UPCOMING EVENTS
[shhh! Cari is sleeping!]
PAST EVENTS
November 12, 2024, 7pm ET
The Politics of Parenthood
Pen Parentis Literary Salon
November 13, 2021, 4pm
Art and Ambition
Portland Book Festival panel (moderator) with Shruti Swami and Claire Vaye Watkins
Portland Art Museum
May 21, 2020, 7:30pm
The Antifascist Artist: reading and panel discussion
Literary Arts
Webinar
November 8, 2019, 6pm
Red Ink Series: PDX Lit Crawl
Corporal Writing
510 SW 3rd Ave
Portland, OR
December 12, 2019, 7pm
in conversation with Michael Cunningham
Hugo House
1634 11th Ave.
Seattle, WA
December 14, 2019, 10am
Writing Without a Map: one-day generative fiction workshop
Hugo House
1634 11th Ave
Seattle, WA
May 15, 2019, 7:30pm
in conversation with Ani DiFranco
Revolution Hall
1300 SE Stark
Portland, OR
March 30, 2019, 6:00pm
Booksellers Ball: AWP offsite reading
Star Theater
13 NW 6th Ave
Portland, OR
March 30, 2019, 12:00pm
Agents of Change: the Activist Protagonist
AWP panel with Susan DeFreitas, Rene Denfeld, Julia Stoops, and Aya De Leon
D136, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Portland, OR
March 29, 2019, 3:00pm
Swamps, Forests, & Borders: Literature of Place & Displace
AWP panel with Karen Russell, Emily Fridlund, and Luis Urrea
Portland Ballroom 253-254, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2
Portland, OR
December 6, 2018, 7:30pm
in conversation with Micah Perks
Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside St.
Portland, OR
July 23, 2018, 7:30pm
panel discussion with Porochista Khakpour, Karen Russell, Leni Zumas, Janice Lee, and Lidia Yuknavitch
Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside St.
Portland, OR
June 1, 2018, 7:00pm
Loggernaut Reading Series
Mother Foucault’s Bookshop
523 SE Morrison Street
Portland, OR
April 25, 2018, 7:00pm
In conversation with Rebecca Kauffman
The Gunners
Broadway Books
1714 NE Broadway
Portland, OR
November 11, 2017, 12:45pm
Wicked Funny: American Absurdity in Fiction
Panel discussion with Jon Raymond, Deb Olin Unferth, and Dennie Wendt
Wordstock: Portland’s Book Festival
Portland, OR
February 27, 2017, 7:30pm
Scratch: Writers, Money, and the Art of Making a Living
panel discussion with Manjula Martin, Cheryl Strayed, A.M. O’Malley, and Kevin Sampsell
Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside St.
Portland, OR
January 15, 2017, 6pm
Dear Sugar Radio: The Writers Resist: Portland Edition
Aladdin Theater
Portland, OR
January 13, 2017, 7:30pm
In conversation with Franz Nicolay
The Humorless Ladies of Border Control
Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside St.
Portland, OR
December 5, 2016, 7pm
Oregon Jewish Museum’s 16th Annual Reading of Oregon Jewish Writers
Literary Arts
925 SW Washington St.
Portland, OR
December 1, 2016, 7pm
Reclamation
Reading with Justin Hocking
Literary Arts
925 SW Washington
Portland, OR
November 13, 2016, 7:30pm
In conversation with Kelly Luce
Pull Me Under
Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside St.
Portland, OR
August 7, 2016, 7pm
Get Nervous reading series
The Jack London Bar
529 SW 4th Ave, Portland, OR
April 2, 2016, 9am
AWP 2016
Panel: Without Representation: Authors who sold their literary debuts without an agent
with Will Chancellor, Chelsea Hodson, and Wendy C. Ortiz
Room 518, L.A. Convention Center, Meeting Room Level
November 7, 2015, 12:30pm
Wordstock
American Art Gallery
Portland Art Museum
1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, OR
October 17, 2015, 7pm
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour
Writers on the Edge
Newport Visual Arts Center
777 NW Beach Drive
Newport OR
September 10-12, 2015
Montana Book Festival
Missoula, MT
August 15, 2015, 4:30pm
NW Literary Showcase
Helsing Junction Sleepover
12013 Independence Road
Rochester, WA
July 28, 2015, 7:30pm
In conversation with Joshua Mohr
Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside St.
Portland, OR
June 22, 2015, 7pm
With Dasha Kelly
Reading Frenzy
3628 N. Mississippi Ave
Portland, OR
June 20, 2015
Pacific University MFA Alumni Conference
Workshop: 10am to 12pm
Pacific University
2043 College Way
Forest Grove, OR
May 29, 2015, 7pm
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour
Crossroads Art Center
2020 Auburn Avenue
Baker City, OR
May 28, 2015, 7pm
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour
Fishtrap House
400 E Grant Street
Enterprise, OR
May 27, 2015, 7:30pm
Oregon Book Awards Author Tour
Pierce Library Reading Room
East Oregon University
One University Boulevard
La Grande, OR
October 18, 2014
Manzanita Writers’ Series
(Workshop and reading)
Hoffman Center
594 Laneda Avenue
Manzanita, OR
October 5, 2014
with Erika T. Wurth and Sara Woods
Crush Bar
1400 SE Morrison St
Portland, OR
September 20, 2014, 1-4pm
One-day Craft Class:
Writing without a Map/Revision Strategies
Book Court
163 Court Street
Brooklyn, NY
September 18, 2014
Vica Miller Literary Salon
With Catherine Lacey, Matthew Love, and MM De Voe
Susan Eley Fine Art
New York, NY
August 9, 2014
Workshop
Unchaste University
St. John’s Booksellers
8622 N Lombard St
Portland, OR
June 12, 2014, 8pm
LitHop PDX
The Knock Back
2315 NE Alberta St
Portland, OR
May 24, 2014, 8:30pm
Inspired by…
Action/Adventure Fundraiser
The Secret Society
116 NE Russell
Portland, OR
April 26, 2014
Kalama Word Catcher
(Workshop and Reading)
Kalama Community Building
126 N. 2nd Street
Kalama, WA
April 11, 2014, 6-10pm
HomeWord Bound
to benefit Community Partners for Affordable Housing
Featured Speaker
Oregon Zoo (Cascade Crest Banquet Center)
4001 SW Canyon Road
Portland, OR
April 8, 2014, 2-4:30pm
Salmon Creek Journal Launch Party
Guest Speaker
Firstenburg Student Commons
14204 NE Salmon Creek Ave
Vancouver, WA
March 18, 2014, 7:30pm
Unchaste Readers Series
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont Avenue
Portland, OR
March 14, 2014, 7:30pm
TURN (Sibling Rivalry Press), a poetry collection by Wendy Chin-Tanner
IPRC
1001 SE Division St
Portland, Oregon
READINGS BY: Tyler Chin-Tanner, Cari Luna, Nancy Rommelmann, Sarah Gilbert, Donald Dunbar, Uche Ogbuji, KMA Sullivan, Wendy Chin-Tanner
HOSTED BY: Dena Rash Guzman
MUSIC: Jacob Miller and the Bridge City Crooners
March 6, 2014, 7:30pm
Portland Launch of D. Foy’s debut novel, Made to Break
D. Foy in Conversation with Cari Luna
Powell’s Books on Hawthorne
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR
March 4, 2014, 7pm
With D. Foy
Orca Books
509 E. 4th Ave
Olympia, WA
March 3, 2014, 7pm
With D. Foy
Pulpfiction Books
2422 Main Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
March 2, 2014, 4pm
With D. Foy
Village Books
1200 11th Street
Bellingham, WA
February 27, 2014, 9pm
With Alexander Chee, Paul Lisicky, Aimee Phan, and Vanessa Veselka
Anthology
Sam’s Tavern
1024 E. Pike Street
Seattle, WA
February 26, 2014, 7pm
With Matt Bell, D. Foy, Jeff Jackson, and Sean Madigan Hoen
Still Liquor
1524 Minor Avenue
Seattle, WA
February 11, 2014, 7pm
With Elissa Schappell and Matthew Specktor
Pen Parentis Literary Salon
Andaz Hotel
75 Wall Street,
New York, NY
February 10, 2014, 7:30pm
With Laura van den Berg and William Pierce
Rooms Down the Hallway
66A South Street,
Jamaica Plain, MA
February 6, 2014, 7:30pm
With Brendan Kiely
Pete’s Reading Series
Pete’s Candy Store
709 Lorimer Street
Brooklyn, NY
January 9, 2014, 7pm
With Justin Maurer, Dena Rash Guzman, and Kevin Sampsell
Slabtown
1033 NW 16th Ave
Portland, OR
November 2, 2013, 7pm
The Elliott Bay Book Company
1521 Tenth Avenue
Seattle, WA
October 28, 2013, 7:30pm
Powell’s Books on Hawthorne
3723 SE Hawthorne Blvd.
Portland, OR
October 24, 2013, 7pm
Seattle Lit Crawl
Photo Center NW,
900 12th Ave.
Seattle, WA
October 19, 2013, 2pm
The 215 Festival
With Liz Moore
Upstairs at Marra’s
1734 E Passyunk Ave.
Philadelphia, PA
October 16, 2013, 7pm
Largehearted Lit Series
With Mitchell S. Jackson and musician Echo Bloom
WORD
126 Franklin Street
Brooklyn, NY
October 15, 2013, 7pm
Cari Luna in conversation with Michael Cunningham
The Center for Fiction
17 E. 47th Street
New York, NY
WORDSTOCK
October 5, 2013:
12pm: Reading with Laurie Blauner
1pm: Book signing
October 6, 2013:
2pm: Panel: Introducing Four Unique Debuts from Independent Publishers
3pm: Book signing
Oregon Convention Center
Portland, OR
October 2, 2013:
6pm
Wordstock at the Library
The Central Library, US Bank Room
810 SW 10th Ave.
Portland, OR
7-10pm
LitHop
Bar of the Gods
4801 SE Hawthorne
Portland,OR
June 6, 2013, 7:30pm
“Writing for Change” panel
Women’s Information Network: Women Opening Doors for Women
Washington, DC
May 31st, 2013, 7pm to 9pm
18 since 13
Marking the Eighteenth Anniversary of the Thirteenth Street Eviction
Cari Luna, Frank Morales, Fly, and Peter Spagnuolo
Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space
155 Avenue C,
New York, NY
May 19, 2013, 8:00 pm
Truth or Fiction?
Funhouse Lounge
2432 SE 11th Ave.,
Portland, Oregon
April 13, 2013, 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Soft Show Reading Series
The Blue Monk
3341 SE Belmont Avenue
Portland, OR