HIATUS
Write In Portland is currently on hiatus.
Please send your Portland literary event listings to:
Blue Skirt Productions: blueskirtproductions@gmail.com
http://blueskirtproductions.com/events/
Thank you!
Prompt: A Write Around Portland Community Workshop
Prompt: A Write Around Portland Community Workshop
Join us for a 10 week workshop devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful Write Around Portland (http://www.writearound.org/) model, this dynamic workshop incorporates many of our favorite exercises designed to inspire the writing life, including free-writing; group discussion; imagery, character, plot and poetry development; and early-draft revision.
All proceeds from Prompt go directly toward funding Write Around Portland workshops and programs in hospitals, prisons, schools, treatment centers, low-income housing facilities and more.
Prompt: Meets weekly for 10 weeks
Ten Tuesdays, May 13 to July 15, 6:30-8:30pm
Powell’s City of Books, 10th and W. Burnside
$285 (Payment plans available. Includes free parking, snacks and access to the “Bowels of Powells.”)
Carolyn O'Doherty earned her MFA from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. She has been a Hawthorne Fellow and taught a Worldbuilding class at the Attic. Carolyn started volunteering with Write Around Portland in 2013 and facilitated workshops at a residential treatment center for men and our twice monthly workshops at HOTLIPS Pizza. She is currently working on a young adult urban fantasy novel about kids who can freeze time.
Registration limited to 12 adults. For more information or to register, please contact Write Around Portland at 503.796.9224.
Join us for a 10 week workshop devoted to generative writing and the transformative power of writing in community. Based on the successful Write Around Portland (http://www.writearound.org/) model, this dynamic workshop incorporates many of our favorite exercises designed to inspire the writing life, including free-writing; group discussion; imagery, character, plot and poetry development; and early-draft revision.
All proceeds from Prompt go directly toward funding Write Around Portland workshops and programs in hospitals, prisons, schools, treatment centers, low-income housing facilities and more.
Prompt: Meets weekly for 10 weeks
Ten Tuesdays, May 13 to July 15, 6:30-8:30pm
Powell’s City of Books, 10th and W. Burnside
$285 (Payment plans available. Includes free parking, snacks and access to the “Bowels of Powells.”)
Carolyn O'Doherty earned her MFA from the Stonecoast program at the University of Southern Maine. She has been a Hawthorne Fellow and taught a Worldbuilding class at the Attic. Carolyn started volunteering with Write Around Portland in 2013 and facilitated workshops at a residential treatment center for men and our twice monthly workshops at HOTLIPS Pizza. She is currently working on a young adult urban fantasy novel about kids who can freeze time.
Registration limited to 12 adults. For more information or to register, please contact Write Around Portland at 503.796.9224.
The ABC's of Literary Journal Submission
What Submission Guidelines Don’t Tell You: An Insider’s Guide to Submitting to Literary Journals
Whether you’re just thinking about sending your work out to literary journals, or you’ve already received a handful of rejections, this class will explain how the dizzying process really works. We’ll cover targeting markets, formatting work, handling rejections, and what happens when you get accepted. After this lively class, you’ll be ready to charge the world of publishing. (Note: Not for book-length publishing)
“I attended a Liz Prato’s mini-workshop on publishing, & it was great. I walked away with reassuring statistics on how many rejections to expect as opposed to acceptances, models for cover letters, an online source for literary journals, & lots of good, practical advice.” ~ Cindy Stewart-Rinier
Register for this class
Teacher: Liz Prato
Date/Time: Saturday, April 19th, 1 - 3pm
Location: Attic Institute, 4232 SE Hawthorne
Total Fee: $50 (cash/check); $59 (Paypal).
Liz Prato's stories and essays have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Subtropics, The Rumpus, Iron Horse Literary Review, Hunger Mountain, Carve, and ZYZZYVA, among others. Awards include the 2010 Minnetonka Review Editor’s Prize, 2005 Berkeley Fiction Review Sudden Fiction prize. She was appointed a 2012 Sewanee Writers’ Conference Scholar and has guest-edited for VoiceCatcher. She is the editor of the fiction anthology The Night, and the Rain, and the River (Forest Avenue Press, May 2014). www.lizprato.com
Liz Prato's stories and essays have appeared in Hayden’s Ferry Review, Subtropics, The Rumpus, Iron Horse Literary Review, Hunger Mountain, Carve, and ZYZZYVA, among others. Awards include the 2010 Minnetonka Review Editor’s Prize, 2005 Berkeley Fiction Review Sudden Fiction prize. She was appointed a 2012 Sewanee Writers’ Conference Scholar and has guest-edited for VoiceCatcher. She is the editor of the fiction anthology The Night, and the Rain, and the River (Forest Avenue Press, May 2014). www.lizprato.com
The 5th Annual Terroir Creative Writing Festival
The 5th
Annual Terroir Creative Writing Festival of Yamhill County will be held
9-5, on Saturday April 19, 2014, at the Yamhill Valley Chemeketa
Community College campus in McMinnville. A full program of speakers
includes authors of fiction, poetry, and memoir, as well as a workshop
in travel writing and hands-on sessions in making letterpress broadsides
and creating a handmade book. Registration discounts for students,
seniors, and pre-registration.
Deadline for pre-registration discount is April 11. For a full schedule and a registration form, go to:
http://terroircreativewritingfestivaldotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/2014-tcwf-registration-form-2.pdf
For detailed information on presenters and their websites: http://terroircreativewritingfestival.com/visiting-authors
Among the authors presenting are Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate and widely published poet; Karen Karbo, author of fourteen award-winning novels, memoirs and works of non-fiction including the best-selling “Kick Ass Women” series; Joe Wilkins, whose books have won awards both in prose and poetry (Notes from the Journey Westward, The Mountains and the Fathers, and others); Maggie Chula (president of the Tanka Society of America and author of seven poetry collections); nonfiction author and poet Barbara Drake (Peace at Heart, Driving One Hundred); poet and Linfield College professor Lex Runciman (One Hour That Morning and four other collections); memoirist Lisa Ohlen Harris (The Fifth Season and Through the Veil); and novelist Stephen Long (There’s a Somebody). Broadside and letterpress artist Juniper White will discuss the history of the literary broadside and teach a workshop in using letterpress to print poetry broadsides. Journalist and travel author Emily Grosvenor, whose work appears in Sunset magazine, AAA magazine, newspapers, and other publications, will speak on travel writing. Marilyn Worrix, Founder and Director of the Book Arts Center of McMinnville, will conduct a two hour workshop in making your own handmade book, supplies provided.
Note: Check out our Terroir Facebook page for video interviews of Festival speakers talking about their art and their Terroir Festival workshops and other posts.
Deadline for pre-registration discount is April 11. For a full schedule and a registration form, go to:
http://terroircreativewritingfestivaldotcom.files.wordpress.com/2013/02/2014-tcwf-registration-form-2.pdf
For detailed information on presenters and their websites: http://terroircreativewritingfestival.com/visiting-authors
Among the authors presenting are Paulann Petersen, Oregon Poet Laureate and widely published poet; Karen Karbo, author of fourteen award-winning novels, memoirs and works of non-fiction including the best-selling “Kick Ass Women” series; Joe Wilkins, whose books have won awards both in prose and poetry (Notes from the Journey Westward, The Mountains and the Fathers, and others); Maggie Chula (president of the Tanka Society of America and author of seven poetry collections); nonfiction author and poet Barbara Drake (Peace at Heart, Driving One Hundred); poet and Linfield College professor Lex Runciman (One Hour That Morning and four other collections); memoirist Lisa Ohlen Harris (The Fifth Season and Through the Veil); and novelist Stephen Long (There’s a Somebody). Broadside and letterpress artist Juniper White will discuss the history of the literary broadside and teach a workshop in using letterpress to print poetry broadsides. Journalist and travel author Emily Grosvenor, whose work appears in Sunset magazine, AAA magazine, newspapers, and other publications, will speak on travel writing. Marilyn Worrix, Founder and Director of the Book Arts Center of McMinnville, will conduct a two hour workshop in making your own handmade book, supplies provided.
Note: Check out our Terroir Facebook page for video interviews of Festival speakers talking about their art and their Terroir Festival workshops and other posts.
Two Portland Novelists!
Broadway Books is pleased to announce a special event to be held at the store at 7 pm on Thursday, April 24.
Two Portland novelists will be here to present their newly published books.
Dan Berne is the author of Gods of Second Chances. This is the story of Ray Bancroft, a widowed Alaskan fisherman who is raising his granddaughter. Trouble comes when Ray’s estranged daughter returns from prison, her search for a safe harbor threatening everything Ray holds sacred.
Rob Yardumian’s debut novel is The Sound of Songs Across the Water. The story takes place in the summer of 1995 in Los Angeles. Washed-out musician Riley Walter hasn’t had an album in fifteen years. He joins former bandmate Will Taylor to produce a new album, and long-buried conflicts darken the sunny California scene. It’s a tale about the struggles of two old friends, music, sex, charisma, art, love, and the power of money.
Two Portland novelists will be here to present their newly published books.
Dan Berne is the author of Gods of Second Chances. This is the story of Ray Bancroft, a widowed Alaskan fisherman who is raising his granddaughter. Trouble comes when Ray’s estranged daughter returns from prison, her search for a safe harbor threatening everything Ray holds sacred.
Rob Yardumian’s debut novel is The Sound of Songs Across the Water. The story takes place in the summer of 1995 in Los Angeles. Washed-out musician Riley Walter hasn’t had an album in fifteen years. He joins former bandmate Will Taylor to produce a new album, and long-buried conflicts darken the sunny California scene. It’s a tale about the struggles of two old friends, music, sex, charisma, art, love, and the power of money.
Poetry with Harold Johnson and Robert A. Davies
Harold Johnson and Robert A. Davies will give a poetry reading at Kenton Library
(8226 N. Denver Ave., Portland) 7-8:00 PM on Tuesday, April 22. Free.
Harold Johnson was born in Yakima, Washington, and has lived in Portland for the past sixty-two years where he has practiced music, visual art, and writing. His poems have been published in numerous small journals and anthologized in From Here We Speak: Poetry of Oregon, New Poets of the American West, Millennial Spring: Eight New Oregon Poets, Portland Lights, and Millennial Spring: African-American poetry of the 21st Century. He has co-edited the journal Fireweed and has a volume of poems forthcoming from Many Voices Press. Johnson's reading will include recent and older works.
Robert A. Davies lives in Portland, Oregon. He has published widely in the Little magazines and more recently in CounterPunch.com, Windfall, Subtopian and Dissidentvoice.com. He was co-editor of Mr. Cogito magazine for more than 20 years, has published TRACKS IN OREGON (a finalist for the Oregon Literary Award), TIMBER, SOMETIMES SUBVERSIVE, MELONS and MENDELSSOHN and BLUFF HOLLOW. H will be reading mostly from the last 3 books. rjdavies3@comcast.net
(8226 N. Denver Ave., Portland) 7-8:00 PM on Tuesday, April 22. Free.
Harold Johnson was born in Yakima, Washington, and has lived in Portland for the past sixty-two years where he has practiced music, visual art, and writing. His poems have been published in numerous small journals and anthologized in From Here We Speak: Poetry of Oregon, New Poets of the American West, Millennial Spring: Eight New Oregon Poets, Portland Lights, and Millennial Spring: African-American poetry of the 21st Century. He has co-edited the journal Fireweed and has a volume of poems forthcoming from Many Voices Press. Johnson's reading will include recent and older works.
Robert A. Davies lives in Portland, Oregon. He has published widely in the Little magazines and more recently in CounterPunch.com, Windfall, Subtopian and Dissidentvoice.com. He was co-editor of Mr. Cogito magazine for more than 20 years, has published TRACKS IN OREGON (a finalist for the Oregon Literary Award), TIMBER, SOMETIMES SUBVERSIVE, MELONS and MENDELSSOHN and BLUFF HOLLOW. H will be reading mostly from the last 3 books. rjdavies3@comcast.net
Spring Classes at the Multnomah Arts Center
The
Multnomah Arts Center is located in SW Portland and offers classes in
various artistic disciplines for people of all ages through Portland
Parks and Recreation.
To register call (503) 823-3187 or visit
www.multnomahartscenter.org to get full course listings and find out more about our teachers.
Fiction—Writing What You Don’t Know with Michael Cooper
Mondays 7 - 9 pm Apr. 7 - May 19 $120 [7 classes] Michael Cooper
Advanced Memoir Writing with Rob Freedman
Tuesdays 10 am - 12:30 pm Apr. 1 - May 27 $184 [9 classes]
Writing Poetry That Pops with Donna Prinzmetal
Tuesdays 7 - 8:30 pm Apr. 1 - Jun. 3 $135 [10 classes]
Writing Personal Histories with Meg Eberle
Wednesdays 10 am - 1 pm Apr. 2 - May 28 $120 [5 classes]
Reading & Writing About Oregon with Christine Colasurdo
Wednesdays 7 - 9 pm Apr. 2 - Jun. 4 $170 [10 classes]
Writing Our Lives As Story with Nancy Linnon
Thursdays 10 am - 12 pm Apr. 3 - May 22 $136 [8 classes]
The Writer’s Toolbox with Judith Pulman
Fridays 10 - 12:30 pm Apr. 18 – Jun. 6 $164 [8 weeks]
Reading Your Work Aloud with Robert Freedman
Saturday 1 - 4 pm May 31 $28 [1 class]
Saturday 1 - 4 pm May 31 $28 [1 class]
Writers’ Boot Camp with Michael Cooper
Saturdays Apr. 12—1 - 3:30 pm; May 10 & Jun. 7—1 - 2:30 pm $48 [3 classes]
Saturdays Apr. 12—1 - 3:30 pm; May 10 & Jun. 7—1 - 2:30 pm $48 [3 classes]
Dan Berne's "The Gods of Second Chances" Launch
Portland Author Debuts at Powell’s
The Gods of Second Chances,
Portland author Dan Berne’s debut novel, will launch with a reading at
7:30 p.m. on Sunday, March 9, at Powell’s City of Books, 1005 W.
Burnside Ave., Portland.
The Gods of Second Chances features Ray Bancroft, a widowed Alaskan fisherman raising his
granddaughter with help from a multitude of gods and goddesses—not to
mention rituals ad-libbed at sea by his half-Tlingit best friend. But
statues and otter bone ceremonies aren’t enough when Ray’s estranged
daughter returns from prison, her search for a safe harbor threatening
everything he holds sacred.
“Every so often a novel comes along that feels like nothing you’ve read before,” said Karen Karbo, author of Julia Child Rules. “Dan Berne’s The Gods of Second Chances is
one of those, soulful and shattering in equal measure. Berne shines a
light on rarely visited corners of both the world and the human heart in
a page-turning story that stays with you long after you’ve reached the
end.”
Berne, whose fiction and poetry have been
published in literary magazines, owns a market strategy consultancy and
lives with his wife Aliza in Portland. Learn more at danberne.com.
The Gods of Second Chances is
illustrated by Portland artist Reid Psaltis, who draws inspiration from
the natural world. Psaltis’s comics and illustrations have been
featured on Top Shelf 2.0, Study Group Comics, Trip City, Scout Books
Good Ink Series, and by other independent publishers. More of his work
can be seen at reidpsaltis.com.
Forest
Avenue Press chose Berne’s manuscript as the first novel in its fiction
catalog, following the release of the linked story collection A Simplified Map of the Real World by Stevan Allred, which was named a #1 book of the year in the Powell’s Staff Top 5s. The Night, and the Rain, and the River, an Oregon short story anthology edited by Liz Prato of Portland, and Skin Drag, a debut novel by Portland poet Kate Gray, are forthcoming in May and September 2014.
For more information, see forestavenuepress.com.
Street Roots Poetry Anthology Launch
Street
Roots is publishing its first-ever book, a poetry anthology "I Am Not a
Poet: 15 Years of Street Roots Poetry and Art" and would love for folks
to come help us celebrate.
Please join us for friends, food and a few
poetry readings on:
Feb. 27 from 7 to 9 p.m.
at Reading Frenzy at 3628 N Mississippi Avenue.
More info at: http://streetroots.org/iamnotapoet
One-Day Conference about Self-Publishing in the Digital Age
Some big names
in publishing are coming to Portland, and they’re going to be talking about
self-publishing in the digital age. Portland is known for its small press scene
and zine culture, so when the founder of Smashwords and a representative from Bloomsbury
Publishing roll into
town, you know they’re going to shake things up.
Smashwords and
Bloomsbury Publishing are teaming up with Portland
State University’s graduate program in Book Publishing, Kingston
University in England,
and Northwest
Independent Editors Guild
in order to present a one-day conference on self-publishing. The conference is
scheduled for Tuesday, February 25, from 9:30 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. on the
Portland State University campus. Speakers include Mark Coker, founder of Smashwords; Eela Devani, Digital Business Development Director of Bloomsbury
Publishing; Dr. Alison Baverstock,
author and Course Leader for Publishing at Kingston University; and Jill Kelly,
member of Northwest Independent Editors Guild.
By far the
most recognizable name on the bill, Coker will be speaking about why
self-publishing is the most exciting thing happening in publishing today. It’s
not hard to see why Coker might believe this, since the company he founded in
2008, Smashwords, has become a leading distributor for self-published books.
Smashwords is known for its ease of use; authors simply upload their
manuscripts as Microsoft Word files, and Smashwords converts these files into
multiple e-book formats.
Drawing from
research she conducted on the subject of self-publishing, Baverstock will
provide a firm grounding for the hyperbole one so often hears about
self-publishing. She will be discussing the publishing industry,
self-publishing’s place within it, and likely future developments. Baverstock
brings key insights into how self-published authors can replicate the critical
elements traditionally supplied by publishers in order to create successful e-books.
Her most recent book, The
Naked Author: A Guide to Self-Publishing, is (ironically!) published by Bloomsbury Publishing.
Baverstock
will also team up with Devani to discuss how self-published authors can use
social media to get their work better known. With more than 13 years on the
digital side of publishing, Devani is the perfect person to lead this
discussion.
But this
conference isn’t all experts flown in from overseas or out of state; Kelly will
provide a valuable local perspective. Among other things, she will speak to the
issue of how to find local freelance editors, designers, and so forth. These
local freelancers can be a tremendous boon to one’s self-publishing project.
Bad Love with Brave on the Page Writers
Celebrate
the day before Valentine’s Day with original tales of bad love by Stevan
Allred, Amber Krieger, Gigi Little, and Tammy Lynne Stoner at the
Thursday Night Reading Series, 6:30 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 13, at
the Rain or Shine Coffee House, 5941 SE Division St.
Be prepared to
laugh while your heart is being ripped out. All four readers are
featured in Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers on Craft and the Creative Life, the homegrown anthology that launched Portland’s Forest Avenue Press in 2012.
Stevan
Allred lives and writes in a house in the woods halfway between
Fisher’s Mill and Viola, in rural Clackamas County, outside of Portland,
Oregon. A Simplified Map of the Real World (Forest Avenue Press), his
debut linked short story collection, was chosen as one of the best
books of 2013 in the annual Powell’s Staff Top 5s. Stevan is the editor
of Dixon Ticonderoga, a zine that explores the intimate
relationship between divorce and pencils. He teaches writing at the
Pinewood Table and has been widely published in literary magazines.
Amber Krieger lives under the name Amber Keller. Her writing has appeared in B O D Y, Carve Magazine, The Adirondack Review, Brave on the Page and
elsewhere. She is the host of Late Night Debut, Late Night
Library's podcast series focused on debut books. When she is not
writing, she can be seen riding around town with her four-year-old on a
very big bike.
Gigi Little's work has
appeared in literary magazines and in anthologies including Portland
Noir and Brave on the Page. Along with her work appearing *in* books, it
has appeared *on* books, as she's also the graphic designer for Forest
Avenue Press. By day, she works as Lead Visual Merchandiser for Powell's
Books and is married to fine artist Stephen O'Donnell. Before moving to
Portland, Gigi spent fifteen years in the circus, as a lighting
director and professional circus clown. She never took a pie to the face
and never got stuffed into one of those little cars, but she is a
Rhodes scholar on the art of losing one's pants.
Tammy Lynne Stoner is currently pimping her novel Spots in Sugar Land,
which follows the life of a dowdy prison cook with the gift of “the
Sight” as she overcomes a frightening prophesy to become the fabulous
matriarch to a family of Texas misfits. In the past three years she’s
been published by Unshod Quills – who nominated her for a Million Writers Award, 10,000 Tons of Black Ink, Pif Magazine, Folio and with the delightful Forest Avenue Press.
Laura Stanfill on The Promise and Peril of Self-Publishing
Author and journalist Laura Stanfill is teaming up with the School of Journalism and
Communication’s George S. Turnbull Center to explore the "The Promise and Peril of Self-Publishing" from 5:30-7 p.m. Thursday, January 23.
The public is invited to join her for a spirited discussion about the benefits and challenges of having creative control over your own work, in addition to helpful tips on navigating the complicated aspects. There will also be a Q&A and light hors d’ouevres to follow.
For more information: http://journalism.uoregon.edu/
School of Journalism and Communication
University of Oregon in Portland
70 NW Couch St.
Floor 3R
Portland, OR 97209 (503) 412-3662
Writing From Sacred Story
Writing from Sacred Story
A fundraiser for P’nai Or of Portland, a Jewish Renewal community: http://www.pnaiorpdx.org
Instructor: Lyssa Tall Anolik
When: Sunday Feb. 2, 2014
Time: 1pm - 5pm
Location: St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 9750 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland, OR 97219
Fee: $75 (100% of proceeds go to P’nai Or)
To register, and for questions, contact Lyssa: lyssa@flashdog.com
A fundraiser for P’nai Or of Portland, a Jewish Renewal community: http://www.pnaiorpdx.org
Instructor: Lyssa Tall Anolik
When: Sunday Feb. 2, 2014
Time: 1pm - 5pm
Location: St. Mark Presbyterian Church, 9750 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland, OR 97219
Fee: $75 (100% of proceeds go to P’nai Or)
To register, and for questions, contact Lyssa: lyssa@flashdog.com
*Space is limited, so please register soon!*
Description:
We live in a melting pot of sacred story — Native American, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Voodoo, Hindu, Druid, Buddhist… Traditions from all over the world have infused North American culture with elements of their sacred texts and oral traditions. Whether we actively practice a faith or not, we encounter sacred stories and symbols everywhere: in songs, children’s stories, poems, team mascots, business logos, and other forms of media. What can sacred stories reveal about our individual and collective life stories?
Description:
We live in a melting pot of sacred story — Native American, Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Voodoo, Hindu, Druid, Buddhist… Traditions from all over the world have infused North American culture with elements of their sacred texts and oral traditions. Whether we actively practice a faith or not, we encounter sacred stories and symbols everywhere: in songs, children’s stories, poems, team mascots, business logos, and other forms of media. What can sacred stories reveal about our individual and collective life stories?
Please join me as
we enter these sacred story worlds through visualization,
stream-of-consciousness writing, and dynamic discussion in a safe and
supportive environment. No writing experience necessary — All are welcome!
Winter 2014 Literary Arts Classes at the Multnomah Arts Center
Winter 2014
Literary Arts
Classes at
the Multnomah Arts Center
To register for classes, call
(503) 823-3187 or visit MAC's Literary Arts website
to find out more about our classes
and faculty. Classes start soon; don’t miss out!
Multi-week classes:
Fiction—Writing What You Don’t
Know with Michael Thomas Cooper
Mondays 7:00 – 9:00 pm ··January 6
- March 3$120 [8 weeks]
No class January 20 or February
17
Memoir Writingwith Rob Freedman
Tuesdays 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
··January 7 – February 25 $164 [8 weeks]
Writing Poetry That Pops with Donna Prinzmetal
Tuesdays 7:00 - 8:30 pm ··January
7 – March 11$135 [10 weeks]
Reading and Writing about Oregon with Christine Colasurdo
Wednesdays 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm ··
January 8 – March 12 $170 [10 weeks]
Writing Our Lives As Storywith Meg Eberle
Thursdays 10:00 am - 12:00
pm··January 9 – February 27 $136 [8 weeks]
The Lyric Essaywith Kate Carroll de Gutes
Thursdays 6:30-9:00 pm ··January 9
– 23 $62 [3 weeks]
Genre-Bendingwith Kate Carroll de Gutes
Thursdays 6:30-9:00 pm ··March 6 -
20 $62 [3 weeks]
Sweet, Sour, Bitter, Salty,
& Umami—Writing with Flavor and Zest
with Judith Pulman
Fridays 10:00 am – 12:30 pm
··January 24 – March 14 $150[7 classes]
No class on February 28
Saturday Workshops:
Your Best Intentions with Amy Minato
Saturday, January 25 10:00 am –
12:00 pm $20 [1 class]
Drawing and Writing Excursion
in MultnomahVillage
with James Yeary & Nate
Orton
Saturday. March 810:00 am -3:00
pm$58 [1 class]
In Short & in Brief with Kate Carroll de Gutes & Judith Pulman
Saturday, March 15 10:00 am -3:00
pm$58 [1 class]
Ooligan Press Book Launch: The Ninth Day
Ooligan Press Book Launch: The Ninth Day
Where: Koehler House
732 NW 19th Ave
Portland OR 97209
When: Monday, December 16, 7pm-9pm
Ooligan Press is proud to launch Ruth Tenzer Feldman's new title The Ninth Day at the historic Koehler House on Monday, December 16th at 7pm. In The Ninth Day is the follow up to the Oregon Book Award-winning Blue Thread.
The event will include refreshments and music from the 1960s.
Admission is free, and teachers will have the opportunity to enter a drawing for a free classroom set of The Ninth Day.
Transmit Culture: Food Writing and Publishing
PSU program to host discussion about food writing and publishing.
Portland State University’s Master’s Program in Publishing is
excited to announce their next public lecture offered in conjunction
with Ooligan Press.
“Transmit Culture: Food Writing
and Publishing,” will start at 7:30 p.m. at the Old Church, 1422 SW 11th Ave., Portland, on Thursday, October 24, 2013.
Dig into Portland’s vibrant food culture as a local writer, literary
agent, publicist, and book designer discuss the business of food writing
and publishing.
Panelists
include Breanna Goodrow, book designer at Timber Press; accomplished
journalist Marnie Hanel, whose writing on food and other topics has
appeared in The New York Times, Vanity Fair, Sunset,
and other notable publications; Betsy Amster, whose work as a literary
agent includes representing high-profile cookbook authors; and Greg
Mowery, who has built a long, successful career as a cookbook publicist.
The panel will be moderated by Diana Abu-Jaber, acclaimed novelist, PSU
professor of creative writing, and former food writer for the
Oregonian.
Transmit
Culture: A Series of Conversations about Publishing is hosted by the
Master’s program in Publishing at Portland State University, and Ooligan
Press, a nonprofit trade publishing house staffed by students in the
graduate program. The lecture series features professionals from all
areas of the publishing industry. Lectures are free and open to the
public, although there is a suggested donation of $5–10.
For more information about Portland State University’s Master’s program in Publishing and Ooligan Press, visit www.ooliganpress.pdx.edu.
MASTER WRITER'S WORKSHOP WITH LEE MONTGOMERY
MASTER WRITER'S WORKSHOP WITH AUTHOR AND EDITOR LEE MONTGOMERY
Award-winning author and longtime book and magazine editor Lee Montgomery will be offering a master class and writers workshop this fall. Beginning October 8th through December 10th, the workshop will be held on Tuesday evenings 6 to 8 pm at the University Club in downtown Portland. Enrollment is open to both fiction and nonfiction writers and limited to ten students.
Designed to combine craft lectures, individual instruction, and workshop methodologies, Montgomery employs in-class exercises to inspire new work, outside reading assignments, as well as the classic workshop format. Students will present new work at least twice during the session in addition to a private consultation with Lee during the final weeks of class. Students should expect to leave with tools to take their work to the next level as well as tips on how to submit work to the marketplace. For those students who are interested in presenting their work to a broader audience, the class will culminate with a public reading. Class Tuition is $600.
Lee Montgomery is the author of The Things Between Us, A Memoir (Free Press, August 2006), Whose World Is This? Stories (University of Iowa Press, September 2007), and Searching for Emily: Illustrated (Nothing Moments Press, October 2007). The Things Between Us received the 2007 Oregon Book Award in creative nonfiction and Whose World Is This? received the 2007 John Simmons Iowa Short Fiction Award and was a finalist for the Ken Kesey Award in Fiction in 2008. Montgomery received her MFA from the Iowa Writer's Workshop. Her work has appeared in publications such as the New York Times magazine, Glimmer Train, Black Clock, Iowa Review, Denver Quarterly, Tin House, Story Magazine, Alaska Quarterly, the Santa Monica Review and the Antioch Review, among many others.
Montgomery is the editor of numerous anthologies and books for Tin House, Viking, University of Iowa Press, and Penguin. She was the fiction editor of the Iowa Review, the editor of the Santa Monica Review, and senior editor of Dove Books. Montgomery spent ten years at Tin House, as the executive editor for Tin House magazine, the founding executive director of the Tin House Writer's Workshop, and as the editorial director and associate publisher of Tin House Books. She is presently a fellow at The Attic's Athenaeum in Portland.
Montgomery has worked with many debut as well as established authors including Denis Johnson, Deborah Eisenberg, Wallace Shawn, Maggie Nelson, Jayne Anne Phillips, Antonya Nelson, Ron Carlson, Marilynne Robinson, Jim Krusoe, Mary Otis, David Foster Wallace, Robert Coover, William Gass, John Barth, Aimee Bender, and Kathy Acker, among others.
Please call (503-539-1458) or email Lee at LeeBMontgomery@gmail.com for more information or to register. www.leemontgomerywriter.com
THE WHOLE TRUTH: A Reading of Memoir & Non-fiction
Featuring: Stacy Bolt, Robin Romm, Margaret Malone, Colin Farstad & Liz Scott
Saturday, September 14th @ 7:00 p.m.Writers' Dojo7518 N. Chicago
Portland, OR 97203
Five of Portland’s talented writers will be reading from recent memoir and non-fiction work. Come and listen while you kick back with your shoes off at the Writer's Dojo in St. Johns. Suggested donation to the Dojo of $2 - 5.
THE WHOLE TRUTH is funded in part by a grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
Stacy Bolt is the author of the memoir Breeding in Captivity, which chronicles her struggles to start a family. It was published by Globe Pequot Press in September 2013. Stacy is also a frequent contributor to the OPB radio show Live Wire and her writing has been featured in Portland Monthly and Imbibe Magazine.
Colin Farstad's writing has appeared most recently in Coal City Review and The Whistling Fire Journal. He is the editor of the short story anthology The Frozen Moment: Contemporary Writers on the Moments that Change Our Lives, released
by Publication Studios in December of 2011. Colin is a graduate from Portland State University with a B.A. in English and currently teaches with Tom Spanbauer in his weekly Dangerous Writing workshop. He is a writer and free lance editor living in Portland, Oregon where he recently finished his first novel The Four Month Summer.
Margaret Malone’s work has appeared in Oregon Humanities, The Missouri Review, Swink, Coal City Review, latimes.com and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2011 Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship and a 2009 Oregon Literary Fellowship from Literary Arts. She is a co-host of the artist and literary gathering SHARE and lately has been teaching writing at the Sitka Center and as a visiting artist at Pacific Northwest College of Art.
Robin Romm is the author of two books. The Mother Garden (short stories) was a finalist for the PEN USA Prize. The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, and a Top Ten Nonfiction Book of the Year according to Entertainment Weekly. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The UK Observer, O Magazine, The Sun, Tin House, One Story, and many other publications. She's a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review, and teaches at the lowresidency MFA program for Writers at Warren Wilson. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
Liz Scott has been a psychologist in private practice for, well, forever. She is co-author of the newly released book Lies: The Truth About the Self-Deceptions That Limit Your Life and has had short stories published in numerous literary journals. She is currently in the process of wrestling with a memoir.
Saturday, September 14th @ 7:00 p.m.Writers' Dojo7518 N. Chicago
Portland, OR 97203
Five of Portland’s talented writers will be reading from recent memoir and non-fiction work. Come and listen while you kick back with your shoes off at the Writer's Dojo in St. Johns. Suggested donation to the Dojo of $2 - 5.
THE WHOLE TRUTH is funded in part by a grant from the Regional Arts & Culture Council.
Stacy Bolt is the author of the memoir Breeding in Captivity, which chronicles her struggles to start a family. It was published by Globe Pequot Press in September 2013. Stacy is also a frequent contributor to the OPB radio show Live Wire and her writing has been featured in Portland Monthly and Imbibe Magazine.
Colin Farstad's writing has appeared most recently in Coal City Review and The Whistling Fire Journal. He is the editor of the short story anthology The Frozen Moment: Contemporary Writers on the Moments that Change Our Lives, released
by Publication Studios in December of 2011. Colin is a graduate from Portland State University with a B.A. in English and currently teaches with Tom Spanbauer in his weekly Dangerous Writing workshop. He is a writer and free lance editor living in Portland, Oregon where he recently finished his first novel The Four Month Summer.
Margaret Malone’s work has appeared in Oregon Humanities, The Missouri Review, Swink, Coal City Review, latimes.com and elsewhere. She is the recipient of a 2011 Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship and a 2009 Oregon Literary Fellowship from Literary Arts. She is a co-host of the artist and literary gathering SHARE and lately has been teaching writing at the Sitka Center and as a visiting artist at Pacific Northwest College of Art.
Robin Romm is the author of two books. The Mother Garden (short stories) was a finalist for the PEN USA Prize. The Mercy Papers: A Memoir of Three Weeks was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year, A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year, and a Top Ten Nonfiction Book of the Year according to Entertainment Weekly. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, The UK Observer, O Magazine, The Sun, Tin House, One Story, and many other publications. She's a frequent contributor to The New York Times Book Review, and teaches at the lowresidency MFA program for Writers at Warren Wilson. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon.
Liz Scott has been a psychologist in private practice for, well, forever. She is co-author of the newly released book Lies: The Truth About the Self-Deceptions That Limit Your Life and has had short stories published in numerous literary journals. She is currently in the process of wrestling with a memoir.
Poetry On Boradway Returns!
Poetry returns to downtown Portland!
The Attic Institute has partnered with Portland Center for Performing Arts to present Poetry on Broadway - a free poetry series in the heart of downtown Portland at PCPA in the rotunda of Antoinette Hatfield Hall at SW Main & Broadway.
Series opener | Monday, September 23, 8pm | Learn more
POETRY ON BROADWAY: LINDA BIERDSRaised in Anchorage, Alaska and graduate of the University of Washington, MacArthur Fellow and award-winning poet Linda Bierds uses her work to explore historical and scientific information from a new angle. Her poetry allows people to rediscover the lives of historical figures including Darwin, Beethoven, and Toulouse-Lautrec. Linda’s most prominent work includes her bookThe Ghost Trio (1994), named as a Notable Book Selection by the American Library Association. If you have seen Linda Bierds read, you know what a treat it is! Don't miss this poet in a rare Portland appearance.
The Attic Institute has partnered with Portland Center for Performing Arts to present Poetry on Broadway - a free poetry series in the heart of downtown Portland at PCPA in the rotunda of Antoinette Hatfield Hall at SW Main & Broadway.
Series opener | Monday, September 23, 8pm | Learn more
POETRY ON BROADWAY: LINDA BIERDSRaised in Anchorage, Alaska and graduate of the University of Washington, MacArthur Fellow and award-winning poet Linda Bierds uses her work to explore historical and scientific information from a new angle. Her poetry allows people to rediscover the lives of historical figures including Darwin, Beethoven, and Toulouse-Lautrec. Linda’s most prominent work includes her bookThe Ghost Trio (1994), named as a Notable Book Selection by the American Library Association. If you have seen Linda Bierds read, you know what a treat it is! Don't miss this poet in a rare Portland appearance.
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