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POOL PARTY PRESENTS: Teenage Makeout Spots

by admin/March 20, 2025/| Events

Join us for our second reading at Grand Gesture Books on Wednesday, May 14, at 7pm. GGB is located at 814 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97205 and will have titles available for purchase from our very talented readers. Featured readers include Frayn Masters, Genevieve Hudson, Margaret Malone, Lauren Mantis, and Lauren Lavín.

Pool Party Presents: Fuck Marry Kill

by admin/February 6, 2025/| Events

Join us for our inaugural reading at Grand Gesture Books on Tuesday, February 11, at 6pm. GGB is located at 814 SW 10th Ave, Portland, OR 97205 and will have titles available for purchase from our very talented readers. Learn more about our participants!

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12.15.2025

by Ryan-Ashley (Anderson) Maloney
December 15, 2025 | Notes

We've begun reviewing manuscripts and curating our 2026 print anthology …

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by Ryan-Ashley (Anderson) Maloney
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We’re thrilled to announce that Vera Blossom, author of How to Fuck Like a Girl, is writing the intro. to our first anthology, out this spring! Stay tuned for details.

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