Join us for the September Constellation Reading Series, featuring Sloan Asakura, Grace Chao, and Jae Nichelle.

Constellation is a once-monthly, multi-genre literary reading series, featuring 3 scheduled readers per event. We intend to create a warm, inclusive community space for those who love the written word, build a long-running Portland institution that centers unrepresented writers, and provide a regular opportunity to connect with each other around literature. Each reading will be anchored by Portland-based writers, though we will host visiting writers. We are committed to justice and inclusion and will prioritize BIPOC writers and writers with identities underrepresented in institutional spaces.

Constellation is organized by Jessica Johnson and Joon Ae Haworth-Kaufka, two Portland writers and community organizers who met while teaching at Portland Community College.

More information about Constellation’s work can be found here.