Showing 62 results for tag Literature

For the People

Jordan Hernandez writes about how Oregon libraries are responding to the evolving needs of their communities.

Magazine | August 25, 2023

Oregon Humanities Live

Join the editors of Oregon Humanities magazine for an evening featuring recent contributors Saeeda Wright, Leanne Grabel, Brian Benson, Jennifer Perrine, and Judy Jiang reading essays and poems.

Event | November 1, 2023

Oregon's Poet Laureate Program: One Hundred Years and Counting

Join Oregon’s Poet Laureate, Anis Mojgani, to celebrate one hundred years of the Oregon Poet Laureate Program! Anis will be joined by two of Oregon’s previous poets laureate, Kim Stafford and Paulann Petersen Jennifer Alkezweeny, Oregon Humanities' Program Director, will speak about the history of the Poet Laureate program in Oregon, followed by poetry readings from Anis, Kim, and Paulann. A brief Q&A session will conclude the event.

Event | April 6, 2023

Pack Matters

Erica Berry on wolves, family, fear, and love

Beyond the Margins | February 17, 2023

Oregon Humanities Live

Join the editors of Oregon Humanities magazine for an evening featuring Laura Gibson, Stacey Rice, Bruce Poinsette, Eric Tran, Eleanor Klock, and Sabra Boyd reading work from recent issues of the magazine and Beyond the Margins.

This program is 21+.

Event | April 26, 2023

Raymond Carver Writing Festival

The Raymond Carver Festival is celebrated each year in Clatskanie, where the celebrated short story-writer was born. The 2023 festival will be kicked off with a reception in the ballroom of the Clatskanie Cultural Center with Oregon's poet laureate, Anis Mojgani. On Saturday, May 20, workshops will be held celebrating poetry for beginners and seasoned poets alike. 

Visit the Raymond Carver Festival website to learn more.

Event | May 19, 2023

Consider This with Kiese Laymon

Join us for an onstage conversation with Kiese Laymon, author of Heavy and How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America

This event is part of our Consider This series on People, Place, and Power. In his writing, Laymon engages with the personal and the political: race and family, body and shame, poverty and place.

Tickets are $15 and can be purchased here.

Event | March 7, 2023

The River Oblivion

Laura Gibson on family, forgetting, and the underworld.

Magazine | August 24, 2022

Poetry Walk: Anis Mojgani

Join Oregon Poet Laureate Anis Mojgani for a poetry walk and reading. This free event will begin at the Wonder Garden, across the street from the Hoffman Art Center. Read more about this event.

Event | July 31, 2022

Consider This with Laura Kipnis

Join us for a conversation with Laura Kipnis, author of Love in the Time of Contagion and Unwanted Advances, on love, marriage, and capitalism. Kipnis is a cultural critic and essayist whose work focuses on sexual politics in the United States. This program is part of our 2022 Consider This series American Dreams, American Myths, American Hopes.

Event | May 11, 2022

“We Have to Create Alternative Habitats for Writers”

Lidia Yuknavitch on the future of literature and art in Oregon and beyond. Interview by Alex Behr.

Beyond the Margins | December 23, 2021

Not a Circle, Not a Line

Susan DeFreitas writes about Ursula K. Le Guin's long view of the American West

Magazine | December 15, 2021

UPDATED: Consider This with Omar El Akkad

Join us for an onstage conversation with Omar El Akkad, author of American War and What Strange Paradise. This event is part of our 2022 Consider This series, American Dreams, American Myths, American Hopes.

Due to the current rise in COVID cases, we have canceled the in-person portion of this event. The conversation will be streamed live on YouTube. Click here to watch.

Event | January 11, 2022

Consider This with Mitchell S. Jackson

Join us for a live virtual conversation with the author of The Residue Years and Survival Math and winner of the 2021 Pulitzer Prize for feature writing.

Event | October 13, 2021

Mad

An excerpt from Emilly Prado's forthcoming essay collection, Funeral for Flaca.

Beyond the Margins | June 18, 2021

The Crowd Might Cover You

Recollections of finding anxiety, kindness, and community on the streets of Portland

Magazine | August 25, 2020

Steelhead

An excerpt from Tina Ontiveros's memoir, rough house.

Magazine | August 25, 2020

Dear Stranger

Dear Stranger is a letter-exchange project that connects Oregonians through the mail to share experiences, beliefs, and ideas. Send your letter by June 30 to participate.

Other Projects | March 1, 2020

Resume of Failures—2011

Kim Stafford writes about the stories of struggle, insecurity, and loss behind his accomplishments in the 2011 “Fail” issue.

Magazine | December 23, 2019

Think & Drink on Today's Media Challenges

Local journalists will talk about the need for media literacy in these days of political divisiveness, social media, and national debates about truth. This panel discussion features Cathy Noah, former editor of the Medford Mail Tribune, and Geoffrey Riley, producer for Jefferson Exchange, among others. This event is cosponsored by Oregon Humanities.

Event | November 19, 2019

If You've Made It This Far

An excerpt from Don Waters' memoir These Boys and Their Fathers

Beyond the Margins | October 17, 2019

Think & Drink on Accessible Cities

A Think & Drink conversation exploring ideas about creating walkable spaces, reducing the demand for cars, what makes a great public space, and how to work toward implementing these ideas. Click here to learn more about this event. This event is presented in partnership with Jackson County Library, the City of Medford, and the Friends of the Medford Library.

Event | October 15, 2019

Think & Drink with Rich Benjamin

Join Rich Benjamin, author of "Searching for Whitopia: An Improbable Journey to the Heart of White America," for a conversation about community, belonging, social values, and the state of whiteness in America. This event is cosponsored by Oregon Humanities.

Event | October 21, 2019

Conversation Project: Power, Privilege, and Racial Diversity in Oregon

Although Census data show Oregon’s population becoming more racially diverse, the state remains one of the whitest in the nation. Many Oregonians value racial diversity and the dimension and depth it adds to our lives, yet we remain largely isolated from one another and have yet to fulfill the vision of a racially integrated society. Willamette University professor Emily Drew will lead participants in a conversation about the challenges to creating racially diverse, inclusive communities despite the accomplishments since the civil rights era. What does the racial integration of place require of us, and how might we prepare to create and embrace this opportunity?

Event | May 3, 2019

Airlie Poetry Night

Airlie Press, a nonprofit publisher, is hosting a free, public, open poetry event at Devil's Den Wine Bar in the Alberta Arts District as part of the Association of Writers and Publishers (AWP) conference. This event is family-friendly, all-ages, and open to anyone interested in reading their work. The event will also featured notable local writers.

Event | March 29, 2019

Conversation Project: Power, Privilege, and Racial Diversity in Oregon

Although Census data show Oregon’s population becoming more racially diverse, the state remains one of the whitest in the nation. Many Oregonians value racial diversity and the dimension and depth it adds to our lives, yet we remain largely isolated from one another and have yet to fulfill the vision of a racially integrated society. Willamette University professor Emily Drew will lead participants in a conversation about the challenges to creating racially diverse, inclusive communities despite the accomplishments since the civil rights era. What does the racial integration of place require of us, and how might we prepare to create and embrace this opportunity?

Event | April 3, 2019

Conversation Project: Power, Privilege, and Racial Diversity in Oregon

Although Census data show Oregon’s population becoming more racially diverse, the state remains one of the whitest in the nation. Many Oregonians value racial diversity and the dimension and depth it adds to our lives, yet we remain largely isolated from one another and have yet to fulfill the vision of a racially integrated society. Willamette University professor Emily Drew will lead participants in a conversation about the challenges to creating racially diverse, inclusive communities despite the accomplishments since the civil rights era. What does the racial integration of place require of us, and how might we prepare to create and embrace this opportunity?

Event | March 10, 2019

Our Most-read Stories of 2018

Our readers' favorite articles and videos from the past year explore stories of identity, place, and belonging.

Beyond the Margins | December 13, 2018

Think & Drink with Omar El Akkad

The 2018–19 Think & Drink series on Journalism and Justice continues with a conversation with reporter and novelist Omar El Akkad, author of American War.

Event | March 20, 2019

"Poetry Builds Community"

Kim Stafford is Oregon’s ninth Poet Laureate.

Magazine | August 30, 2018

Black History Month Film Series: "I Am Not Your Negro"

Self Enhancement, Inc. presents Raoul Peck's film I Am Not Your Negro, followed by a panel discussion with Aisha Karefa-Smart, a niece of James Baldwin, and Darrais Carter, assistant professor of Black studies at Portland State university. This program is made possible in part by a Responsive Program Grant from Oregon Humanities.

Event | February 17, 2018

Read. Talk. Think.

Things that make you say O. Hm.

Magazine | December 15, 2017

Sarah Shulman: Reading <i>Conflict Is Not Abuse</i>

This free, facilitated reading group is part of PICA's World AIDS Day Program.

Event | December 3, 2017

On Bearing Bad News

Robert Leo Heilman writes about trying and failing to save library services in Douglas County.

Beyond the Margins | November 21, 2017

Think & Drink with Walidah Imarisha

A conversation on criminalization, poverty, prisons, harm, and systems of accountability within the US criminal justice system with writer and educator Walidah Imarisha.

Event | October 9, 2017

Remembering Peter Sears

We were saddened to learn of the death of former Oregon Poet Laureate Peter Sears, who passed away July 20.

Beyond the Margins | July 25, 2017

Talking about Dying Resources

Talking about Dying | March 14, 2017

Unbuttoned into the Blow

Conversation Project leader, poet, and essayist Wendy Willis defends human fragility.

Magazine | December 6, 2016

So to Speak

Novelist Laila Lalami on moving between languages to find her voice

Magazine | December 18, 2015

The Long Boat

Talking about Dying facilitator Jenny Sasser reads Stanley Kunitz's poem "The Long Boat" in this animated video produced by Dan Sadowsky for Oregon Humanities.

Beyond the Margins | December 2, 2015

The Rim of the Wound

Writer Wendy Willis's open letter to the students of Columbia University Multicultural Affairs Advisory Board, with a special note to her daughters.

Magazine | August 11, 2015

Magazine Podcast: Fix

Jaimie Passaro talks about parenting through bipolar episodes with Oregon Humanities editor Kathleen Holt

Beyond the Margins | August 6, 2015

Another Life

I think often of the taste of my grandfather's grapes and of the meat from my father's knife. An essay by Hanna Neuschwander

Beyond the Margins | November 18, 2014

What's the Use?

Why bother with history? Why bother at all? An essay by Robert Leo Heilman

Beyond the Margins | October 16, 2014

To Begin Is to Start

An excerpt from Spells, a novel-within-photographs

Magazine | July 31, 2014

In Defense of Navel-Gazing

To understand the world, we must first understand ourselves. An essay by Jay Ponteri

Magazine | March 25, 2014

The Thing with Feathers

Joanna Rose on a writer's road trip gone wrong

Magazine | March 25, 2014

Posts

Readers write about "Me"

Magazine | March 23, 2014

Imaginary Metropolis

What do the cities of science fiction books and films say about the way we perceive the cities we live in? An essay by Dan DeWeese

Magazine | December 5, 2013

What It Means to Say Portland

Mitchell S. Jackson on the experience of growing up Black in North and Northeast Portland.

Magazine | December 5, 2013

One Giant Step

Coming of age during the hopeful days of American space exploration. An essay by Dmae Roberts

Magazine | November 8, 2013

Burning Bushes

When it comes to attention-getting spectacles, God is no longer the only game in town. An essay by Dan DeWeese

Magazine | July 25, 2013

An Anecdotal Glossary of Spectacle

M. Allen Cunningham sorts through our landscape of scandal, show, and distraction

Magazine | July 25, 2013

A Region by Any Name

From Ecotopia to Cascadia Megaregion, visions of the Pacific Northwest have been secessionist in nature. An essay by Carl Abbott

Magazine | April 8, 2012

After the Fall

Somewhere beyond fate and reason, the real work of being human begins. An essay by John Holloran

Magazine | April 4, 2011

Résumé of Failures

The stories of struggle, insecurity, and loss behind a successful writer’'s accomplishments. By Kim Stafford

Magazine | April 4, 2011

Laughing Into the Abyss

The existential howl of Jewish American humor. By Scott Nadelson

Magazine | December 5, 2010

The Artist as Worker

Rilke would never have understood the current desire to merge commerce and creativity. An essay by M. Allen Cunningham

Magazine | August 10, 2010

Go Ahead and Look

In praise of forbidden looking. An essay by Scott Nadelson

Magazine | March 17, 2010

Just Look and Read

Can photography make a poem more accessible? By Henry Hughes and Paul S. Gentry

Magazine | March 17, 2010

Here, Not There

A wife looks to the Greeks when her husband is called away to war. An essay by Sarah Gilbert

Magazine | November 23, 2009