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Welcome to Prose City, your grassroots literary community in Portland, Oregon. Prose City was founded in 2024 by two Portlanders who hold a deep appreciation for all things reading, writing, conversation, and community. Our events and offerings are made possible by a team of dedicated volunteers —...

Update: This group is on a temporary hiatus. Please keep an eye out for updates in the future.

A Writing Group of Teaching Writers and Writing Teachers

I’m a teaching writer and a writing teacher, both professions a labor of love which continuously feed each other.

Having  co-edited two popular...

A small critique group for writers who are actively submitting to literary magazines: short fiction, flash, poetry, memoir. The idea is four or five people, pages in rotation, every week, with the honest goal of getting work placed — so we’d talk about where a piece could go, not just whether it’s...