St. Johns Farmers Market

In its third year, the Market Day Poetry Series, hosted by St. Johns Booksellers in conjunction with the St Johns Farmers Market, takes place every Saturday of the market. Series coordinator dan raphael, who has been arranging poetry readings in Portland since the late 70’s, finds poets–many of whom are involved in other reading series–to host individual readings and find two other co-readers. This provides a broad diversity of readers from Portland’s rich and multi-styled poetry scene.

All Market Day Poetry Series events take place just down the street from the Market at St. Johns Booksellers, 8622 N Lombard.

June 4: Series curator Dan Raphael, with Brittaney Baldwin and Lisa Radon
June 11: Hosted by KBOO’s Patrick Bocarde, with Mike G. and a poet to be named later
June 18: Host John Sibley Williams, joined, as he often is, by A Molotkov and David Cooke
June 25: Hosted by Maryrose Larkin of the Spare Room Collective with Jennifer Bartlett and visiting poet Margareta Waterman
July 2: Hosted by Gaston’s Mary Slocum with Vancouver’s Toni Partington and non-musician David Matthews
July 9: Hosted by Bethany Moore
July 16: Hosted by Christopher Luna, Vancouver’s poetry czar
July 23: Hosted by Bear Deluxe editor Casey Bush with the Writer’s Dojo’s Kirsten Rian