Updates from Prose City

With entries for other parts of Oregon, and Vancouver, as well! We’re thrilled to offer a glimpse at a new resource we’re developing for the Prose City community. For years, the wonderful folks over at Literary Portland had been maintaining a directory and calendar of literary events, series, and organizations. That was last updated in … Give me more…

Welcome to the Spring Equinox 2026 edition of the Prose City Post! I’m jotting this at the bistro table in the Farmhouse with unexpected sun streaming in the windows, while reflecting on the magical afternoon here yesterday. We had a more intimate gathering for our first ever book release party with new friends, old friends, … Give me more…

The latest from the Prose City Community Photo: Taken by Iris on August 3 at 8pm in SE Portland. Welcome to the inaugural issue of the new Prose City Post! If you’re seeing this, save it as it may be a collector’s item someday. 😉 But in all seriousness, this is going out to a … Give me more…

On Thursday night, the Farmhouse filled with warmth, laughter, and curiosity as we gathered for the inaugural Undercurrent Salon — what some of you may remember from our early conversations as the “Grand Salon,” to differentiate it from our petit salon, the Confluence Café. Fifteen of us circled up with snacks, drinks, and music, ready … Give me more…

I’m sitting in the backyard on this gorgeous Saturday morning feeling deeply grateful for our little Prose City community, and the broader bookish / literary community here in Portland. Last night, thanks to the generosity of a couple lovely friends, Cricket and I were able to go to the annual Powell’s Books Warehouse Sale presale … Give me more…

The world needs our voices, friends. Let’s keep documenting the world we have, and imagining and writing the world we need. April is National Poetry Month in the United States and even though — or perhaps because — things at the national level, and their reverberations and actions across the country and beyond, are terrifying … Give me more…

Rose City Book Pub hosted Books Through Bars January 27th for their awareness- raising event, where members of the organization read several dozen letters from adults in custody. We’re glad to have had the opportunity to interview Deanna Cintas, President of Portland Books Through Bars. Prose City (PC): Can you tell us a bit about … Give me more…

Rose City Book Pub Location: 1329 Northeast Fremont Street, Portland, OR, 97212 (between NE 13th & 14th) We couldn’t very well go long at Prose City without writing about the Rose City Book Pub. There is no affiliation, although after a recent visit, we wouldn’t mind if there was. Immediately upon entering, We felt like … Give me more…

One of our favorite activities in any new city, no matter where in the world we go, is exploring local, independent bookstores. We often find ourselves spending as much time wandering through bookshelf aisles, perusing dust jackets, and admiring end cap displays as we do exploring historic and cultural sites or sampling the local vegan fare – another travel passion of ours.

For all the change that has hit Portland since, Fresh Pot remains astonishingly similar to my first visit almost a quarter century ago—and for that I’m deeply grateful.