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Extra/Ordinary: Writing the Uncommon in the Everyday
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM · Literary Arts
Extra/Ordinary: Writing the Uncommon in the Everyday is a words & ideas event at Literary Arts (SE Portland) on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM. Tickets are $360.00. A $360 online class on close reading and craft, for writers already serious about revision. Best for writers serious about close reading and revision.
- When
- Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
- Where
- Literary Arts
- Cost
- $360.00
- Best for
- writers serious about close reading and revision
- Energy
- low
- Rain plan
- Indoors — rain-proof
About this event
Close reading is a practice of attention: an antidote to speed and frictionless swipability. It helps us appreciate literature more deeply and shapes us into more deft practitioners of craft. Paisley Rekdal notes, “When we take the same critical care with our own writing that we take with published poems, we are bound not only to see the patterns behind our failings, but (more important) new and more adventurous paths open up in the ways we represent our worlds.” In this generative class we will
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When is Extra/Ordinary: Writing the Uncommon in the Everyday?
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM, at Literary Arts in Portland, Oregon.
How much does Extra/Ordinary: Writing the Uncommon in the Everyday cost?
Tickets are $360.00. Prices come from Literary Arts; always confirm on the organizer's page before you go.
What else is happening at Literary Arts?
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