To schedule readings or other events, email me at: jp [at] jenniferperrine.org
Upcoming Events:
Saturday, April 26, 2025, 2:00-4:00pm PT – Multnomah Arts Center, Portland, OR
I’ll be joining other queer and trans writers for “Fractals,” a free reading celebrating two shows by regional LGBTQIA2S+ artists. The shows, “Shift Work: Queer Artists in Tectonic Times” and “Holding Our Own: Works by Queer Ceramic Artists,” are co-curated by Pablo V. Cazares, Lux Harris, and Megan Hatch, and I’ll be reading alongside Forest Svendgard-Lang, Misha Lynn Moon, Kim Thompson, Déy Rivers, Ami Patel, Milo Muise, Percy Wise, Julián Jamaica Soto, and Stephanie Adams-Santos.
Sunday, May 4, 2025, 6:30-7:30pm PT – Curious Comedy, Portland, OR
I’ll be performing stand-up alongside a dozen other new comics. Doors open at 6pm, and admission is $5.
Saturday, May 10, 2025, 3:00-4:00pm PT – UpUp Books, Portland, OR
I’ll be reading with Rivka Clifton and David Seung to celebrate the release of our new poetry books.
Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 7:00-8:30pm PT – Literary Arts, Portland, OR
I’ll be co-hosting the bimonthly Incite: Queer Writers Read with Vinnie Kinsella, on the theme of “Ritual.” The featured readers are T. Thorn Coyle, Miranda Schmidt, and Juan Antonio Trujillo, and the he reading will be followed by a community discussion.
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 5:30-7:30pm PT – Online
I’ll be the guest speaker at the Central Oregon Writers Guild online meeting, which is free and open to the public. I’ll be talking about “Finding the Freedom in Form,” and there will be a couple of opportunities during the talk for everyone to experiment with some unusual formal constraints.
Saturday, September 13, 2025, 1:00-4:00pm PT – Downtown Library, Bend, OR
I’ll be facilitating an in-person workshop, “Contents Under Pressure: Using Constraints to Stretch Your Creativity.” We’ll play with “extreme” constraints inspired by everything from music to math, from dictionaries to daily walks, and invent some of our own constraints to try out after the workshop ends. Tickets for the workshop are available here.
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