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Poetry Practice Space

Independent Publishing Resource Center 318 SE Main St., Ste. 155, Portland, OR, United States

Join us monthly on zoom, on the third Thursday of the month for prompts and sharing. Register here, and we'll send the zoom link on the day of the event. Poetry Practice Space is a monthly gathering for poets and writers. Writing materials, readings and prompts for generative writing will be provided. Come share a… Continue reading Poetry Practice Space

By-appointment Studio Time

The IPRC is offering by-appointment hours in a limited capacity in accordance to Multnomah County COVID-19 restrictions. Please contact our Studio Manager, Erika Rier at erika@iprc.org to check on available times. Members are required to wear masks while working in the studio and to answer the following state-determined questions before arrival: Have you travelled out… Continue reading By-appointment Studio Time

By-appointment Studio Time

The IPRC is offering by-appointment hours in a limited capacity in accordance to Multnomah County COVID-19 restrictions. Please contact our Studio Manager, Erika Rier at erika@iprc.org to check on available times. Members are required to wear masks while working in the studio and to answer the following state-determined questions before arrival: Have you travelled out… Continue reading By-appointment Studio Time

Poetry Through Divination Part One

In this online generative workshop, participants will explore various methods of divination as prompts for poems, including tarot and oracle reading, lithomancy, scrying, and more. We will allow ourselves to be guided intuitively in our creations, suppressing the urge to control the process intellectually. Focus will be on starting and progressing new poems rather than… Continue reading Poetry Through Divination Part One

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction IPRC Creative Workshops for Fall 2020 will be held online via zoom, PST. *Waitlist Instructor: Michael Heald Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 Nine students maximum (ages 18+) Class meetings: 24 (8 per term) Cost: $825  *2 spots available at sliding scale, BIPOC prioritized; email hquinn@iprc.org *2 spots available at… Continue reading Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction IPRC Creative Workshops for Fall 2020 will be held online via zoom, PST. *Waitlist Instructor: Michael Heald Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 Nine students maximum (ages 18+) Class meetings: 24 (8 per term) Cost: $825  *2 spots available at sliding scale, BIPOC prioritized; email hquinn@iprc.org *2 spots available at… Continue reading Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction IPRC Creative Workshops for Fall 2020 will be held online via zoom, PST. *Waitlist Instructor: Michael Heald Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 Nine students maximum (ages 18+) Class meetings: 24 (8 per term) Cost: $825  *2 spots available at sliding scale, BIPOC prioritized; email hquinn@iprc.org *2 spots available at… Continue reading Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Event Series Poet’s Essay

Poet’s Essay

IPRC Creative Workshops for Winter 2021 will be held online via zoom, PST. Register here Somewhere between prose poetry and lyric essay there’s a genre of weird and brilliant writing I’m calling “the poet’s essay.” From Hanif Abdurraqib to Chris Kraus, this genre combines the imagistic musicality of poems with the argumentative structure of an essay.… Continue reading Poet’s Essay

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Workshop

Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction IPRC Creative Workshops for Fall 2020 will be held online via zoom, PST. *Waitlist Instructor: Michael Heald Wednesdays, 6:30 – 8:30 Nine students maximum (ages 18+) Class meetings: 24 (8 per term) Cost: $825  *2 spots available at sliding scale, BIPOC prioritized; email hquinn@iprc.org *2 spots available at… Continue reading Write A Book: Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Workshop

January Collage Challenge

For January's Collage Challenge, we're building off of last month's theme. For December, the Collage Challenge was to create a collage based on Tarot imagery. To determine the theme of January's Collage Challenge, we pulled a card, which as it happened is 2021's Card of the Year— the Hierophant! So for January's Collage Challenge, the… Continue reading January Collage Challenge

Event Series The Writing Body

The Writing Body

In this three-part workshop, we will allow the emotional and intellectual bodies, as well as the body in space, to inform writing practice. Through somatic awareness, movement, and meditation practice, we will generate written work. Through written work and somatic practice, we will generate movement vocabulary. All levels of writing and movement experience welcome. $65,… Continue reading The Writing Body