ReadUP - One Book Together

ReadUP is University of Portland's annual celebration of literature in which the entire local campus community—students, faculty, and staff—are invited to read "one book together." Free copies of each year's selection are distributed by the Clark Library, and book discussion groups are formed in the residence halls and at brown bag lunches. The campaign culminates with a public lecture and discussion by the book's author, as part of the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Visiting Writers Series. The author's visit to the UP campus—and the efforts to get each year's riveting selection into the hands, heads and hearts of UP students, faculty and staff—is sponsored by the Schoenfeldt Distinguished Writers Series, the Office of the Provost, Garaventa Center for Catholic Intellectual Life & American Culture, Clark Library, Office of Residence Life, the Office of University Relations, and the Office of Marketing and Communications. 

UP's Spring 2026 Schoenfeldt Speaker is author Robin Wall Kimmerer, who joins our campus Wednesday, March 25th, 2026, 7:30-8:30pm in Buckley Center Auditorium, with a book signing to follow.

Click here for the Clark Library's Study Guide to the book and author

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Activities connected with this year's event:

Music in the Arboretum
Lecture and music with Dr. Julian Saporiti, Artist-in Residence, Hoyt Arboretum
Tuesday, Feb. 17th, 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. (Reception 6:15 – 7:00 p.m.)
Brian Doyle Auditorium, Dundon-Berchtold Hall

Group Discussion of Braiding Sweetgrass
Open to all, led by Professors Rachel Wheeler & Lars Larson
Thursday, Mar. 19, 12-1 p.m.
Clark Library Conference Room 222

The River's Lament with EcoFaith Recovery
A seven-station walk along campus's adjacent Willamette River, with leaders telling the river's story
Saturday, Mar. 21, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Meet at Pilot House