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.
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Showing posts with label Fiction. Show all posts
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.
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.
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.
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
Literary Arts Classes at MAC!
Fall 2013 Literary Arts Classes and Workshops
Multnomah Arts Center
To register for classes, call (503) 823-3187 or visit www.multnomahartscenter.
Memoir Writing with Rob Freedman
Tuesdays 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
October 8 – December 03 $184 [9 weeks]
The Writer Within with Nancy Linnon
Tuesdays, 12:30 - 2:30 pm
October 8 - November 26 $136 [8 weeks]
Writing Poetry with Donna Prinzmetal
Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
October 1 - December 3 $135 [10 weeks]
Writing Personal Histories with Meg Ainsworth Eberle
Wednesdays, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
October 2 - December 4 $102 [5 weeks]
Memoir Writing with Kate Carroll deGutes
Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
October 9 - December 4 (no class November 20) $154 [9 weeks]
Getting Beyond “I Like It”: Revision Workshop with Judith Pulman
Fridays 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
October 25 - December 6 (no class November 29) $110 [6 weeks]
The Playwright’s Toolbox with Michael Thomas Cooper
Saturdays 1:00 - 3:00 pm
October 5 - November 16 $120 [7 weeks]
Saturday One-day Workshops
Writing Experiments with James Yeary
Saturday, October 5 10:00 am - 4:00 pm $48
Writing from Archetypes with Lyssa Tall Anolik
Saturday, October 19 10:00 am - 4:00 pm $48
Write for a Change in Yourself with Amy Minato
Saturday, November 2 10:00 am - 1:00 pm $25
Being Your Own Publisher with Vinnie Kinsella
Saturday, November 9, 1:00 - 3:00 pm $30
Memoir Writing with Rob Freedman
Tuesdays 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
October 8 – December 03 $184 [9 weeks]
The Writer Within with Nancy Linnon
Tuesdays, 12:30 - 2:30 pm
October 8 - November 26 $136 [8 weeks]
Writing Poetry with Donna Prinzmetal
Tuesdays, 7:00 - 8:30 pm
October 1 - December 3 $135 [10 weeks]
Writing Personal Histories with Meg Ainsworth Eberle
Wednesdays, 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
October 2 - December 4 $102 [5 weeks]
Memoir Writing with Kate Carroll deGutes
Wednesdays 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
October 9 - December 4 (no class November 20) $154 [9 weeks]
Getting Beyond “I Like It”: Revision Workshop with Judith Pulman
Fridays 10:00 am - 12:30 pm
October 25 - December 6 (no class November 29) $110 [6 weeks]
The Playwright’s Toolbox with Michael Thomas Cooper
Saturdays 1:00 - 3:00 pm
October 5 - November 16 $120 [7 weeks]
Saturday One-day Workshops
Writing Experiments with James Yeary
Saturday, October 5 10:00 am - 4:00 pm $48
Writing from Archetypes with Lyssa Tall Anolik
Saturday, October 19 10:00 am - 4:00 pm $48
Write for a Change in Yourself with Amy Minato
Saturday, November 2 10:00 am - 1:00 pm $25
Being Your Own Publisher with Vinnie Kinsella
Saturday, November 9, 1:00 - 3:00 pm $30
STEVAN ALLRED BOOK RELEASE!
Fifteen linked stories chart a true course through the lives of families, farmers, loggers, former classmates, and the occasional stripper. In the town of Renata, Oregon, a man watches his neighbor's big-screen TV through binoculars. An errant son paints himself silver. Mysterious electrical humming emanates from an enormous barn.
A Simplified Map of the Real World (Forest Avenue Press), Stevan Allred's stunning debut, deftly navigates the stubborn geography of the human heart.
Pre-order a signed edition of A Simplified Map of the Real World .
Thursday, September 12th @ 7:30pm
Powell's City of Books on Burnside
1005 W Burnside (800) 878-7323
1005 W Burnside (800) 878-7323
ATTIC ATHENEUM FACULTY TO READ AT BROADWAY BOOKS
7 pm on Thursday September 5 at 7 pm.
In celebration of the Attic Institute’s Atheneum Master Writing Program and its incoming class of Atheneum Fellows, the faculty from this groundbreaking program will read from their work.
The Atheneum Master Writing Program is an annual certificate program that melds independent study under close faculty supervision, student receptions, public readings, and other special events created around good writing and dialog within the literary community. The program is designed to advance student’s writing and seed literary life in the city of Portland. Atheneum Fellows form a unique community of literary artists and citizens.
Scheduled to read at this event are writers and faculty members David Biespiel, Karen Karbo, Lee Montgomery, Wendy Willis, Merridawn Duckler, and Greg Robillard.
PDX Women's Writers Retreat At Silver Falls
2013 Silver Falls RetreatNovember 1 - 3
with Sidra & Dawn at
Silver Falls Conference Center
This retreat, in the enchanted
forest of Silver Falls, offers the opportunity to renew your connection with your body, your heart, your creativity, and the Earth.
In an atmosphere of acceptance and support, we'll use writing, yoga, meditation, collage, movement, silence, ritual and time in nature to regenerate our vitality and creativity, reconnect with our authentic self, release old stories that no longer serve us and renew our visions and dreams. Enjoy delicious means prepared for you and a comfortable cabin tucked away in the magical forest of Silver Falls. There will also be time to explore the natural wonders of this unique state park. All women are welcome - no previous writing experience needed. 10 participants max. |
Details:
*Cost is $420 for a shared cabin and $470 for a single (a very limited amount of single cabins available) *$150 deposit holds your spot; balance is due 2 weeks before the retreat; deposit is refundable minus a $35 processing fee with at least 2 weeks cancellation notice. *The retreat begins with dinner Friday evening, and ends on Sunday afternoon. Contact Sidra for more info or to register: sidra@pdxwomenwriters.com or 503-317-5148 |
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
A SHORT STORY ANTHOLOGY from
FOREST AVENUE PRESS
Forest Avenue Press (www.forestavenuepress.com)
is seeking short stories by Oregon and Southwest Washington authors for a
fiction anthology. The open submission period will run from June 1 to July 31, 2013. The collection
will be edited by short story writer and teacher, Liz Prato, and is
slated for release in May 2014.
Maximum length is 6,000 words, although we prefer shorter stories. We enjoy Pacific Northwest settings, but also like local writers with a sense of the larger world. We’re hoping to attract writers from across the state.
This Oregon anthology follows the October 2012 publication of Brave on the Page: Oregon Writers on Craft and the Creative Life, an anthology of flash essays and interviews by forty-two contributors. Brave on the Page spent four months on the Powell’s Small Press Bestseller List.
All submissions must go through Submittable. http://forestavenuepress.
Guidelines are also available at the Submittable page. Before submitting, please also read the FAQs:
http://www.forestavenuepress.
Kickstart Your Writing!
Writing class starts Sept. 18
Whether you’re working on a novel or interested in short stories, memoir, essays, articles or other forms of fiction or nonfiction, the Kickstart Your Writing class offers a supportive environment in which you can work on specific writing projects. Students set weekly goals; read their work aloud; and receive positive, helpful feedback from the instructor and other students.
The class runs Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.
September 18-November 20.
The class is held in the Hollywood district of Northeast Portland. The exact location is provided upon publication.
Cost is $200 for the 10-week class.
To register, mail payment to Nancy Woods, P.O. Box 18032, Portland, OR 97218.
To pay by credit card call (503) 288-2469.
For more information: wordpics@aracnet.com, nancy-woods.com, (503) 288-2469.
Whether you’re working on a novel or interested in short stories, memoir, essays, articles or other forms of fiction or nonfiction, the Kickstart Your Writing class offers a supportive environment in which you can work on specific writing projects. Students set weekly goals; read their work aloud; and receive positive, helpful feedback from the instructor and other students.
The class runs Wednesdays, 6:30-9 p.m.
September 18-November 20.
The class is held in the Hollywood district of Northeast Portland. The exact location is provided upon publication.
Cost is $200 for the 10-week class.
To register, mail payment to Nancy Woods, P.O. Box 18032, Portland, OR 97218.
To pay by credit card call (503) 288-2469.
For more information: wordpics@aracnet.com, nancy-woods.com, (503) 288-2469.
Summer Literary Arts at MAC
Summer 2013 Focus Your Writing Series at MAC
To register for classes, call the Arts Center at (503) 823-3187 or visit www.multnomahartscenter.org.
Classes start soon; don’t miss out!
WRITING THE TEN-MINUTE PLAY with M. Thomas Cooper
Discover the art of playwriting and create a ten-minute play from scratch. Experiment with various forms of theater—if you can imagine it, you can put it on the stage! See how your words look dramatized. Explore topics such as characterization, plot, dialogue, and more, through in-class exercises. Come out of the course with confidence and a finished script.
401619 Sat. 1:00 - 3:00 pm Jun. 22 - Jul. 20 $80 [5 classes]
WRITE FOR A CHANGE—IN YOURSELF with Amy Minato
By digging deep, seasoned writers transform themselves through the writing process. Reconcile your inner values and external realities through directed writings that address what makes you thrive and what makes you wither. Then use writing as a tool for personal growth while learning techniques to enhance your writing style.
401674 Sat. 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Jun. 29 $16 [1 class]
WRITE FOR A CHANGE—IN SOCIETY with Amy Minato
Society influences our lives, yet personal testimonies inspire social movements. Use a story familiar to you as an example to alert or inspire. Together, tease apart the personal and political in order to explore ways to effectively reweave them. Practice combining research with story to build a case for a cause.
403046 Sat. 1:00 - 3:00 pm Jun. 29 $16 [1 class]
WRITING FOR WELLNESS with Nancy Linnon
Reduce stress. Sleep better. Feel more relaxed. The practice of writing can help you achieve all of this and more. Research shows that writing improves immune function and overall well-being. Learn how to integrate the practice of writing into your days so that life feels richer and less fragmented. No positive feelings about writing required!
401618 Sat. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Jul. 13 $48 [1 classes]
MY DAY AT THE LIBRARY with Nate Orton & James Yeary
See the library as a book of its own: read from its resources of fiction, fact, art, and music; take the people and pages that surround you as sources; and respond through writing and artwork. Spend a day in the main branch of the Multnomah County Library downtown and be guided through models, examples, and exercises. The second week, make a Xeroxed zine comprising writings, drawings, and photographs from the excursion. Honor the computer-less tradition of zines by making this limited edition book with scissors, glue, and a photocopier.
403007 Sun. Jun. 23 12:00 - 4:00 pm & Jun. 30 12:00 - 3:00 pm $63 [2 classes]
WRITING EXPERIMENTS with James Yeary
Use this workshop as a playground to turn your work on its head, inside out, and into something entirely different. Engage in games, conduct experiments, and impose rules to create works you never expected. The results will be fun, silly, absurd, and exceptional. One hundred years of experimental writing techniques will be discussed and/or implemented, and maybe we’ll come up with some of our own.
401616 Tu. 7:00 - 9:00 pm Jul. 9 - 23 $48 [3 classes]
WRITING THROUGH LOSS with Judith Pulman
By exploring the tradition of expressing grief through ordered language, anyone can utilize rituals that promote understanding, acceptance, and eventual healing in the face of great difficulties. Survey stories and poems that take loss as their subject and sketch out pieces of your own. In the classroom’s safe space, give voice to the complexities of grief and in so doing, you might uncover what gives you life.
401673 Th. 7:00 - 9:00 pm Jul. 18 - Aug. 8 $64 [4 classes]
To register for classes, call the Arts Center at (503) 823-3187 or visit www.multnomahartscenter.org.
Classes start soon; don’t miss out!
WRITING THE TEN-MINUTE PLAY with M. Thomas Cooper
Discover the art of playwriting and create a ten-minute play from scratch. Experiment with various forms of theater—if you can imagine it, you can put it on the stage! See how your words look dramatized. Explore topics such as characterization, plot, dialogue, and more, through in-class exercises. Come out of the course with confidence and a finished script.
401619 Sat. 1:00 - 3:00 pm Jun. 22 - Jul. 20 $80 [5 classes]
WRITE FOR A CHANGE—IN YOURSELF with Amy Minato
By digging deep, seasoned writers transform themselves through the writing process. Reconcile your inner values and external realities through directed writings that address what makes you thrive and what makes you wither. Then use writing as a tool for personal growth while learning techniques to enhance your writing style.
401674 Sat. 10:00 am - 12:00 pm Jun. 29 $16 [1 class]
WRITE FOR A CHANGE—IN SOCIETY with Amy Minato
Society influences our lives, yet personal testimonies inspire social movements. Use a story familiar to you as an example to alert or inspire. Together, tease apart the personal and political in order to explore ways to effectively reweave them. Practice combining research with story to build a case for a cause.
403046 Sat. 1:00 - 3:00 pm Jun. 29 $16 [1 class]
WRITING FOR WELLNESS with Nancy Linnon
Reduce stress. Sleep better. Feel more relaxed. The practice of writing can help you achieve all of this and more. Research shows that writing improves immune function and overall well-being. Learn how to integrate the practice of writing into your days so that life feels richer and less fragmented. No positive feelings about writing required!
401618 Sat. 10:00 am - 4:00 pm Jul. 13 $48 [1 classes]
MY DAY AT THE LIBRARY with Nate Orton & James Yeary
See the library as a book of its own: read from its resources of fiction, fact, art, and music; take the people and pages that surround you as sources; and respond through writing and artwork. Spend a day in the main branch of the Multnomah County Library downtown and be guided through models, examples, and exercises. The second week, make a Xeroxed zine comprising writings, drawings, and photographs from the excursion. Honor the computer-less tradition of zines by making this limited edition book with scissors, glue, and a photocopier.
403007 Sun. Jun. 23 12:00 - 4:00 pm & Jun. 30 12:00 - 3:00 pm $63 [2 classes]
WRITING EXPERIMENTS with James Yeary
Use this workshop as a playground to turn your work on its head, inside out, and into something entirely different. Engage in games, conduct experiments, and impose rules to create works you never expected. The results will be fun, silly, absurd, and exceptional. One hundred years of experimental writing techniques will be discussed and/or implemented, and maybe we’ll come up with some of our own.
401616 Tu. 7:00 - 9:00 pm Jul. 9 - 23 $48 [3 classes]
WRITING THROUGH LOSS with Judith Pulman
By exploring the tradition of expressing grief through ordered language, anyone can utilize rituals that promote understanding, acceptance, and eventual healing in the face of great difficulties. Survey stories and poems that take loss as their subject and sketch out pieces of your own. In the classroom’s safe space, give voice to the complexities of grief and in so doing, you might uncover what gives you life.
401673 Th. 7:00 - 9:00 pm Jul. 18 - Aug. 8 $64 [4 classes]
Loggernaut reading, "Spin"
Loggernaut
reading, "Spin," featuring Patrick DeWitt, Sarah Barlett, and Daniel A.
Hoyt
Tuesday, June 11th at 7:30 pm, at Ristretto Roasters, 3808 N. Williams, Portland, 97227. $2 suggested donation. www.loggernaut.org
SARAH BARTLETT is the co-author of two chapbook collaborations: Baby On the Safe Side (Publishing Genius in 2011) and A Mule-Shaped Cloud (horse less press 2008). Her recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in: Swine, Ilk, iO, Eleven Eleven, Phantom Limb, Heavy Feather Review, Spork, Sixth Finch, NOÖ, and inter|rupture. She lives in Portland.
PATRICK DEWITT was born in British Columbia, Canada, in 1975. He is the author of Ablutions: Notes for a Novel, and The Sisters Brothers, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Ken Kesey Award for fiction. He lives in Portland.
DANIEL A. HOYT's first short story collection, Then We Saw the Flames, won the Juniper Prize for Fiction and was published by UMass Press. His work has also appeared in The Kenyon Review, Missouri Review, and Gettysburg Review. He formerly worked as a journalist for newspapers in Columbia, Missouri; La Crosse, Wisconsin; Kansas City, Missouri; and Binghamton, New York. He now teaches at Kansas State University, where he directs the creative writing program.
Tuesday, June 11th at 7:30 pm, at Ristretto Roasters, 3808 N. Williams, Portland, 97227. $2 suggested donation. www.loggernaut.org
SARAH BARTLETT is the co-author of two chapbook collaborations: Baby On the Safe Side (Publishing Genius in 2011) and A Mule-Shaped Cloud (horse less press 2008). Her recent work has appeared or is forthcoming in: Swine, Ilk, iO, Eleven Eleven, Phantom Limb, Heavy Feather Review, Spork, Sixth Finch, NOÖ, and inter|rupture. She lives in Portland.
PATRICK DEWITT was born in British Columbia, Canada, in 1975. He is the author of Ablutions: Notes for a Novel, and The Sisters Brothers, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and won the Ken Kesey Award for fiction. He lives in Portland.
DANIEL A. HOYT's first short story collection, Then We Saw the Flames, won the Juniper Prize for Fiction and was published by UMass Press. His work has also appeared in The Kenyon Review, Missouri Review, and Gettysburg Review. He formerly worked as a journalist for newspapers in Columbia, Missouri; La Crosse, Wisconsin; Kansas City, Missouri; and Binghamton, New York. He now teaches at Kansas State University, where he directs the creative writing program.
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY MFA PROGRAM READING SERIES
PACIFIC UNIVERSITY MASTER OF FINE ARTS IN WRITING PROGRAM PRESENTS ANNUAL READING SERIES ON FOREST GROVE CAMPUS: JUNE 21-28
The Pacific University Master of Fine Arts in Writing program will once again host readings by some of America’s finest writers during its 10-day residency on the Forest Grove campus.
Free and open to the public, the evening readings take place at 7:30 p.m. from Friday, June 21, through Friday, June 28, in the Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center which is also the location for the day readings. Taylor-Meade is located on campus at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street in Forest Grove.
This event is a rare opportunity to hear some of the best writers of contemporary American literature read on successive evenings. Featured authors include fiction writer Bonnie Jo Campbell, a National Book Award finalist; and poet Kwame Dawes, Emmy Award winner and Guggenheim Fellow.
EVENING READING SCHEDULE – 7:30 p.m.6/21 Kwame Dawes, Mary Helen Stefaniak & Kellie Wells
6/22 Jack Driscoll, Pam Houston & David St. John
6/23 Ellen Bass, Craig Lesley & David Long
6/24 Mike Magnuson, Joseph Millar & Christine Sneed
6/26 Marvin Bell, Bonnie Jo Campbell & Scott Korb
6/27 Sandra Alcosser, Carolyn Coman & Claire Davis
6/28 Debra Gwartney, Anna Journey & Dorianne Laux
DAYTIME READING SCHEDULE – 1:30 p.m.6/25 Frank Gaspar & Laura Pritchett
6/28 Steve Amick & Laura Hendrie
The Pacific University Master of Fine Arts in Writing program will once again host readings by some of America’s finest writers during its 10-day residency on the Forest Grove campus.
Free and open to the public, the evening readings take place at 7:30 p.m. from Friday, June 21, through Friday, June 28, in the Taylor-Meade Performing Arts Center which is also the location for the day readings. Taylor-Meade is located on campus at the corner of Pacific Avenue and Cedar Street in Forest Grove.
This event is a rare opportunity to hear some of the best writers of contemporary American literature read on successive evenings. Featured authors include fiction writer Bonnie Jo Campbell, a National Book Award finalist; and poet Kwame Dawes, Emmy Award winner and Guggenheim Fellow.
EVENING READING SCHEDULE – 7:30 p.m.6/21 Kwame Dawes, Mary Helen Stefaniak & Kellie Wells
6/22 Jack Driscoll, Pam Houston & David St. John
6/23 Ellen Bass, Craig Lesley & David Long
6/24 Mike Magnuson, Joseph Millar & Christine Sneed
6/26 Marvin Bell, Bonnie Jo Campbell & Scott Korb
6/27 Sandra Alcosser, Carolyn Coman & Claire Davis
6/28 Debra Gwartney, Anna Journey & Dorianne Laux
DAYTIME READING SCHEDULE – 1:30 p.m.6/25 Frank Gaspar & Laura Pritchett
6/28 Steve Amick & Laura Hendrie
Literary Arts Classes at Multnomah Arts Center
Don't miss these three upcoming Literary Arts workshops at the Multnomah Arts Center!
Space available in Revision--Getting Beyond I Like It, starting either May 6 or May 17th; in Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography on the weekend
of May3 and 4; and on June 1 for Reading in the Rain--Performing Your Prose or Poetry.
MAC, located in SW
Portland, is a part of Portland Parks and Recreation. Literary Arts
classes are available to all levels of students and scholarships are
available based on income. Please call (503) 823-3187
to register.
Revision—Getting Beyond “I Like It” with Judith Pulman
Does the diction in your poem match its
tone? Need help expunging clichés from your memoir? Does the meaning of
your short story show? Discover tools, tricks, and secrets to polish any
piece of writing while learning how to
offer peers supportive, constructive feedback. Literary journals and
other less obvious venues for getting your work out there will be
explored.
Poetry 395924 Mon. 7 - 9 pm May 6 - Jun. 3 $64 [4 classes]
Prose 396734 Fri. 10 am - 12 pm May 17 - Jun. 7 $64 [4 classes]
Writing Your Spiritual Autobiography with Nancy Linnon
Take a weekend to explore indelible
moments—those that connect you to the mysterious, the numinous, and the
un-nameable (or whatever name you use). Use exercises and readings as a
springboard to re-inhabit and record spiritual
experiences, whether dramatic or ordinary. Write your life using a lens
that reveals patterns, meaning, and surprise. All levels.
400055 Fri. 6:30 - 9:00 pm & Sat. 10:00 am – 4 pm
May 3 & 4 $82 [2 classes]
May 3 & 4 $82 [2 classes]
Reading in the Rain—Performing Your Prose or Poetry with Dan Raphael
Do you wish that you could read your work
with less fear and mumbling, more energy and applause? The words you
write can show you how to say them. Develop strategies for performing
your work, consider ways to use your “outside”
voice, engage the audience, and project in a variety of environments.
Read both poetry and prose, discussing how these formal differences can
affect a performance. Bring a page of someone else’s work, a page or two of your own, and a pencil.
397655 Sat. 1:00 – 3:30 pm
Jun. 1 $15 [1 class]
Jun. 1 $15 [1 class]
Daniel Kine & Lidia Yuknavitch Reading
April 26, 2013
7:30 p.m.
Powell’s City of Books
1005 W Burnside St., Portland, OR 97209
On April 26 Ooligan Press will celebrate the launch of Daniel Kine’s new novel Up Nights with a reading at Powell’s City of Books.
Kine will be joined by Lidia Yuknavitch, author of The Chronology of Water. Join them for a conversation about writing, and a reading from Up Nights on the third floor of Powell’s City of Books in the Basil Hallward Gallery. Signed editions of Up Nights are available for pre-order from powells.com.
For more information about Up Nights, visit ooligan.pdx.edu/fiction/up-
Daniel Kine Book Release Party
May 2, 2013
7-9 p.m.
The Jack London Bar
529 SW 4th Ave., Portland, OR 97204
On May 2, Ooligan Press will celebrate the release of Daniel Kine’s new novel, Up Nights,
a classic road novel for a new generation.
The event will take place at
The Jack London Bar in the basement of the Rialto Poolroom from 7-9
p.m.
This release party is free and open to the public, and will include
a reading from Kine, book-signing, music, and door prizes.
For more
information about Up Nights, visit ooligan.pdx.edu/fiction/up-
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