Naka Pierce, Pusateri & Vincent, 8/12

drawing by Stephen Vincent, courtesy of The New Post-Literate

Sunday, August 12th

at 7:30 pm

Spare Room presents 

a poetry reading by

Michelle Naka Pierce

Chris Pusateri

&

Stephen Vincent

The Waypost

3120 N. Williams Ave., Portland

$5 suggested donation

Sunday, April 29th

at 7:00 p.m.

Spare Room presents

a poetry reading by

Andrew Joron

Brian Lucas

Joseph Noble

and music by

Cloud Shepherd

(Joron, Lucas, Noble, and Mark Pino)

The Waypost

3120 N. Williams Ave., Portland

$5 suggested donation

Publication Party for Peaches and Bats #9!

Sunday, March 4

at 6:30 p.m.

Spare Room presents

"Speeches and Pabst"

a publication party for Peaches and Bats #9

with readings by

Chris Ashby

Maryrose Larkin

James Yeary

and editorial interrompules by

"The Firm & Aerie"

kindly hosted by

Mother Foucault's Bookshop

523 SE Morrison St.

Portland

free

The Collected Poems of Barbara Guest: a marathon reading, 2/11-2/12

YU & Spare Room present

a marathon reading of

The Collected Poems of

Barbara Guest

in the kitchen at YU

808 SE 10th Ave., Portland

Saturday & Sunday

February 11 & 12

3-8 p.m. each day

come and go freely

Joseph Lease and Jamalieh Haley, 2/5

Sunday, February 5

at 7: 30 p.m.

Spare Room presents a poetry reading by

Joseph Lease

&

Jamalieh Haley

Open Space Cafe

2815 SE Holgate Blvd., Portland

$5 suggested donation

Luoma & Spahr at Open Space, 12/11

Sunday, December 11

at 7:30 p.m.

Spare Room presents

a poetry reading by

Bill Luoma

&

Juliana Spahr

Open Space Café

2815 SE Holgate Blvd., Portland

$5 suggested donation

Degentesh and Gardner, tonight at Mother Foucault's!

Wednesday, November 9th

at 7:30 p.m.

Spare Room presents a reading by

Katie Degentesh

&

Drew Gardner

Mother Foucault's Books

523 SE Morrison St., Portland

$5 suggested donation

Hartigan and Gorrick at Open Space Cafe, 10/30/11

Sunday, October 30th

at 7:30 p.m.

Spare Room presents a poetry reading by

Patrick Playter Hartigan

&

Anne Gorrick

Open Space Café

2815 SE Holgate Blvd., Portland

$5 suggested donation

Ashby & Cunningham at the Waypost, 10/16

Sunday, October 16

at 7:30 p.m.

Spare Room presents

a poetry reading by

Chris Ashby

&

Brent Cunningham

The Waypost

3120 N. Williams Ave., Portland

$5 suggested donation

Roy and Kemp at the Waypost, 9/25/11

Sunday, September 25th

at 8 p.m.

Spare Room presents a reading by

Arnold J. Kemp

&

Camille Roy

The Waypost

3120 N. Williams Ave., Portland

$5 suggested donation

Koeneke & Queequeg, 7/10/11

Sunday, July 10

at 7:30 pm

Spare Room presents a reading by

Rodney Koeneke

&

Queequeg (Daniel Comiskey & Ryan Tranum)

Open Space Cafe

2815 SE Holgate Boulevard, Portland

$5 suggested donation

Truitt and Lohmann, 6/12

Sunday, June 12

at 7:30 p.m.

Spare Room presents a reading by

Sam Truitt

&

Sam Lohmann

Open Space Cafe

2815 SE Holgate Boulevard, Portland

$5 suggested donation

Cooperman, Kaupang & Raphael, 5/22/11

Sunday, May 22
at 7:30 pm
Spare Room presents a poetry reading by

Matthew Cooperman
Aby Kaupang
&
Dan Raphael

The Waypost
3120 N. Williams Ave., Portland

$5 suggested donation

O'Brien & Weaver, 4/17/11

Sunday, April 17

at 7:30 p.m.

Spare Room presents a poetry reading by

Geoffrey G. O'Brien

& 

Michael Weaver

The Waypost

3120 N. Williams Ave., Portland

$5 suggested donation

Henning and Owen, 3/27/11

Sunday, March 27th

at 7:30 pm

Spare Room presents a poetry reading by

Barbara Henning

&

Will Owen

The Waypost

3120 N. Williams Ave., Portland

$5 suggested donation

Edwards, Fernandez, Kaplan and Klein, 3/13/11

(poster by James Yeary and Sam Lohmann)

Sunday, March 13th

at 7:30 p.m.

Spare Room presents a poetry reading by

Dan Kaplan

&

three Canarium Books authors:

Joshua Edwards

Robert Fernandez

&

Ish Klein

The Waypost

3120 N. Williams Ave, Portland

$5 suggested donation

Dunbar and Schultz, 2/25

Friday, February 25th

at 7:30 pm

Spare Room presents a poetry reading by

Donald Dunbar

&

Susan Schultz

The Waypost

3120 N. Williams Ave., Portland

$5 suggested donation

Leslie Scalapino memorial reading tomorrow!

Leslie Scalapino
Memorial Reading, Reception, & Exhibition

Saturday, February 12
2:00 pm

Eliot Hall chapel, Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock Blvd., Portland

Please join us for a memorial reading, reception, and celebration of Leslie Scalapino, with presentations of her poetry and selected artwork from her personal collection.

Contemporary poets and members of the Reed community will participate, including
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge, Allison Cobb, Alicia Cohen, Michael Cross, Samuel Danon,
Sarah Dougher, Judith Goldman, Endi Bogue Hartigan, Jeanne Heuving, Maryrose Larkin,
Denise Newman, Standard Schaefer, James Sherry, Ellen Stauder, Konrad Steiner,
James Yeary, and Reed students.

Artists represented in the exhibition include Petah Coyne, Susan Bee, and Etel Adnan.
A reception will follow the presentations.
Cosponsored by Spare Room and Reed College.

For information, news, writing, and scholarship regarding Leslie's life and work, see the new Leslie Scalapino web site.

Larkin and Sigo, 2/6/11

Sunday, February 6

at 7:30 pm

Spare Room presents a poetry reading by

Maryrose Larkin

&

Cedar Sigo

Open Space

2815 SE Holgate Boulevard, Portland

$5 suggested donation

Maximus Poems marathon, 1/14-16

[poster by James Yeary and Sam Lohmann]

Spare Room presents a marathon reading of Charles Olson's The Maximus Poems, in honor of the poet's 100th birthday

Friday, January 14, 4:00 - 9:00 pm
Switchyard Studios 109 E Salmon Street
readings by: Jacqueline Motzer, Jesse Morse, Zachary Schomburg, Christopher Luna, Dan Raphael, Laura Feldman, Michael Weaver, David Abel

Saturday, January 15, 2:00 - 7:00 pm
galleryHOMELAND 2505 SE 11th Avenue
readings by: Alicia Cohen, Sam Lohmann, Jennifer Bartlett, Jaye Harris, Donald Dunbar, John Hall, Susan Rankin, Dan Raphael, Rodney Koeneke, Endi Hartigan

Sunday, January 16, 2:00 - 7:00 pm
YU 800 SE 10th Avenue
readings by: Lisa Radon, Linda Austin, Tim DuRoche, Patrick Hartigan, Meredith Blankinship, Joseph Mains,

Jamalieh Haley, David Weinberg, Castle, Paul Maziar, Drew Swenhaugen, James Yeary