Pool Party | A Reading Series & Literary Journal

Pool Party is the brainchild of writers/artists/lovers Ryan-Ashley Anderson and Kevin Maloney. They wanted to create a reading series and online mag that evoked the nostalgia of 70s horror and gothic fiction—pool parties gone wrong; suburban drugs, sex, and murder; and the weird shit kids do when their parents aren’t looking. Pool Party is the place to come if you want to feel a lot nostalgic, a little bit bad, and a fair amount of heart-wrenching passion and regret.

Equitable Access and Meaningful Support for The Arts

The arts isn’t optional in a free democracy (here’s something you can do)

by Ryan-Ashley (Anderson) Maloney/October 28, 2025/| The Deep End

(jump to action letter) Since moving to Portland, I have seen art organizations close, arts funding diminish, and a focus on equitable access to creative opportunities, recede in favor of individual fundraising efforts. Beyond Portland, I have seen beloved literary journals and art organizations and small creative businesses, lose funding across the country. What can…

SCRATCHING BOTH ITCHES: JAIME FOUNTAINE IN CONVERSATION WITH SOSO CAPALDI

by Jaime Fountaine
October 16, 2025 | The Deep End

As I helped with the load-out after the closing of their most recent show, “Entity Cramming” with Eric Anthony Berdis at Grizzly Grizzly in Philadelphia, it struck me that, even though Soso Capaldi and I make very different types of art, we’ve both tasked ourselves with creating small universes.

TBA:25 Dailies / Freddie Robins

by Ryan-Ashley (Anderson) Maloney
October 11, 2025 | Include on Home Page

There’s nothing like looking at art your partner would love to soften the edges of a disagreement and diminish the importance of reaching a clear resolution—a resolution which, in my case, would include my husband telling me that I was right.

Two Poems

by Ewen Glass
September 30, 2025 | Poems

I'm ashamed of my body but I put it on the page where it buzzes…

Conjuring a Life

by Casey Jo Graham Welmers
September 18, 2025 | Essays

Maybe when kids like Jessie and John grew up they wanted to be firefighters or teachers or someone that excavates dinosaurs, but you never really knew what you wanted to be because you always had this inexplicable notion you’d be dead.

Upcoming Events

Pool Party EOY Bash

by admin
September 13, 2025 | Events

Come party with your pool pals to celebrate a phenomenal first year. We could have drowned. We almost drowned. But we didn't. And now we're publishing books! So plan to join us on Dec. 7, from 7-10p at Coffee Beer for a fun-and-casual flash open mic (four mins max per person!), door prizes, and some other fun thangs. Plus, of course, all the coffee and beer you can drink (and wine and hot dogs and cocktails--ask for the Ray-Ray-No-No).

Back to where we started: A Valentine Reading

by admin
September 13, 2025 | Events

Join us for a milestone (pun intended) reading at Grand Gesture Books, where we hosted our very first event just a year prior! The theme is ‘beginnings & returnings’ and we anticipate hearing all about blood oaths, first glances, and second chances Lineup TBD, so stay tuned for that and mark your calendars for Tuesday, February 10th at 6p.

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