Celan Salon at Literary Arts

Joanna Klink, Katja Garloff, Lisa Steinman, John Beer

Joanna Klink, Tin House Writer-in-Residence at PSU, will lead the salon with a talk about hermeticism in the poems of Paul Celan. Klink’s book project, Strangeness, is a lyric meditation on Celan’s poetry — poetry that his critics called “obscure” — and an exploration of the strangeness of poetry in general. She will be joined on the panel by Lisa Steinman and Katja Garloff from Reed College, and John Beer from PSU.

The discussion will focus on three poems, which you can download here. Audience participation is encouraged.

Tune in to Oregon Public Broadcasting as they provide an encore broadcast of Nikky Finney’s April 23, 2013 Portland Arts & Lectures presentation.

For more information, click here.

Oregon Book Club Conversation Series

Poet Mary Szybist, author of Oregon Book Club’s latest selection Incarnadine, will appear at Literary Arts to speak with fellow poet Elyse Fenton about her work, the state of Oregon poetry, and her teaching at Lewis & Clark.

The Oregon Book Club is a program of Oregon Writers Colony.

Join Grant High School students as they read their work at Broadway Books. This is a Writers in the Schools end-of-residency reading open to the public.

Grant HS
Wednesday, May 29, 7pm
Broadway Books
1714 NE Broadway

Join Grant High School students as they read their work at Broadway Books. This is a Writers in the Schools end-of-residency reading open to the public.

Grant HS
Thursday, May 30, 7 pm
Broadway Books
1714 NE Broadway

The Effects of the Digital Age on Books

Join the City Club of Portland for a salon led by Literary Arts Executive Director Andrew Proctor.

Literary trends such as digital technology and international publishing pose implications for authors and readers alike. To what extent do these changes affect how literature is produced and consumed in our local community? What might the role be of a literary nonprofit during this time of rapid change?