Reading Local: Portland

The Tin House Summer Writer’s Workshop will be held July 12-19 at Reed College, with author readings to occur each night at 8:00pm in Reed’s Cerf Amphitheater.  The readings are open to the public, with admission set at $5.

Tin House will also be celebrating their magazine’s 10th Anniversary with a special reading presented by Literary Arts.  The readings will be held July 16th at 7:30pm at the Newmark Theater, and will be emceed by Colson Whitehead.  A star-studded lineup of readers/presenters includes:

Aimee Bender
Matthew Dickman
Michael Dickman
Jim Shepard
Dorothy Allison
Steve Almond
Charles D’Ambrosio
Peter Rock
Ron Hansen
Lee Montgomery
Rob Spillman
Elissa Schappell
Win McCormack

Tickets are $12-$15, and are available at Portland Center for the Performing Arts, online at Ticketmaster.com or charge by phone at 1-800-745-3000.  With proceeds from the event benefiting Writers In The Schools (WITS), a Literary Arts program.

Author: Gabe Barber

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