# Event Details - **Event Name**: LRCW Reading: Sara Jaffe, Emilly Prado, Jay Ponteri, & Sara Vetiver - **Event Start and End Date**: Mon, 22 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm – Mon, 22 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 pm - **Event Description**: Join the LRCW program for a reading at Word Virus featuring Sara Jaffe, Emilly Prado, Jay Ponteri, & Sara VetiverAbout this EventReaders:Sara Jaffe is a Portland, OR-based writer, educator, and musician. Her collection of short stories, Hurricane Envy, came out from Rescue Press in October 2025. She's also the author of Dryland (Tin House, 2015), a novel, as well as short stories, essays, and criticism that have appeared in publications including NOON, Fence, BOMB, The Offing, and The Los Angeles Review of Books. Though mostly a writer of fiction, Sara is also interested in the generative crossings between fiction and other prose genres. www.sarajaffewriter.comDryland (Tin House)Hurricane Envy (Rescue Press)/ /Emilly Prado is an award-winning writer, educator, and cultural worker living in Portland, Oregon. She is the author of Funeral for Flaca (Future Tense Books, 2021), a Pacific Northwest Book Award–winning essay collection praised by Ms. Magazine as “utterly vulnerable, bold, and unique,” and Examining Assimilation (Enslow, 2019), a nonfiction interdisciplinary book at the intersections of culture, history, and identity for youth readers. As an educator, Emilly has taught in public high schools, correctional facilities, MFA programs, and through organizations such as Tin House, Literary Arts, Corporeal Writing, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, and the Independent Publishing Resource Center. Her writing has appeared in 30+ outlets including NPR, Marie Claire, and Eater, and has been supported by fellowships from the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, Oregon Humanities, and Randolph College, amongst others. She is a co-founder of BIPOC arts non-profit, Portland in Color, and the Latiné DJ collective, Noche Libre. Currently at work on her debut memoir, Emilly also teaches creative writing at the Pacific Northwest College of Art. Learn more at emillyprado.com or @emillygprado. (essay collection) (+ FFF excerpt links)“More Than Words” (longform multimedia journalism)“How ‘To the Bone’ Contributes to the Whitewashing of Eating Disorders” (cultural criticism + personal essay)Bitch Media archive (cultural criticism, reviews, music journalism, etc)/ /Jay Ponteri directed the creative writing program at Marylhurst University from 2008-2018 and is now the program head of PNCA’s Low-Residency Creative Writing program. His book of creative nonfiction Someone Told Me has just been published by Widow+Orphan House. He’s also the author of Darkmouth Inside Me (Future Tense Books, 2014) and Wedlocked (Hawthorne Books, 2013), which received an Oregon Book Award for Creative Nonfiction. Two of Ponteri’s essays, “Listen to this” and “On Navel Gazing” have earned “Notable Mentions” in Best American Essay Anthologies. His work has also appeared in many literary journals: Gaze, Ghost Proposal, Eye-Rhyme, Seattle Review, Forklift, Ohio, Knee-Jerk, Cimarron Review, Tin House, Clackamas Literary Review, While teaching at Marylhurst, Ponteri was twice awarded the Excellence in Teaching & Service Award. In 2007, Ponteri founded Show:Tell, The Workshop for Teen Artist and Writers, now part of summer programming at Portland's Independent Publishing Resource Center (IPRC.org) on whose Resource Council he serves. He teaches memoir classes at Literary Arts. He lives with his son Oscar and Oscar's pug MO.Wedlocked (Hawthorne Books)Someone Told Me (Widow+Orphan House)“Making an Echo: The Essay Writer as Transmitter/Receiver in the works of Nathalie Léger” Essay Daily(Widow+Orphan House)/ /Sara Vetiver is a writer, educator, and therapist based in Portland, OR. Sara holds an MFA in Poetry & Creative Nonfiction and an M.S. in Integral Psychology. Sara teaches literature and creative writing at PNCA and at Harrisburg Area Community College. Sara’s writing appears in Fence, the Seattle Review, Nailed Magazine, and her two collections, O to Be a Dragon and Sirenomelia. Her writing practice explores themes of presence, inner child reclamation, trauma, ancestral healing, nature, sacredness, rebellion, and the grotesque.In Order to Form A Sea Cave (Essay - Nailed Magazine)Golden Cowrie (Poem - The Awl)The Day My Father Died (Poem - The Awl)O to Be a Dragon (Chapbook -Finishing Line Press)/ /Event DetailsMonday, June 22 - Reading at 6:30PMOff Campus at Word Virus (203 SW 9th Ave) .3 miles away from PNCA Campus, 8 Min walk.In person only. This event is free and open to the public. All are welcome! - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/portland/lrcw-reading-sara-jaffe-emilly-prado-jay-ponteri-and-sara-vetiver/100001990890707700 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, workshops, music, entertainment, business, it, conferences - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes - Location: Word Virus Books - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 0, max: 0, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Portland - **state**: OR - **country**: United States - **location**: Word Virus Books - **lat**: 45.5228672 - **long**: -122.6804545 - **full address**: Word Virus Books, 203 Southwest 9th Avenue, Portland, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: LRCW Reading: Sara Jaffe, Emilly Prado, Jay Ponteri, & Sara Vetiver - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events8/banners/bd9afa9f62fbf0fc33e6caad56f4199abfd6db6ae65af444fd449eb5493932be-rimg-w1200-h600-dcee7e05-gmir.jpg?v=1780830845 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is LRCW Reading: Sara Jaffe, Emilly Prado, Jay Ponteri, & Sara Vetiver being held? - **A:** LRCW Reading: Sara Jaffe, Emilly Prado, Jay Ponteri, & Sara Vetiver takes place on Mon, 22 Jun, 2026 at 06:30 pm to Mon, 22 Jun, 2026 at 08:00 pm at Word Virus Books, 203 Southwest 9th Avenue, Portland, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing LRCW Reading: Sara Jaffe, Emilly Prado, Jay Ponteri, & Sara Vetiver? - **A:** LRCW Reading: Sara Jaffe, Emilly Prado, Jay Ponteri, & Sara Vetiver is organized by Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies at PNCA. - **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me? - **A:** LRCW Reading: Sara Jaffe, Emilly Prado, Jay Ponteri, & Sara Vetiver is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Portland, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. 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