.org/bio/grace-lawrence/)
- [William Nedved](https://literary-arts.org/bio/william-nedved-2/)
- [Ben Yisrael](https://literary-arts.org/bio/ben-yisrael/)
- [Elena Ender](https://literary-arts.org/bio/elena-ender/)
- [Alicia Tate](https://literary-arts.org/bio/alicia-tate/)

## Events
- [Hybrid Essay 1: The Draft](https://literary-arts.org/event/hybrid-essay-1-the-draft/): Writing prompts will encourage students to experiment with structure and voice and hopefully deepen into their own hybrid memoir drafts\. This class will provide time, space, and inspiration for writers in early and middle stages of a nontraditional memoir\.
- [Fixed Poetic Forms](https://literary-arts.org/event/fixed-poetic-forms/): This course is designed to help poets overcome the fear of fixed form through in\-class practice, specialized writing prompts, and instruction on letting the form work for them rather than against them\. Students will be guided through writing practices and prompts to generate specific words, ideas, symbols, or metaphors that will serve as catalysts for discovering fresh syntax, diction, and imagery\.
- [WRITING THROUGH MEMORY: WEAVING YOUR PAST WITH THE PRESENT](https://literary-arts.org/event/writing-through-memory-weaving-your-past-with-the-present-2/): Each week, we will read and discuss short pieces and excerpts from contemporary authors who are known to weave their pasts into the present including Annie Erneaux, Joan Didion, Ayad Aktar, Sonya Walger, Aysegul Savas, Rachel Cusk, Emmanuel Carrere, and others\. There were also be to weekly craft essays on various genres \(memoir, personal essay, autofiction and hybrid\)\.
- [Writing a Story in Eight Weeks: Creative Intersections](https://literary-arts.org/event/writing-a-story-in-eight-weeks-creative-intersections/): Over the course of eight weeks, you’ll work to complete a rough draft of a short story, with weekly check\-ins to keep you on track\. There will be some in\-class discussion and feedback for your writing, but there will not be a traditional, dedicated workshop component to the class\. 
- [Write What You Don’t Know: Incorporating Research into Prose](https://literary-arts.org/event/write-what-you-dont-know-incorporating-research-into-prose/): This course encourages prose writers to turn their gaze outward through research, be it trips to the library, time spent online, interviewing, and more\. Over six weeks, we will read and discuss works that incorporate research in unique ways, and follow our questions and passions to enrich our writing\.

## Archives
- [Michael Lewis \(Rebroadcast\)](https://literary-arts.org/archive/michael-lewis-rebroadcast/): In the wake of the Sam Bankman\-Fried trial, Michael Lewis discusses Going Infinite, his book exploring the rise and fall of  Bankman\-Fried’s cryptocurrency hedge fund and exchange\.
- [Annie Dillard \(Rebroadcast\)](https://literary-arts.org/archive/annie-dillard-rebroadcast/): This week, we celebrate the life and work of Pulitzer Prize winner Annie Dillard\.
- [Portland Monuments Project: Future \(Rebroadcast\)](https://literary-arts.org/archive/portland-monuments-project-future-rebroadcast/): Join us for the final episode of our three\-part Portland Monuments Project\. This week, we focus on the future of Portland’s monuments\.
- [Portland Monuments Project: Present \(Present\)](https://literary-arts.org/archive/portland-monuments-project-present-present/): Check out the latest Portland monument and its unique origin story in this special episode of The Archive Project in partnership with Portland Monument’s Project\.
- [Portland Monuments Project: Past \(Rebroadcast\)](https://literary-arts.org/archive/portland-monuments-project-past-rebroadcast/): Take a look at Portland’s past in monuments with this special episode of The Archive Project in partnership with Portland Monument’s Project\.

## Series
- [BIPOC Reading Series](https://literary-arts.org/series/bipoc-reading-series/)
- [Story Time at the Literary Arts Bookstore](https://literary-arts.org/series/story-time-at-the-literary-arts-bookstore/)
- [Spanish Story Time at the Literary Arts Bookstore](https://literary-arts.org/series/spanish-story-time-at-the-literary-arts-bookstore/)
- [Portland Arts \& Lectures 2024–25](https://literary-arts.org/series/portland-arts-lectures-2024-25/)
- [Incite: Queer Writers Read](https://literary-arts.org/series/incite-queer-writers-read/)

## Categories
- [Literary Arts News](https://literary-arts.org/category/news/)
- [Events](https://literary-arts.org/category/events/)
- [Readers](https://literary-arts.org/category/readers/)
- [Writers](https://literary-arts.org/category/writers/)
- [Youth Programs](https://literary-arts.org/category/youth-programs/)

## Tags
- [Oregon Book Awards \& Fellowships](https://literary-arts.org/tag/oregon-book-awards-fellowships/)
- [Feature](https://literary-arts.org/tag/feature/)
- [2016](https://literary-arts.org/tag/2016/)
- [2018](https://literary-arts.org/tag/2018/)
- [2019](https://literary-arts.org/tag/2019/)

## Item categories
- [Uncategorized](https://literary-arts.org/product-category/uncategorized/)
- [Writing Classes](https://literary-arts.org/product-category/classes/)
- [Delve Readers Seminars](https://literary-arts.org/product-category/delve/)
- [Portland Book Festival Workshops](https://literary-arts.org/product-category/classes/pbfworkshops/)
- [Portland Arts \& Lectures](https://literary-arts.org/product-category/portland-arts-lectures/)

## Item tags
- [Writers in the Schools](https://literary-arts.org/product-tag/writers-in-the-schools/)
- [Youth Programs](https://literary-arts.org/product-tag/youth-programs/)
- [2025\-26](https://literary-arts.org/product-tag/2025-26/)
- [2026\-27](https://literary-arts.org/product-tag/2026-27/)

## Event Categories
- [Free Events](https://literary-arts.org/events/category/free/)
- [Writing Classes](https://literary-arts.org/events/category/writing-classes/)
- [Bookstore](https://literary-arts.org/events/category/bookstore/)
- [In\-person](https://literary-arts.org/events/category/writing-classes/in-person-writing-classes/)
- [In\-person](https://literary-arts.org/events/category/free/in-person-free/)

## Coupon categories
- [Writing Classes](https://literary-arts.org/sc_coupon_category/writing-classes/)

## Seasons
- [2023\-24](https://literary-arts.org/season/2023-24/)
- [2020\-21](https://literary-arts.org/season/2020-21/)
- [2021\-22](https://literary-arts.org/season/2021-22/)
- [2025\-26](https://literary-arts.org/season/2025-26/)
- [2024\-25](https://literary-arts.org/season/2024-25/)

## Topics
- [Craft \& Writing](https://literary-arts.org/topic/craft-writing/)
- [Career](https://literary-arts.org/topic/career/)
- [History](https://literary-arts.org/topic/history/)
- [Personal Life](https://literary-arts.org/topic/personal-life/)
- [Culture](https://literary-arts.org/topic/culture/)

## Tones
- [Conversational](https://literary-arts.org/tone/conversational/)
- [Reading \(of own work\)](https://literary-arts.org/tone/reading-of-ones-own-work/)
- [Humorous](https://literary-arts.org/tone/humorous/)
- [Inspirational](https://literary-arts.org/tone/inspirational/)
- [Interview](https://literary-arts.org/tone/interview/)

## Genres
- [Fiction](https://literary-arts.org/genre/fiction/)
- [Nonfiction](https://literary-arts.org/genre/nonfiction/)
- [Poetry](https://literary-arts.org/genre/poetry/)
- [Creative Nonfiction](https://literary-arts.org/genre/creative-nonfiction/)
- [Memoir](https://literary-arts.org/genre/memoir/)

## Groupings
- [Portland Book Festival](https://literary-arts.org/grouping/portland-book-festival/)
- [Season 1](https://literary-arts.org/grouping/season-1/)
- [Season 10](https://literary-arts.org/grouping/season-10/)
- [Season 11](https://literary-arts.org/grouping/season-11/)
- [Season 4](https://literary-arts.org/grouping/season4/)

## Rebroadcast
- [Rebroadcast](https://literary-arts.org/needmore_rebroadcast/rebroadcast/)

## Tags
- [PBF 2020](https://literary-arts.org/bio_tag/pbf-2020/)
- [PBF2022](https://literary-arts.org/bio_tag/pbf2022/)
- [PBF 2021](https://literary-arts.org/bio_tag/pbf-2021/)
- [pbf2023](https://literary-arts.org/bio_tag/pbf2023/)
- [MOD](https://literary-arts.org/bio_tag/mod/)

## Bio Categories
- [Staff](https://literary-arts.org/events/bios/category/staff/)
- [Board of Directors](https://literary-arts.org/events/bios/category/board-of-directors/)

## Optional
- [Sitemap index](https://literary-arts.org/sitemap_index.xml)