We’re outgrowing out venue, and our last, official reading in our present spot will be on Sunday, September 20th. Let us know if you have any leads on other groovy spaces where SotA could meet. Sotapdx@gmail.com
Interested in joining a SotA writing group that will happen offsite, but nearby, before our readings? Contact SotA team member Courtney Edwards at courtneyedwardswriting@gmail.com
SotA team member Craig Brandis will be offering The Poetry of Devotion, July 30 to Sept 3, 2026 | Zoom. What does it mean to write toward something you can’t quite name: the sacred, the ineffable, the ecstatic, the sublime? Devotion, as a poetic impulse, transcends religious tradition. It is a practice of sustained attention to what we love most deeply, to what won’t let us go, to what exceeds ordinary language. We will study how poets across time and cultures have found form for their deepest desires and shaped that longing into art — then bring those lessons to bear on our own work. Reading list: Rumi, Hafez, St. John of the Cross, John Donne, Rilke, Denise Levertov, Mary Oliver, Christian Wiman and others. Create and share your work in a supportive environment that values rigor, exploration and joy. We hope you will join us.
